Good Friday Agreement at 25

It’s hardly surprising that Joe Biden, of Irish Catholic descent, is starting his Irish visit in Northern Ireland, and that he is not planning to attend the coronation of King Charles III in London next month.

American President Joe Biden, pictured with First Lady Jill Biden, is visiting Northern Ireland from April 11-12. Many good people are striving to head off a collapse of the historic Good Friday Agreement, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 12, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—American President Joe Biden is visiting Ireland this week to celebrate an anniversary that almost didn’t happen. April 10 marked the 25th anniversary of the ‘Good Friday Agreement’ of 1998, which ended 30 years of killing in Northern Ire...

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