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Delicate diplomacy on show in Joe Biden's Belfast visit

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Apr 12,2023 6:30 pm

... He said the return of the power-sharing devolved government at Stormont was " critical" for Northern Ireland...

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... It collapsed last year when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - one of the biggest parties at Stormont - pulled out as part of a protest against post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland...

Joe Biden's blink and you'll miss it visit to Northern Ireland

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... The Democratic Unionist Party are not happy with what is known as the Windsor Framework and are not willing to go back to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont - and so there can be no moment with a grandiose backdrop and smiles of success...

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... It collapsed last year when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - one of the biggest parties at Stormont - pulled out as part of a protest against post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland...

Good Friday Agreement: Who wants to tell the 'truth' about NI's past?

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... 2014 - Stormont House Agreement: This broad deal, a year on from the Haass talks dealt with many of the same issues - it proposes going ahead with the HIU, an oral history archive and the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval (ICIR), a body that will allow people to get information on Troubles-related deaths...

Brexit: Could Windsor Framework reset strained UK-Ireland ties?

Brexit: Could Windsor Framework reset strained UK-Ireland ties?
Feb 27,2023 1:51 pm

... Attention in Dublin will now turn to whether the DUP - the biggest unionist party at Stormont - sees enough in the Windsor Framework to return to the power-sharing government in Belfast...

NI Protocol: Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak not to drop power to override Brexit deal

NI Protocol: Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak not to drop power to override Brexit deal
Feb 19,2023 12:11 am

... The controversy over the Protocol has led to a political vacuum in Stormont in recent months, with the DUP blocking the functioning of devolved government in Northern Ireland in protest against the trade rules...

Mother-and-baby homes: 'One of the greatest scandals'

Mother-and-baby homes: 'One of the greatest scandals'
Jan 2,2023 3:21 am

... " Whether or not the Stormont Assembly is sitting, it is absolutely essential that as soon as the independent panel is doing its work, the next phase should be in process - it was always designed to be overlapping...

Brexit: Could Windsor Framework reset strained UK-Ireland ties?

Nov 10,2022 3:00 pm

By Shane HarrisonBBC News Dublin Correspondent

The Republic of Ireland - More Than any other EU State - wants to get Brexit done At Last .

It shares a land border with Northern Ireland and The UK.

It is keenly aware of The sensitivities of those unionists north of that border Who See The Northern Ireland Protocol as a threat to their Britishness.

In order to avoid a hard border on The Island of Ireland , The protocol effectively created a trade border for goods travelling across The Irish Sea from Great Britain and Northern Ireland .

The strength of unionist feeling against that was such that The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has refused to participate in The Political Institutions Set Up by The 25-year-old after three decades of violence in Northern Ireland .

Attention in Dublin will now turn to whether The DUP - The biggest Unionist Party at Stormont - Sees enough in The Windsor Framework to return to The power-sharing government in Belfast.

Few expect The DUP to sign up immediately to The new agreement, at least in part because it has to contest council elections in Northern Ireland in May.

But The Hope is there will be no immediate, outright rejection.

" The perfect is The Enemy of The Good " and " in any negotiation nobody gets everything they want" are two phrases we can expect to hear a lot of in The Coming days.

Twice before The EU has seen The UK government attempt to renege on a Brexit deal it had agreed to, largely because of internal Conservative Party divisions.

But there is confidence in Dublin that This Time it will be third time lucky, not least because The Price of Failure - including a possible trade war over broken Promises - is too high to pay amid a cost-of-living crisis.

There is No Doubt that Brexit soured The Good relations that had existed between The UK and Ireland because of their joint interest in Northern Ireland affairs in The Wake of The Good Friday Agreement.

The Hope now is that The Windsor Framework will allow a reset, not just between The two states but also between The UK and The wider EU.

But it is only Hope - Not Yet confidence or certainty.

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