US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Ireland in June

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has confirmed that US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ireland next month.

Speaking at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, at the opening night of a three-week festival to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising, Kenny said:

"Tonight we have with us a man who is an eminent Irish American and who in just a few weeks will be coming ‘home’ to Ireland. Vice President Joe Biden, you honour ...