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US President Joe Biden urged Northern Ireland to “sustain the peace” on Wednesday in a half-day foray into the region's politics marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement. Mr Biden said an economic boom fuelled by American investment was on the cards “if things continue to move in the…

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President Joe Biden landed in Belfast late Tuesday evening to kick off a long-sought trip to his ancestral homeland surrounded by heightened security because of the 'severe' threat of terrorism and amid a new political crisis. He arrived to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement accompanied by…

US president Joe Biden has landed in Belfast as part of a historic four-day trip to the island of Ireland. He was greeted by British prime minister Rishi Sunak after Air Force One landed at RAF Aldergrove on Tuesday night. The two leaders met briefly before the president drove away…

AS IT HAPPENED As it happened: Sunak greets Biden on the tarmac in Belfast ahead of four-day visit Joe Biden is due to visit Belfast, Dublin, Louth and Mayo during his time in Ireland. PA The US president Joe Biden stepping off Air Force One in Belfast tonight. PA JOE…

President Biden is visiting Northern Ireland 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, which brought an end to years of conflict in the region. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins us from Belfast with the latest. Read More

A man believed to have been the highest ranking British army agent within the IRA who was linked to dozens of murders has died. Freddie Scappaticci from west Belfast denied being agent codenamed Stakeknife, and fled Northern Ireland in 2003 after media reports named him as an agent. He was…

US President Joe Biden arrived in Belfast last night to begin a four-day visit to the island of Ireland. Air Force One touched down at Belfast International Airport shortly after 9pm. He was greeted and welcomed to Northern Ireland by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. US President Joe Biden's plane…

In The Green and White House, an account of the ancestral ties that have linked so many American leaders to Ireland since the 19th century, Joe Biden is described as the most deeply “connected” president of all. Throughout his career, Mr Biden has placed his Irish roots at the heart…

When Joseph Robinette Biden jnr lands on Irish soil this week, the 46th president of the United States will be the eighth sitting American president to visit Ireland. The descendant of Irish Famine-era emigrants from Mayo and Louth, Biden’s visit will cover a mix of political and personal events, marking…