It has been confirmed that the US Vice-President Mike Pence will visit Ireland on the 6th and 7th September.

He will meet President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tanaiste Simon Coveney when he is here.

Meanwhile the small rural village of Tubbercurry in Co.Sligo are hopeful that the US Vice-President will visit the area.

Mike Pences grandfather Michael Richard Cawley hails from Doocastle, which is just a few miles outside Tubbercurry.

Our reporter Barry Whyte has been to the area.....