US President POTUS lands at Knock Airport as he returns to his roots in County Mayo
The mayor of Ballina, Mark Duffy, said people were eagerly awaiting the president's arrival.
"I hope there is respect given to that because they are true ties, they are sincere links, it's not engineered, it's not fabricated.Image caption,Mags Downey Martin of Ballina Chamber of Commerce said it was "an epic, unbelievable, out of this world experience for Ballina"."On the one hand, it's a very monumental day - we're welcoming the President Joe Biden back.
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