US President Joe Biden has landed in Carlingford and will visit the area before travelling to Dundalk.
The President arrived at Dublin Airport covered by umbrellas in preparation for his three-day visit to the Republic.
Air Force One landed at Dublin Airport on Wednesday afternoon in heavy rain and cold winds.
Mr Biden, accompanied by his son Hunter Biden and sister Valerie Biden Owens, was greeted on the tarmac and shook hands with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar alongside other dignitaries.
Biden had been due to travel by helicopter but bad weather scuppered those plans and he is now travelling via the presidential motorcade.
Prior to his travel to Ireland, he had a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast.
The US president gave a speech during his visit to Northern Ireland at the city’s brand-new campus of Ulster University.
As part of the trip, Biden will go to Mayo, Louth, and Dublin during the coming days.