Ireland could be in luck and land extra doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the United States when they finish jabbing their population.
US President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House that the United States were in talks with a number of countries about extra vaccines.
The newly-elected President did not mention any of the countries by name, but it does come on the same week the Irish-American meets with Taoiseach Micheal Martin - with the two promising they would discuss Covid-19.
Biden told reporters: "We’re talking with several countries already....I’ll let you know that very shortly.”
The man with Mayo roots also insisted that the vaccines would be offered to all American before being sent to help others abroad.
The Taoiseach and Mr Biden will hold a virtual meeting this afternoon to mark St Patrick's Day.
The Taoiseach will present President Biden with the traditional Shamrock Bowl, extending St Patrick’s Day greetings from the people of Ireland to the people of the United States.
The Taoiseach will also meet with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Both will then engage with the inaugural class of Frederick Douglass Global Fellows, twenty American students from minority backgrounds who have been selected to visit Ireland later this year, following in Douglass’s footsteps 175 years ago.
An Taoiseach will then speak with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and with members of the US Congress Friends of Ireland Caucus, who are marking their 40th anniversary on St Patrick’s Day.
Micheal Martin said earlier this week: "My visit is an opportunity to highlight how our mutually beneficial trade and investment relationship leaves both our economies well-positioned to bounce back quickly.
"I look forward greatly to meeting President Biden, who has a very special connection with Ireland, and to bring him greetings from Ireland on this his first St Patrick’s Day in office as President.
"I will thank him personally for his unstinting support for Ireland over many years, including in recent times for his support in helping to secure a positive outcome in the Brexit negotiations, as we face into the task now of making those new arrangements work well."
