In Belfast, Biden marks Good Friday accord despite Irish tensions - The Boston Globe

The Good Friday Agreement ended decades of bloodshed between Catholics and Protestants, but tensions and animosity persist, flaring up anew in the aftermath of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union. Biden urged the leaders of Northern Ireland to restore their government, which has not been fully functional since February 2022. In fact, for 40 percent of the time over the past 25 years, there has been no working government. ‘’As a friend, I hope it’s not too presumptuous for me to say, but I believe democratic institutions established in the...