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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll in Belfast

Biden dangles $6bn investment if Northern Ireland power sharing agreed

Joe Biden has dangled a $6bn (£5bn) carrot in front of Northern Ireland’s leaders with a promise to boost the country’s economy with US investment if power sharing is restored.

In a thinly veiled message to the Democratic Unionist party, which has been boycotting the devolved government for more than a year, the US president told an audience in Belfast that American investors were ready to “triple” the $2bn already invested.

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