Northern Ireland

Pitstops at an old pub, castle & more: Joe Biden’s postcards from Ireland, his ancestral homeland

Joe Biden is spending three days in Ireland on his first visit back as US president. After spending most of a day on a whirlwind countryside tour of his ancestral home, he is turning back to diplomacy on Thursday, with an address to the Irish parliament and meetings with the country's leaders

From John F Kennedy to Joe Biden: When US leaders visited their 'great-great Irish family'

Joe Biden will be the eighth US president to visit Ireland. It's been a rite of passage for American leaders since John F Kennedy to travel to Ireland, where over 30 million Americans have roots

Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, reap gains

Northern Ireland's political crisis stems, in part, from Brexit. Britain’s departure from the European Union left Northern Ireland poised uneasily between the rest of the UK and EU member Ireland and put the Good Friday peace agreement under increased strain

Hope Northern Ireland Executive, Assembly will soon be restored: Joe Biden

The US President paid a brief visit to promote the benefits of enduring peace and investment, but faced heated criticism from pro-UK hardliners

Explained: The political and cultural significance of Joe Biden’s visit to Ireland

Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the next four days. He’s going to celebrate 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal that the US helped secure. But there is more to the visit than diplomacy. The president will reaffirm his Irish roots and ancestry

Good Friday Agreement: How Joe Biden's Ireland visit comes during turbulent times

American president Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland comes at a fragile time for the Good Friday Agreement, threatened by post-Brexit trade arrangements and political tensions

'Keep the peace': Joe Biden arrives in Northern Ireland to mark 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement

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

Biden to start his Ireland visit with Belfast, meet UK PM Rishi Sunak

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

Rishi Sunak praises 'Good Friday Agreement' ahead of Biden's visit to Northern Ireland

Sunak said it was 'an incredible moment in our nation's history'. He was just 17 when the Good Friday Agreement was agreed, which ended three decades of violence in the UK province

‘Strong intelligence’ of terror attacks in Northern Ireland on Easter Monday ahead of Biden visit

British intelligence agency -- the MI5 -- recently raised the terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland to “severe”, meaning a potential attack could happen at any time. Sporadic violence in Northern Ireland by groups has kept the threat level at “severe” since the system was introduced in 2010