The flag of Ireland was raised high above City Hall in preparation for a big weekend celebrating all things Irish. The mayor and other officials from Ballina, Scranton's sister city in Ireland ...

Ray Clarke, left, and Eddie Ruane put up flags in Ballina, Ireland, Tuesday, April, 4, 2023. Excitement is building in Ballina, a small Irish town that was home to some of President Joe Biden's ...

BALLINA, Ireland — What already promised to be a day of high energy but also great emotion for President Joe Biden had even more in store than even his closest aides could have expected.

Ireland cheered Biden as he made his entrance to a song by the Dropkick Murphys on Friday. The president came out to the song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" in Ballina, Ireland. The band's frontman ...

Biden is scheduled to travel to Ireland next week, with a stop in Ballina, the town from which one of his great-great grandfathers left for the United States in 1850.

Biden is scheduled to travel to Ireland next week, with a stop in Ballina, the town from which one of his great-great grandfathers left for the United States in 1850.