Biden to visit ancestral homeland

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit the island of Ireland, from where his forebears hailed, amid a €5m security operation


AIR FORCE ONE
Boeing 747-200B

Crew: 26, passengers: 70 
Speed: 1,037km/h

Cost: €2.8bn


ANCESTRAL HOMES 
Mayo: Blewitt family 
Louth: Finnegan family

Ballina, Co. Mayo
“Homecoming” speech expected


SECURITY
Over 1,000 personnel including:
250 Secret Service, 400-500 gardai (200 armed), Irish Defence Forces


N. IRELAND
Carlingford, Co. Louth
IRELAND
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Apr 11: Belfast 
Biden will mark 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement, but will not attend formal ceremony later in month

Apr 12: Dublin
Official State visit to Aras an Uachtarain, residence of President Michael D. Higgins. 
Meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park


Aircraft carrier off west coast


F-35C Lightning II carrier variant

Displacement (fully loaded)
88,000 tonnes

Crew: 5,200 
Aircraft: 60+


THE BEAST: Cadillac armoured limo

Weight: ~9,000kg
Max. speed: 100km/h
 
125mm armour
Sealed interior
Kevlar-reinforced tyres
Oxygen supply in trunk

2011 model got stuck on ramp at U.S. embassy in Dublin


Sources: NY Times, Irish Central
Picture: Getty Images
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