Some iconic moments
Joe Biden looks set to make his first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming US President — making him the fourth serving American leader to land on our shores.While a visit to Northern Ireland has not been explicitly proposed, the President is understood to want to come to Britain to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to the region.
He stayed at the Europa Hotel which, during the Troubles, was known as the “most bombed hotel in Europe”. It was bombed 36 times during the conflict.In 2013, Barack Obama and his family paid a visit as part of the G8 summit. The president addressed an audience at the Waterfront Hall before heading to Co Fermanagh for the talks with global leaders.
He managed to squeeze in a lot of appearances during his visit - from talks with Belfast entrepreneurs and managers at the East Belfast Enterprise Park, to delivering his speech at the Mackie Metal Plant - listened to by local schoolchildren David Sterrett and Catherine Hamill who gave their own moving speeches about peace.
Mr Obama, who visited the Republic of Ireland in 2011 but was on his first trip north of the border, gave a rousing address to some 2,000 people - mostly young students - at Belfast's Waterfront Hall. Air Force One had touched down at Aldergrove International Airport, 20 miles north of the city, at 8.35am amid one of the biggest security operations ever mounted in Northern Ireland. He was flown by Marine One helicopter to George Best Belfast City Airport and then travelled by road to the Waterfront.
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