Joe Biden lands in Ireland in visit aimed at ensuring peace on the island holds

US president Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at RAF Aldergrove airbase in Co Antrim for his visit to the island of Ireland. Picture: Charles McQuillan/PA Wire

US president Joe Biden has touched down in Ireland on a visit he says is aimed at ensuring peace on the island holds.

Mr Biden landed in Belfast on Air Force One on Tuesday evening, greeted by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a speech at the city's Ulster University on Wednesday. Before his departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Mr Biden said that his priority on the trip was to “make sure the Irish accords and the Windsor Agreement stay in place, keep the peace”.