Mr Biden and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke to the US media briefly before the US president’s departure from the west of Ireland
US president Joe Biden, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, speaks to reporters before departing from St Muredach’s College Landing Zone in Co Mayo, on Friday, April 14th. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York TimesUS president Joe Biden said late on Friday he has decided to run for a second term and would announce his campaign “relatively soon.”US president Joe Biden has boarded Air Force One and is to fly to Dublin, where he will then immediately set off for his home state of Delaware.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ambassador of Ireland to the US Geraldine Byrne Nason, ambassador of the US to Ireland Claire Cronin, and Joe Gilmore, managing director of Ireland West Airport were among those present to bid farewell to Mr Biden. - PA and Reuters
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