said they will not return to devolved government unless they get significant changes to the post brexit trading arrangements, they are not happy with them at the moment, not happy with the proposals, so no matter whatjoe biden says it is unlikely they will return to government any time soon unless those issues are addressed, so a pretty brief visit here in northern ireland, he will be spending much more time in the republic of ireland, joe biden, a trip to dublin to meet the president and prime minister and that probably the personal highlight will be those homecoming events in county mayo, county louth, his ancestral homes, he will be meeting his relatives, learning about his ancestors and you can imagine thousands and thousands of people will be out on the streets. already the us flags are being hung from buildings, pubs and shops, people gearing up to welcome the president.
of the uk, and they have basically said they will not return to devolved government unless they get significant changes to the post brexit trading arrangements, they are not happy with them at the moment, not happy with the proposals, so no matter whatjoe biden says it is unlikely they will return to government any time soon unless those issues are addressed, so a pretty brief visit here in northern ireland, he will be spending much more time in the republic of ireland, joe biden, a trip to dublin to meet the president and prime minister and that probably the personal highlight will be those homecoming events in county mayo, county louth, his ancestral homes, he will be meeting his relatives, learning about his ancestors and you can imagine thousands and thousands of people will be out on the streets. already the us flags are being hung from buildings, pubs and shops, people gearing up to welcome the president. shops, people gearing up to welcome the president- the president. thank yo
in the last hour, the president of the united states has arrived in belfast for a four day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. president biden, who has strong family ties to the republic of ireland, sees the 1998 agreement, which helped end northern ireland s decades long violent conflict known as the troubles, as part of his own political legacy. speaker president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america s commitment to preserving the peace. tomorrow, he ll deliver a speech at ulster university, speaker before travelling to the republic of ireland for the remainder speaker r of his four day visit. the trip will also celebrate his own family s roots in the republic. he ll attend events in louth and mayo, where he will visit his ancestral homes. there ll also be official engagements in dublin. he ll then leave for america on friday. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, is in belfast, where air force one has
standstill here, thanks to celebrate. belfast and northern ireland so different now, it is very quiet in belfast city centre right now, but on a normal day it will be full of tourists, people shopping, going to bars, museums. the violence we saw in decades past seems such a distant now. joe biden will to a new university campus here, he will meet with rishi sunak here, and then it is off to the republic of ireland, he will go to county louth, one of his ancestral homes, back to dublin, and then he will finish the week in county mayo, of the town of ballina, where he went in 2016 as vice president and got a huge reception, thousands of people lined the streets of ballina, you have to expect that coming as president on friday, the deception will be even bigger. pl. friday, the deception will be even bi ler. , friday, the deception will be even bi er, , ., , friday, the deception will be even biner. . , ., bigger. a big day indeed for northern ireland. bigger. a big day indeed for|
but after 25 years of relative peace, the focus is on a deal that started a work in progress with the us government having played a key role in the good friday agreement talks, a visit to belfast tomorrow by presidentjoe biden will mark the anniversary. louise cullen, bbc news. well, our correspondent charlotte gallagher is also in belfast, and she has more. the big news in town at the moment, of course, is the us president, joe biden. he s arriving in belfast on tuesday night. he s going to spend part of wednesday here as well, going to a new university campus meeting with rishi sunak. and then he s going to go to the republic of ireland. he s going to go to dublin and he s going to go to county louth and county mayo to places where he has ancestral links. and he ll be spending his last day, friday in county mayo making a speech in the town of ballina surrounded by some of his cousins. and he describes himself as a proud irish american, a proud irish catholic. so you can perhaps under