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LONDON — An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill was named first minister in the government that under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday peace accord shares power equally between Northern Ireland’s two main communities — …

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Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the next four days. That’s the way experts are describing United States president Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland and then onto Ireland. Biden’s visit to Ireland comes 60 years after the last Irish Catholic president — John F Kennedy — visited his ancestral homeland, telling his aides …

Northern Ireland has been significantly reshaped since unionist parties wanting to remain part of the UK and nationalists favouring reunification with Ireland struck a peace deal on 10 April 1998 US President Joe Biden landed in Northern Ireland on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of sectarian violence in the region. He …

US president urges a return to power sharing in Belfast on visit to mark 25 years of peace. “Today’s Belfast is the beating heart of Northern Ireland and is poised to drive unprecedented economic opportunity,” he said. “There are scores of major American corporations wanting to come here, wanting to invest.” Biden said power sharing remained critical to the future …

US President Joe Biden landed in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, hoping to help maintain the fragile peace brokered 25 years ago after decades of sectarian violence over British rule. – Fragile peace – Northern Ireland has been significantly reshaped since unionist parties wanting to remain part of the UK and nationalists favouring reunification with Ireland struck the peace deal on …

The US President’s trip to Northern Ireland will see leaders of both countries discuss cooperation on a wide range of global challenges. Later in Dublin, he is expected to address the Irish parliament and stress the close bilateral co-operation between both the US and UK London: US President Joe Biden will start his four-day visit to Northern Ireland and the …

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The US president will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and seek to support a post-Brexit trade deal. United States President Joe Biden has arrived in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, where he is set to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Biden said his trip would Though the UK, and therefore Northern Ireland, have …

For President Biden’s Ireland visit, the UK feels like a third wheel

The president of the United States is visiting the UK next week, but it will not be the state visit headlined in many British media reports at the start of the Easter holiday weekend. But so, in a small way, is the continuing tradition of Ireland’s ambassador going to the White House to present the shamrock to the US president …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland next week in part to help mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday accord, a U.S.-brokered agreement that helped end decades of deadly sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Biden will first visit Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K., from April 11-12 to mark …