Irish Examiner view: Economic opportunity for peace

US president Joe Biden arriving to deliver his keynote speech at Ulster University in Belfast, during his visit to the island of Ireland yesterday. 

The arrival of president Joe Biden in Ireland comes with all the attendant dazzle — the Secret Service, the motorcades, Air Force One, all of the markers which establish the presence of the most powerful person in the world.

In Ireland those visits almost inevitably include a visit to a pub for stout, and the sudden rise to fame of an obscure townland, but the historic nature of this particular visit comes with an extra layer of context.