Ireland

Joe Biden’s Ireland trip reinforces narrative of the American dream

US president’s ‘home­com­ing’ vis­it has alchemised pol­i­tics, diplo­ma­cy and the per­son­al into a feel­go­od glow for vis­i­tor and hosts John F Kennedy set the tem­plate for US pres­i­den­tial for­ays to Ire­land with a rap­tur­ous vis­it in 1963 that he called the best four days of his life. Joe Biden’s vis­it this week did not quite match that…