Irish Examiner view: Reaffirming Irish ties with the US

Biden visit to Ireland

President Joe Biden speaks about the banking system in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Confirmation that US president Joe Biden is to visit Ireland comes as no surprise, given his well-known passion for the land of his ancestors. 

On taking office he stirred up a mini-controversy, or mini-mini-controversy, when ‘refusing’ to give an interview to the BBC on the grounds he was Irish (with the recent shenanigans in the BBC he may have just been ahead of the curve).