“Scores” of US companies are lining up to invest in Northern Ireland, the US President has said on a visit to Belfast.
President Biden pledged to unlock that investment opportunity with the appointment of Joe Kennedy - the grand nephew of former US President John F Kennedy - as Special US Envoy to Northern Ireland.
“There are scores of major American corporations wanting to come here, wanting to invest,” Mr Biden said a an event in the new Ulster University campus in Belfast. “Many have already made homes in Northern Ireland, employing over 30,000 people.
