The conflict in Northern Ireland was once seen as insoluble. Yet now there is peace. Are there lessons for the combatants in the Middle East?
Under the plan,the age of sale would rise from 18 every year,so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to legally buy tobacco.
Whichever way you go,things tend to work out just grand in Ireland.
Britain has become Limboland,a nation in which one of its most famous tea-towel epigrams is in danger of becoming a looping incantation:Keep calm and carry on.
Under Commonwealth Games Federation rules,there is scope for individual sports to host their own championships away from the Games. But if it becomes a watered-down carnival,would anyone want it?
Michelle O’Neill’s attendance would have been unimaginable 20 years ago,while the presence of China’s vice president is unlikely to pass without controversy.
US President Joe Biden earlier met separately with the leaders of the five parties that made up the pact,stressing a resumption as part of the peace deal.
Republican protests were largely peaceful in Northern Ireland on Easter Monday ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement.
Northern Ireland police have warned of “very strong” intelligence that officers would be targeted on Easter Monday following heightened tensions.
Police says dissidents are plotting terror attacks against police officers ahead of Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak’s visit for the anniversary on the Good Friday Agreement
The UK has secured green and red lanes for goods arriving by port,allowing products like plants,medicines and groceries destined only for Northern Ireland to travel across the border with no customs forms.