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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll

‘We haven’t a clue if he’s coming here’: Joe Biden’s whistle-stop Irish tour shrouded in secrecy

Joe Biden Bill Clinton United States Lisa OCarroll Paul Faith AFPGetty Images
Derek Furlong in the window of his photography centre in the Mayo town of Ballina.
Derek Furlong in the window of his photography centre in the Mayo town of Ballina. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images

With just hours remaining until Joe Biden arrives in Belfast there is still no confirmation that the US president is going to pay a visit to his ancestral home towns in the picturesque Cooley Peninsula south of the border with Northern Ireland.

The arrival of the 46th president in Belfast on Tuesday night and in the Republic of Ireland for a three-day visit on Wednesday has been shrouded in secrecy.

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