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A ‘quiet success story’: How the Good Friday Agreement created an ‘all-Ireland’ economy

The signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, opened channels for cooperation between businesses on either side of the Irish border and the emergence of an “all-island economy”. A quarter of a century later, shared economic ties are an important source of collaboration between north and south.

France 24

Biden’s visit to Ulster University ‘represents a better future’

President Joe Biden’s opening of Ulster University is hugely symbolic, says the University’s student union President.

The Independent UK

Belfast Council development plan criticised for 20 percent social housing target

The plan introduces minimum social/affordable housing quota for developers from next month

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Biden in Belfast will see peace marred by political crisis

American grit was essential to getting Northern Ireland’s warring sides to make peace 25 years ago with the Good Friday Agreement

The Independent UK

Biden says visit is to ‘keep the peace’ ahead of Belfast arrival

The US President invoked the importance of the Good Friday Agreement and the recently negotiated Windsor Framework as he prepared to set off.

The Independent UK

Joe Biden to meet Northern Ireland leaders as US ‘nudges’ DUP to end Brexit stand-off

Huge security operation under way in Belfast as police recover pipe bombs in Derry

The Independent UK

When Biden visits Northern Ireland, he’ll find a country ravaged by the Tories

Peace is undermined not just by paramilitary groups, but by the austerity that fuels them, says political commentator Sarah Creighton

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Joe Biden in Ireland: Everything you need to know about US President's visit

President Joe Biden will land in Belfast on Tuesday evening for four jam-packed days

Irish Mirror

Five Northern Ireland spots named in top 50 'Most Beautiful Places in the UK'

Our wee country is filled with remarkable locations

Belfast Live

Biden Ireland visit – live: US president to hold talks with Sunak ahead of keynote speech

US president – who has Irish ancestry – has timed the visit to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

The Independent UK

Joe Biden Belfast visit: Police officers and secret service vehicles swarm city

"We were expecting maybe less customers but we are probably the safest street in Belfast now"

Belfast Live

Major security operation in Belfast ahead of Biden visit

Police and secret service vehicles descended on the city ahead of the US President ‘s arrival.

The Independent UK

Joe Biden: Ulster University's Students' Union President 'very excited' ahead of 'symbolic' visit

In his main engagement in Northern Ireland, Mr Biden will deliver a keynote speech at Ulster University's new £350 million Belfast campus.

Belfast Live

Biden in Belfast to commemorate Good Friday Agreement - Roll Call

Biden will highlight agreement that largely ended Catholic-Protestant violence, and endorse a trade agreement that followed Brexit.

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France 24

Meeting Belfast families whose lives were transformed by the Good Friday Agreement

After three decades of conflict that left 3,500 people dead, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement reached by the political protagonists in Northern Ireland found common ground for power-sharing between unionists, who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, and republicans, who call for a united and independent…

Axios

Biden to mark 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement in Belfast

Northern Ireland is at peace, but still divided

The Guardian - UK

Biden says keeping Good Friday and Windsor agreements in place are main priority as he flies to Belfast – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair: any Good Friday agreement review must come from compromise

Comments come as Joe Biden prepares to fly in to give speech in Belfast to mark 25th anniversary of pact

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Belfast Live

Belfast city centre road closures in place ahead of arrival of President Joe Biden

They will remain in place until Wednesday afternoon

Irish Mirror

Joe Biden helicopter could be grounded for visit amid Met Éireann weather warning

The US President will touch down in Air Force One in Belfast later on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Joe Biden to make personal push to unite Northern Ireland parties during visit

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Mr Biden when Air Force One touches down in Northern Ireland.

The Guardian - UK

‘The torture’s real. The time I did was real’: the Belfast man waterboarded by the British army

The long read: Liam Holden went to prison for 17 years on the basis of a confession he made after being tortured by British soldiers in 1972. Now the government is making it harder for people like him to get justice

Reuters

Biden arrives in Northern Ireland to mark peace deal anniversary

U.S. President Joe Biden was welcomed to Northern Ireland by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday as he flew in for a brief visit to mark the 25th anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed.

The Independent UK

Biden set to revisit Irish roots after marking Good Friday Agreement anniversary

The 46th US president – a proud Irish-American – will visit Belfast to celebrate a quarter-century of peace under the Good Friday Agreement before travelling to Ireland, Andrew Feinberg writes

Belfast Live

Joe Biden: New advice issued for airport travellers ahead of US President's visit

Mr Biden will arrive in Belfast on Tuesday as part of his four day trip

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