The US President, Joe Biden, has said it is a “pleasure to be back” as he met Irish President Michael D Higgins in Dublin.
He is spending most of Thursday in the company of leading Irish politicians.
He started his working day with a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin – the home of the Irish president in Phoenix Park.
President Biden inspected a military guard of honor, and signed the visitors’ book. He also planted an oak tree and set the Bell of Peace.
The bell was erected in 2008 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

