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let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this ....
On ucla campus, violent action and vicious words as pro palestinian protestors and pro israeli counter protestors clash over gaza. Is this turmoil partly a result ofjoe biden s failure to grip the middle east crisis . Marks live at a washington protest. Well bejoined by a Columbia University student from the National Jewish on Campus Student union, and a leader of the Palestine Solidarity protest at indiana university. And the man who for two decades advised successive us Secretaries Of State on the arab israeli conflict. Also tonight huge protests and tear gas on the streets of the Georgian Capital Tbilisi against russian inspi ....
AIB Leinster Club SHC Final O'Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny) 0-22 Na Fianna (Dublin) 1-18 By Paul Keane This time last year, the O'Loughlin Gaels players were licking their wounds after a dismal Kilkenny SHC campaign that ended with a Round 1 defeat. Former club and county star Brian Hogan was drafted ....
While not very ideologically far apart both would say they are both probably of the political centre. they grew out of factions and from the irish civil war. that happened a century ago was basically around the circumstances, the conditions of ireland s independence of the rivalry between the parties is very, very intense indeed. but not for the first time they are governing ireland together. the current taoiseach, leo varadkar succeeded enda kenny, there on the left is the leader and his deputy in the government micheal martin, the foreign minister, is the current minister of fianna fail in under this coalition agreement they agree to rotate the top position of taoiseach and micheal martin was taoiseach and micheal martin was taoiseach and micheal martin was taoiseach and handed over voluntarily in december two enda kenny. so that was a sign of change ....
It s a swap at the top that has never been done before. the two parties that dominated irish politics through most of the last century, fianna fail led by micheal martin, fine gael now led by leo varadkar went into government together for the first time. and when you consider that those parties grew out of different factions in the irish civil war 100 years ago, well, it does make it all the more remarkable. so, voluntarily today, micheal martin has handed over the most importantjob in ireland to leo varadkar. the proceedings took about two and a half hours in the irish parliament here in dublin. mr martin formally resigned. he, as you would expect, went through what he saw as his list of achievements, not least leading ireland through the covid pandemic. and then members of the parliament voted in mr varadkar to take over as taoiseach for the second half of this coalition government s term. ....