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President Joe Biden’s trip to Ireland will draw to a close today (Friday) in a Ballina cathedral built by his great-great-great-grandfather.

It's part of a four day visit to the island of Ireland.

Since his arrival on Belfast on Tuesday night he has met with senior politicians on both sides of the border.

He gave a keynote speech at the University of Ulster on Wednesday morning where he reiterated his support of the Good Friday Agreement.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the agreement and Biden’s sole reason to visit Ireland.

“I think the President feels very strongly that there is benefit, both here as well as in the United States, to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

He is here two days after the 25th anniversary of that and, I think, feels it’s important to send a powerful signal of support by the United States for the progress that’s been made, the sustained support going ahead,” a White House spokesperson said. Yesterday (Thursday), President Biden attended a number of political engagements in Dublin.

He started by meeting with President Michael D Higgins who he previously met on his visits in 2016 as Vice President, and in 2017 when he came in a personal capacity.

Afterwards he participated in a tree planting ceremony and the ringing of the Peace Bell.

Following that ceremony, he met with the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, who he hosted last month in Washington for St Patrick’s Day.

The President addressed a joint session of the Dáil and Senate, where he spoke about the strong ties between the United States and Ireland, as well as the deep and enduring historical, cultural, political, and economic ties between both countries.

Last night (Thursday) he attended a

World's richest become the poorest

An Indian artist has taken the world's richest and turned them into some of the poorest - by using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

It may be a controversial technology but artist Gokul Pillai, who used AI-programme 'Midjourney', images went viral online. It depicted a reimagined Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezosof amongst others without their their lavish lifestyles.

The images took about two days to create using the software and Photoshop, and Pillai says he took some inspiration from the Hollywood movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

"It was very coincidental," he told the Daily Mail.

banquet dinner hosted by the Taoiseach at Dublin Castle.

Today (Friday) he will visit Knock Shrine and the North Mayo Heritage Centre.

“The trip will then culminate with a speech in front of St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, which is the very cathedral where, in 1828, President Biden’s great-great-great-grandfather Edward Blewitt’s bricks were used to construct 12 pillars that support the nave,” the spokesperson added.

"The movie is set in the slums of India and I wanted to recreate something based on that. The word ‘millionaire’ in the movie title and juxtapositioning it with actual billionaires, that’s how it started."

Pillai has more than 36,000 followers on Instagram and added that he was ‘completely overwhelmed with the response’. "I knew it would be funny and few might find it hilarious too but the response I received was unprecedented!"

When asked which AI image was the most popular, he said, "Probably Bill Gates. It’s hard to say".

Limerick firefighters save US TV host's home

The childhood home of a Bloomberg TV presenter was saved by Limerick Firefighters this week.

New York-based anchor Vonnie Quinn who grew up in Limerick and moved to the States in 2004 was devastated to learn that her family home had gone up in flames following an alleged arson attack.

“Immeasurable gratitude to Limerick, Shannon, and Cappamore firefighters for saving our childhood home after an hours-long effort," she tweeted afterwards.

Firefighters from the city arrived to the scene on the Ennis Road within two minutes last week. They spent over four hours there and also brought the fire at two adjoining buildings under control.

“Fought a well developed fire in a roof in two semi-detached properties," Limerick Fire and Rescue Service said.

“Given the limited access around the properties to use an aerial appliance, crews fought the fire from several fire service ladders."

A man in his 40s was charged by Gardai in connection with the fire and appeared before Ennis District Court.

Vonnie joined Bloomberg in 2006 after the completion of her studies at Columbia University, where she earned an MA and MS in Journalism. Now internationally recognised, she has been awarded the ABC Frank Reynolds Fellowship, a French Government medal, a Swiss Government Scholarship, and a National University of Ireland Travelling Studentship.