BELFAST — 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 DUP wants further changes to the revised post-Brexit deal for the province but London has said that is not possible.
Security concerns were also highlighted on Tuesday by the discovery of four pipe bombs, small improvised explosive devices, in Londonderry, a city 110 km from where Biden is to stay. Police in a statement linked the devices to Irish nationalist rioters who attacked police there on Monday.The latest political stalemate – which followed a three-year collapse of the devolved government from 2017 to 2020 – is set to overshadow the visit and the anniversary of the peace deal the U.S.
There is still some sporadic violence by small groups opposed to the peace process. In February, an off-duty police officer was seriously injured after he was shot by two gunmen in front of his son.Article content In Ireland, Biden, who speaks proudly of his Irish roots and frequently quotes Irish poets such as Seamus Heaney, will address the parliament in Dublin, meet Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and visit his ancestral homes on either coast.
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