‘We haven’t a clue if he’s coming here’: Joe Biden’s whistle-stop Irish tour shrouded in secrecy

Logistical, political and security challenges mean few details of the US president's trip have been confirmed, but anticipation is mounting in several locations

With just hours remaining until Joe Biden arrives in Belfast there is still no confirmation that the US president is going to pay a visit to his ancestral home towns in the picturesque Cooley Peninsula south of the border with Northern Ireland.

The arrival of the 46th president in Belfast on Tuesday night and in the Republic of Ireland for a three-day visit on Wednesday has been shrouded in secrecy.