Tag: Ireland

LIVE NOW: Biden Arrives Northern Ireland for a Four-Day Visit of the Region

President Joe Biden arrives at Belfast at 4:20 p.m. ET on April 11 for a four-day visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord on one side of the Irish border and visit his ancestral home on the other. …


Biden Arrives Northern Ireland for a Four-Day Visit of the Region

President Joe Biden arrives at Belfast at 4:20 p.m. ET on April 11 for a four-day visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord on one side of the Irish border and visit his ancestral home on the other. …


Belfast Locked Down Ahead of Biden’s Visit

A ring of steel surrounds Northern Ireland’s capital city as the province prepares for U.S. President Joe Biden’s first ever official visit. Parts of Belfast city centre are in complete lockdown as police carry out a huge security operation in the midst of an ongoing severe dissident republican terror threat. Roads have been closed and…


Prime Minister Urges Northern Ireland Politicians to End Stormont Stalemate

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged Northern Ireland politicians to return to power-sharing as he hailed the “bravery” and “perseverance” of negotiators of the Good Friday Agreement. In a statement released on Monday marking exactly 25 years since the signing of the historic peace deal, Sunak praised the “difficult decisions” taken and “political imagination” that…


USWNT Beat Ireland, Lose Star Mallory Swanson

A 2–0 victory for the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) over Ireland on Saturday in Austin, Texas came at the cost of star forward Mallory Swanson. Swanson, the leading scorer for the United States this year, was carted off late in the first half of the friendly when her left knee buckled after a challenge…


Northern Ireland Police Fear Terror Attack Ahead of Biden Visit

Northern Ireland police say they are “preparing for the worst” after receiving strong intelligence of a terror attack ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed it had received credible information that dissident republicans were planning significant violence on Easter Monday, a day before Biden’s highly-anticipated visit to…


Biden to Visit Northern Ireland for Peace Deal Commemoration

President Joe Biden will be visiting Northern Ireland next week to commemorate a historic agreement that brought peace to the region despite UK intelligence warnings about a potential terror threat in the area. “President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland from April 11-14,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…


New Study Shows Women Empowered by Home Birth

How do women who have given birth in both a hospital and a homebirth setting perceive their experiences giving birth? In a February 2023 study published in the journal, Women and Birth, three Irish researchers sought to answer this question. The study, “‘It could not have been more different.’ Comparing experiences of hospital-based birth and…


UK and EU Sign Off New Northern Ireland Brexit Deal

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal for Northern Ireland has been formally signed off, without the support of the province’s largest unionist party. On Friday, the Windsor Framework was legally adopted in a meeting chaired by both Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic days after MPs voted overwhelmingly in its favour….


Sunak’s Windsor Framework Deal Passes First Parliamentary Hurdle

A new post-Brexit trading arrangement for Northern Ireland has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle after MPs voted in its favour. Despite opposition from some Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 515 politicians voted in favour of implementing the new Windsor Framework’s “Stormont brake”—with 29 opposing the UK-EU agreed mechanism. In total, 22 Conservatives rebelled…