Northern Ireland leaders visit Capitol Hill in Washington
Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley (L) and Deputy First Minitster Martin McGuinness arrive at the Capitol building in Washington on December 6, 2007. (UPI Photo/Alexis Glenn)
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The Rev. Ian Paisley, the Protestant firebrand turned conciliatory politician, remained in intensive care in a Northern Ireland hospital Tuesday.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Michael D. Higgins, a 70-year-old poet and longtime member of Ireland's Parliament, has been elected the country's president.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Early reports Friday from the Irish presidential election show longtime politician Michael D. Higgins as the front-runner with about 40 percent.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness, a former IRA chief of staff, is entering the race for the Irish presidency.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A Presbyterian minister spoke at the annual Sinn Fein conference Friday in Belfast, in a sign of changing times in Northern Ireland.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, June 22 (UPI) -- Leaders in Northern Ireland began an effort Wednesday to defuse tension after three nights of rioting around a Catholic enclave in Belfast.
BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Northern Ireland official has called Monday night's car bombing in Londonderry a failed attempt to destroy the peace process.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The prime minister of Ireland and the two top leaders of Northern Ireland plan to spend St. Patrick's Day in Washington, the White House announced Friday.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged to Northern Ireland's legislature Monday the United States' commitment to the peace process in that country.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- A blood-dimmed shadow hung over the usually joyous celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday. Only two weeks ago, five shocking killings in Northern Ireland raised the specter of civil war after a decade of peace.
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