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		</div><p>US President Joe Biden has credited his trip to Ireland with reinforcing his rationale for an expected run for a second term in office.</p>
<p>Mr Biden has already indicated his plan to run for the presidency again in 2024 but has not yet officially announced it.</p>
<p>At the close of a historic four-day trip to the island of Ireland, Mr Biden said the announcement would be made “relatively soon”.</p>
<p>“I told you my plan is to run again,” he told White House reporters before flying home to the United States.</p>
<p>He said the trip had not affected the timing of an announcement. But he added: “We’ll announce it relatively soon. But the trip here just reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done.”</p>
<p>On his final public engagement of the visit, dubbed a homecoming for a President who is fiercely proud of his Irish ancestry, Mr Biden declared that the US and Ireland are “united by history, heritage and hope”.</p>
<p>Mr Biden made a passionate public speech in Ballina, Co Mayo, on Friday evening in front of a crowd of thousands.</p>
<p>The President said his trip to the town “feels like coming home” and told spectators millions of Americans claim to have Irish heritage, adding: “More would if they could.”</p>
<p>Emphasising his link to the area, he said: “Over the years, stories of this place have become part of my soul, part of my family lore.”</p>
<p>Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hailed the success of the visit, stating there was no doubt Ireland had an ally in the White House.</p>
<p>Earlier on Friday, the American President become emotional during a visit to Knock shrine following a chance meeting with priest Fr Frank O’Grady, who gave the last rites to his son Beau Biden before he died of brain cancer in 2015.</p>
<p>His emotion-filled final day also saw Mr Biden visit the Mayo Roscommon Hospice, where there is a plaque in memory of his late son.</p>
<p>Telling the crowd in Ballina about his visit to the centre, the President said: “I can tell you how special it is that a piece of his legacy lives here among his ancestors.</p>
<p>“Thinking about it, I could hear my dad’s voice again. He’d always say: ‘Joe, remember family is the beginning, the middle and the end.’</p>
<p>“The beginning, middle and end, that’s the Irish of it.”</p>
<p>Mr Biden spoke throughout his 20-minute speech of his fondness for Ireland and the US’s relationship.</p>
<p>“Everything between Ireland and America runs deep,” he said.</p>
<p>“Our history, our heritage, our sorrows, our future, our friendship. But more than anything, hope is what beats in the hearts of all our people.</p>
<p>“For centuries during times of darkness and despair, hope has kept us marching forward toward a better future, one of greater liberty, greater dignity and greater possibilities.”</p>
<p>The President’s son Hunter Biden and sister Valerie Biden Owens sat in the front row of the VIP section to the side of the stage for the speech.</p>
<p>Mr Biden’s tour of Ireland saw him return to his ancestral roots, with visits to both Co Louth and Co Mayo.</p>
<p>He also visited Belfast in Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord and became the fourth US president to address the Irish parliament in Dublin.</p>
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