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Heavy rain will spread across Northern Ireland followed by high winds

Peace comes dropping slow, wrote the poet William Butler Yeats. And even when peace does come, it must be nurtured and vigilantly protected like a vulnerable sapling.

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…

Northern Ireland is at peace, but still divided

President Biden's trip marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is part diplomacy and part homecoming.

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

They will remain in place until Wednesday afternoon

‘You have got to use the American influence on the process with care and with sensitivity,’ Sir Tony Blair

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

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