Biden to visit Ireland, mark Good Friday accord anniversary

[phkrause]

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

https://apnews.com/article/ireland-biden-good-friday-agreement-northern-ireland-aa3ed261c40622ec248fffc75ab44678

Biden in Ireland encourages nations to “dream together”

DUBLIN (AP) — Holding up his own family history as an example, President Joe Biden on Thursday told lawmakers in a packed parliament building that the story of Irish immigrants setting sail for the U.S. is at the very heart of “what binds Ireland and America together.”

https://apnews.com/article/biden-ireland-parliament-ancestry-diplomacy-ukraine-0c268d8eb11ac4434ae968d528bff359

Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, reap gains

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-good-friday-agreement-northern-ireland-789692911eeecd153495236e868e5b8d

[phkrause]

It’s “the Joe show” as Biden closes out Ireland visit

BALLINA, Ireland (AP) — Quoting Irish poetry and soaking up the cheers of thousands, President Joe Biden on Friday pronounced Ireland not just part of his family history but part of his soul as he wrapped up a trip that gave him the kind of adoration that eludes him back in the U.S.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-ireland-ancestor-president-9da89a36f944a6103f7bae5d91103671