Former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern described the absence of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland during Joe Biden's visit as a "big own goal".
He says it is a "huge pity and huge disappointment" that the Stormont Assembly will not be sitting for the President's visit.
Report by Wardl.
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