Sunak and Biden’s bilat falls flat as duty briefly calls in Northern Ireland The US president and the UK prime minister fill time before a speech marking 25 years since the Good Friday agreement The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023
Biden urges Northern Ireland to 'seize opportunity' of new Brexit deal on visit to Belfast US President Joe Biden called for political compromise in Northern Ireland on Wednesday during a visit to Belfast to promote the benefits of enduring peace and investment, but faced heated criticism from pro-UK hardliners. Radio France Internationale · Apr 12, 2023
Biden dangles $6bn investment if Northern Ireland power sharing agreed US president tells Belfast audience that current figure could triple and hopes ‘assembly and executive will soon be restored’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023
President delivers clear message during lightning-fast Belfast visit Joe Biden linked a bright economic future with political stability during an address at Ulster University. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Biden speech does not alter political dynamic at Stormont, DUP leader insists Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the UK Government needed to do more to protect Northern Ireland’s place within the UK internal market. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
President Biden ‘sent a clear message to the DUP’ over Stormont – O’Neill Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill said she is focused on trying to make politics work. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Joe Biden accused of hating UK but insists he's part English with famous ancestor The US President made the remarks during a tour of Ireland as part of the celerbation of the 25th Anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement. DUP politicians have previously accused Biden of having 'a record of being pro-Republican, anti-Unionist, anti-British' Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
US President Joe Biden urges Northern Ireland leaders to seize ‘opportunity’ US President Joe Biden has urged Irish leaders to restore power sharing, with the promise major US corporations are ready to invest. The New Daily · Apr 12, 2023
President Biden meeting has 'not changed Stormont dynamic' - DUP "It doesn’t change the political dynamic in Northern Ireland, we know what needs to happen." Belfast Live · Apr 12, 2023
Joe Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to Northern Ireland US president calls for return of powersharing – as his advisers reject DUP’s ‘anti-British’ claims The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
DUP says Biden visit has not changed Northern Ireland political dynamic The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland will not change his party's more than year-long boycott of the region's power-sharing government. Reuters · Apr 12, 2023
Rishi Sunak mocked as Joe Biden meets him for cup of tea in corner of hotel bar Critics joked that the meeting at a hotel in Belfast was not 'long enough for biscuits to be served' let alone to discuss boosting transatlantic trade Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
Former DUP leader Arlene Foster says US President Joe Biden 'hates the UK' as he visits Ireland Biden spent Tuesday night in Belfast but will fly to Dublin for a four-day visit to the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday Irish Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
White House rejects claims Biden is anti-British as he meets Sunak in Belfast US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met for a cup of tea in a Belfast hotel. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Reuters · Apr 12, 2023 U.S. President Biden is not 'anti-British', White House official says U.S. President Joe Biden is not anti-British and his pride in his Irish roots does not preclude him from playing a supportive role in Northern Ireland's peace process, a White House official said on Wednesday.
The National (Scotland) · Apr 12, 2023 US denies Joe Biden 'hates the United Kingdom' after DUP attacks on president THE DUP have called US President Joe Biden “anti-British” and that they will not bow to pressure to accept Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal for…
Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023 Row casts shadow on Joe Biden visit to Belfast US President reaches out as a ‘friend’ to Unionists amid warnings against America intervening in power sharing row
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023 Joe Biden is ‘not anti-British’, says senior presidential aide Official says Britain remains one of US’s closest allies after former DUP leader Arlene Foster claimed Biden ‘hates the UK’
The Week · Apr 12, 2023 Can Biden break the Stormont stalemate? Amid the ceremony of Joe Biden’s arrival in Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, doubts have been raised over whether the US president’s visit might end the stalemate at Stormont.
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023 Joe Biden is ‘anti-British’ pro-Irish nationalist, says DUP ‘Joe Biden hates the UK’, says ex-leader Arlene Foster – while DUP MP Sammy Wilson accuses president of ‘antipathy towards Protestants’
Belfast Live · Apr 12, 2023 Former DUP leader Arlene Foster says US president Joe Biden 'hates' the UK She said his visit to Belfast "won't put any pressure" on the DUP to restore Stormont because he is regarded as "simply pro-republican and pro-nationalist"
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023 Donaldson refuses to endorse claim by DUP colleagues who say Biden is ‘anti-British’ – as it happened This blog is now closed.
Belfast Live · Apr 12, 2023 Joe Biden in Northern Ireland: What message to expect as US president makes speech in Belfast The choice of Ulster University's new Belfast campus as the setting of the US president's keynote speech in itself speaks volumes
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023 What is Joe Biden’s Irish heritage? US president immensely proud of heritage and loves to quote Yeats and Heaney
Reuters · Apr 12, 2023 Biden urges N.Ireland leaders to seize 'incredible economic opportunity' U.S. President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major U.S. corporations were ready to invest in the region as he marked the 25th anniversary of peace in Belfast.