Five-year-old pranks Biden on handshake

IT'S not every day that you get to prank handshake the Vice-President of the United States.

But young Tiernan Mangan siezed the opportunity to share his slick hand moves with Joe Biden when he visited Mayo yesterday.

First up Mr. Biden met Young Person of the Year and great-granddaughter of a US Air Corp pilot from WW2, Aoibheann Mangan, a pupil at Cloghans Hill NS, when he visited Castlebar.

Then her brother Tiernan, aged five, showed the Vice-President how to do a prank handshake.

Our photo shows the shock at being pranked on Mr. Biden's face, while the second photo shows young Tiernan's delight.

It's been a busy week for Aoibheann who, as a former award winner, was a guest at the launch of the People of the Year Awards in Collins Barracks in Dublin.