Tag: Northern Ireland

Monday, August 31st 2026 - 08:42 UTC
PM Burnham addresses cost of living and young people priorities in first visit to Northern Ireland

Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived Thursday in Northern Ireland as part of his summer tour of the United Kingdom, to discuss cost of living, young people priorities and an overall growth agenda. In Northern Ireland for the first time since becoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham met with the First Minister, Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, and later with all five main parties.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 10:57 UTC
Gibraltar's European future might impact Falklands' status

The future of Gibraltar and Northern Ireland after Brexit concerning Europe will be discussed Thursday at a meeting in Brussels in which the British Foreign Minister, Lord David Cameron, his Spanish colleague, José Manuel Albares, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, and the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Maros Sefcovic, will participate.
Thursday, February 1st 2024 - 23:56 UTC
Four years since Brexit, Northern Ireland is led by a Sinn Féin First Minister, Michelle O'Neill.

BBC has recalled that at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (midnight Brussels time, as January became February there), the EU shrank, the UK was out. Four years later, as the latest solution to one of the knottiest of consequences of Brexit, or at least the flavor of Brexit chosen, is revealed.
Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 07:23 UTC
Sinn Fein which calls for a united Ireland, becomes largest party in Northern Ireland

The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, has become the largest party in Northern Ireland in Sunday's local election results. But rather than break a political deadlock in the North, Sinn Fein’s striking gains may harden the sectarian divide that has long complicated its fragile government.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Joe Biden said his visit to Northern Ireland was to ensure “the Brits didn't screw around”

Speaking at a Democratic Party event in New York on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden said his visit to Northern Ireland was to ensure “the British didn't screw around,” according to a report from BBC in the US City.
Monday, April 17th 2023 - 16:54 UTC
25 Years of the Good Friday Agreement, but still a fragile Irish peace process

U.S. President Joe Biden visited Ireland this week to celebrate an anniversary that almost didn’t happen — the 25th anniversary of the ‘Good Friday Agreement’ of 1998 that ended 30 years of killing in Northern Ireland, but it almost unraveled this year.
Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 11:07 UTC
President Biden received in Belfast airport by PM Rishi Sunak

US President Joe Biden arrived in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, starting a trip to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement — the deal that ended some 30 years of civil conflict.
Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
The Good Friday Agreement that helped end The Troubles

The 1998 deal was the culmination of years of talks which helped end decades of violence known as the Troubles. The conflict pitted largely Protestant unionists who preferred to stay part of the UK against largely Catholic republicans, who wanted to be united with the Republic of Ireland in the south.
Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Bomb attack on police force in Londonderry, a day before President Biden arrives in Northern Ireland

A police vehicle in Londonderry, Northern Ireland was attacked with Molotov bombs and set on fire on Monday, that is a day before US president Joe Biden arrives in Belfast for a visit of the country and the Republic.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:45 UTC
Biden visit to Ulster and Ireland to remember the Good Friday peace agreement

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has praised the “bravery, perseverance and political imagination” shown by the leaders who shaped Northern Ireland's peace deal, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement which ended Northern Ireland's decades-long violent conflict known as the Troubles, reports BBC.