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# Vice President

Last year
2022
# White House
Taoiseach tests positive for Covid-19 while in Washington for St Patrick's events
Micheál Martin received a negative antigen test result but later tested positive on a PCR.
All time
# US
Kamala Harris held presidency for 1 hour 25 mins while Joe Biden was under anaesthesia
The US President had a colonoscopy as part of a regular health check, the White House said.
# Veep
Kamala Harris set to make history as first female US Vice President
Harris will also be the first black person to be elected to the position.
# US Election
Trump 'surprised' Biden picked 'disrespectful' Harris as running mate
Donald Trump called Kamala Harris “the meanest, the most horrible, the most disrespectful of anybody in the US Senate”.
# Kamala Harris
California Senator Kamala Harris named as Joe Biden's vice-presidential running mate
Harris ran against Biden to be the Democratic presidential nominee.
# evening quiz
Quiz: How well do you know US Vice Presidents?
With Joe Biden set to choose his vice presidential nominee this week, we’re testing your knowledge of US Veeps.
# pence visit
The Taoiseach and his partner have welcomed Mike Pence to Farmleigh ahead of a family lunch
The US Vice President stopped by the Áras earlier this morning.
# Change Of Plan
Mike Pence visit to Ireland to be brought forward to Monday
Pence was due to arrive in Ireland next Friday, but his plans have changed.
# Vice President
Pence claims migrants 'well cared for' during visit to centre as protestors decry 'concentration camps'
The US Vice President said the situation at the border is a “crisis that is overwhelming our system”.
# New Era
FAI invite nominations for President and Vice President
The move is in accordance rule changes recommended in the report issued by the Governance Review Group (GRG).
# Your Say
Poll: How do you feel about Mike Pence's planned visit to Ireland?
A date in September has been floated although official details have not yet been released.
# Vice President
Donald Trump says he told Mike Pence to leave stadium if players kneeled
Players have accused Vice President Mike Pence of creating a PR stunt.
# pence 2020
No, Mike Pence's website wasn't hacked - but an excellent fake had some people fooled
The New York Times reported last week that Pence is considering a 2020 run.
# private email
Mike Pence used private email as Governor (and was hacked)
Alongside Trump, Pence hammered Hillary Clinton for using a private email server during the campaign.
# absolutely false
Mike Pence denies he ever considered quitting the Republican ticket after emergence of THAT Trump video
The vice presidential nominee had been notably absent from the airwaves after saying he “couldn’t condone” Trump’s lewd language in the 2005 video.
# Kaine Unable
Trump's number two scores points as Vice-Presidential nominees square off
“The thought of Donald Trump as commander in chief scares us to death,” Kaine said.
# thanks for coming
Joe Biden heads back to the US after lunch with Enda Kenny
While he was here, he was made an honorary free man of Louth and got a doctorate from Trinity.
# Veep Show
US Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Ireland next month
Here he will trace his ancestral roots.
# MVP
Joe Biden tweets about ‘Father Ted’, Irish people can’t RESIST having the craic with it
Careful now.
# MVP
Joe Biden tweets about 'Father Ted', Irish people can't RESIST having the craic with it
Careful now.
# NO BIDEN
Joe Biden tries to give girl kiss on the cheek, gets rejected
DENIED.
# discharged
Joe Biden's son kicked out of US Navy over cocaine use
Hunter Biden said he deeply regretted and was embarrassed that his actions led to this.
# You betcha
Have a spare €7 per month? Why not subscribe to Sarah Palin's new web TV channel...
Doesn’t sound like a great deal?.. Perhaps we should mention that it’s free to watch if you happen to be in the US military?
# Cuts
Bausch and Lomb staff receive letter stating redundancies are the "reality of the state of business"
The company, which is the biggest in Waterford, is seeking up to 200 redundancies.
# take two
Biden officially sworn in for second term as US vice-president
The vice-president took the oath with his hand on a family bible, in a small ceremony at the Naval Observatory.
# Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro is 'seen in public' as reports of stroke are dismissed
Venezuela’s Vice President, Elias Jaua, said that he met with the aging revolutionary, which was Castro’s first public appearance in a number of months.
# US 2012
US 2012: If you missed the debate, this is the only moment you have to see
US Vice President Joe Biden and his Republican opponent Paul Ryan went head-to-head during last night’s vice presidential debate.
# US 2012
US 2012: Biden and Ryan go head to head during 'combative' debate
Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan went head-to-head last night – but who came out best?
# He's back
Found him! China's missing leader-in-waiting resurfaces
Xi Jinping had not been seen in public for nearly two weeks – but he apparently popped up yesterday afternoon.
# Syria
Syria quells speculation that vice-president has defected
TV reports said ‘Shara’ had defected – but Syrian State TV says it’s only the cousin of vice-president Faruq al-Shara.
# usa 2012
Obama: Paul Ryan is the "ideological leader" of Republicans
Speaking about Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick for the first time, Obama praised Ryan as a decent family man.
# Veep
So was US vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan popular in school?
Let’s see what it says in his yearbook.
# US 2012
Romney announces Irish-American congressman Ryan as VP pick
Wisconsin representative Paul Ryan, 42, led the Republican charge in last year’s talks on raising the US’s legal debt ceiling.
# Veep-ers Jeepers
McCain defends picking Palin after Dick Cheney criticism
The 2008 Republican nominee defends his vice-presidential pick after the last Republican VP slates her credentials.
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# Mitt's Choice
Meet the candidates: Who will Mitt Romney pick as his running mate?
Now the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney has over a dozen names to pick from as he determines who is running mate will be in the autumn. We take a look at who’s who…
# Egypt
Suleiman will not "reinvent" old regime in Egypt
Hosni Mubarak’s former vice president and spy chief, Omar Suleiman, said he would not reinvent his mentor’s regime if elected president of Egypt.
# Transplant
Former US vice president Dick Cheney receives heart transplant
The former vice president of the United States has had a long history of heart problems and had been on the transplant list for 20 months.
# oh canada
Dick Cheney cancels trip to Canada because it's too dangerous
The former vice president of the United States said that the risk of violent protest during his visit was too high.
# Soccer
FIFA to discuss soccer ban on hijabs
The vice-president of FIFA, Prince Ali, is to discuss the ban during a presentation on Saturday. He says the ban is prejudiced against women who wear the head scarf.