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Ballina, Ireland - 14 April 2023
++NIGHT TIME++
1. Various of U.S. President Joe Biden walking on the stage towards podium
2. Close of people waving flags
3. Wide of Biden speaking
4. Close of audience filming Biden's speech
5. Various of Biden speaking
6. Girl in audience waving American and Irish flags
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tara Kilbane, 40-year-old spectator and Ballina resident:
"I thought it was just really nice. It was like, I think any Irish immigrant - going to America, it's the same story. And just to hear his success that America has given his family, you know, it's unbelievable to come back 200 years later as the president of the United States from little old Ireland, you know, amazing, isn't it."
8. Biden speaking
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tara Kilbane, 40-year-old spectator, and Trish Joyce, 41-year-old spectator:
Kilbane: "I think he'll definitely go for it (his second term as President). I think he'll definitely go for it."
Joyce: "He's able, fit and healthy, he'll go for it."
Kilbane: "Yeah absolutely. And I hope he does. I think he's definitely got another term in him."
10. Wide of Biden speaking
11. Pan of audience
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Maguire, Ballina resident:
"I found the speech unique, massive, proud to be Irish. Yeah. And, well, he's the president of the United States, you know. What more can one say? And for his day and age and I just think he's full of energy and he's full of honesty. Our master's famous words, dignity and possibilities. And that's what it's all about in Ireland, you know."
13. Wide of street with hundreds of people watching Biden’s speech on a video screen
14. People in the crowd waving flags
15. Closeup on someone holding up a mobile phone to film
16. Various of crowd cheering
17. Man in crowd listening
18. Pan over crowds cheering upon hearing the last words of Biden’s speech
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Orla Heffernan, spectator and Ballina resident:
“Absolutely unreal. So proud to be from Ballina. So proud of Joe Biden, so proud of the Blewitts.”
20. Various of people walking home on the cobblestone streets of Ballina
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Larkin, spectator from County Mayo:
“I really enjoyed it. It was a coming home speech, he did a very good job in it, he covered all details, especially his family, the locality, neighbours, friends, and I really enjoyed it.”
22. Various of man playing Irish harp
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands listened in Ballina on Friday as U.S. President Joe Biden concluded his visit to Ireland with a speech in which he pronounced the country to be not just part of his family history, but part of his soul.

Roughly 27,000 people gathered at the foot of St. Muredach’s Cathedral, constructed in part with bricks made by Biden's great-great-great grandfather, to listen to the U.S. president speak.

The crowd was more than double the size of the town's population - some drove from hours away and waited nearly all day in the rain and cold for a chance to see him, calling out for “the Joe show” to begin.

Back home, Biden's approval rating is near the lowest point of his presidency, and even some fellow Democrats have suggested he shouldn't run for reelection.

But in Ireland, he was greeted by fans at every turn, and even though he hasn’t officially launched his 2024 presidential run, his speech on Friday evening had the feel of a campaign rally.




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