Biden celebrating peace, family history in Irish visit

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden is on a journey of diplomatic and family celebration. He arrived Tuesday night in Northern Ireland to help mark the 25th anniversary of what’s known as the Good Friday Agreement. The U.S. helped negotiate the agreement to end decades of deadly sectarian bloodshed in that country. It was signed on Good Friday in April 1998. Biden is of Irish descent and will also visit the Republic of Ireland in part to reconnect with distant relatives on his first trip back there as America’s president. The Democratic president also will address the Irish Parliament during his four-day trip.