Breaking: US President-Elect
@JoeBiden
tells
@rtenews
about the importance of maintaining an open border on the island of Ireland, post-Brexit. He tells me: “The idea of having the border between north & south once again being closed, it’s just not right”
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve written a book about my time here in the US. ‘Four Years in the Cauldron’ will be published in October by
@PenguinIEBooks
and is available for preorder here.
@easons
I asked US President-Elect
@JoeBiden
about
#Brexit
. He told me: “We do not want a guarded border.., we’ve worked too long to get Ireland worked out”
@rtenews
RTÉ News is pleased to announce the appointment of RTÉ journalist, Brian O'Donovan
@BrianOD_News
as our new Work & Technology Correspondent. In his new role, Brian will report and analyse our working lives, how they are changing and the wide-ranging developments in technology.
US President-Elect
@JoeBiden
has announced Irish-American
@MartyJWalsh
as his nominee for Labour Secretary and jokes that the only thing wrong with Marty is that his parents come from Galway not Mayo!
@rtenews
In a statement tonight, the US Speaker of the House
@SpeakerPelosi
is warning the UK that there will be “absolutely no chance” of a US-UK trade agreement passing Congress if the UK violates an international treaty and Brexit undermines the Good Friday Agreement.
@rtenews
Asked about the plight of migrants at the US-Mexico border,
@JoeBiden
made reference to his great grandfather leaving Ireland on a coffin ship. “They left because of what the Brits had been doing," he said.
@rtenews
The US Speaker of the House
@SpeakerPelosi
on the latest
#Brexit
developments: “There will be no bilateral US-UK agreement if the Good Friday accords regarding the border are changed”
@rtenews
An emotional farewell for
@JoeBiden
, quoting James Joyce as he leaves his home state of Delaware for Washington ahead of his
#Inauguration
tomorrow.
@rtenews
Referring to the difficult choices migrants make,
@JoeBiden
refers to his great-grandfather getting into a coffin ship to leave Ireland. “They left because of what the Brits were doing,” he says.
@rtenews
On
#Brexit
, US President-elect
@JoeBiden
tells me: “We have worked too hard to get Ireland worked out... the idea of having the border north and south once again being closed, it’s just not right, we have got to keep the border open.”
@rtenews
An Post has launched a new digital stamp which can be purchased via the company's app. Customers will receive a 12-digit unique alpha-numeric code which they can then write onto their envelope where a traditional stamp would normally go.
@rtenews
Breaking: Thomas Martens, jailed in the US for the murder of Irish man Jason Corbett, has failed in his bid to get released from prison over
#coronavirus
concerns.
@rtenews
At their
@WhiteHouse
meeting
@JoeBiden
&
@vonderleyen
discussed
#NorthernIreland
: “We share the assessment that it is important for peace & stability on the island of Ireland to keep the withdrawal agreement & to keep the protocol.” Ms. von der Leyen told reporters.
@rtenews
Asked about the legal action that the EU is taking against the UK, the
@WhiteHouse
@PressSec
Jen Psaki repeats her previous statement that
@JoeBiden
remains “unequivocal” in his support for the Good Friday Agreement.
@rtenews
Ukrainians living in Ireland are protesting outside the Dublin HQ of Facebook parent company Meta. They are calling on the social media giant to remove Russian state-backed accounts from its platforms.
@rtenews
RTÉ News is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Whelan as its new Washington Correspondent.
@seanwhelanRTE
has held the role of London Correspondent for the last three years, extensively reporting on Brexit, the pandemic and UK politics.
As is tradition here in the US, March has been designated Irish-American Heritage Month. In the official declaration,
@JoeBiden
makes reference to his own Irish roots.
@rtenews
A memorial plaque has been unveiled in Berkeley, California honouring the students who lost their lives when an apartment balcony collapsed in June 2015.
@rtenews
Limerick man Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health, is overseeing the injection of the first
#COVID19
vaccine to be administered in New York state.
@rtenews
Irishman Dr Martin Tobin is testifying at the
#DerekChauvinTrial
. He studied at University College Dublin & is a pulmonology expert. He said
#GeorgeFloyd
died from a low level of oxygen which caused damage to his brain & caused his heart to stop.
@rtenews
Thank you
@easons
at Mahon Point, Cork for your warm welcome today when I stopped by to sign copies of my new book ‘Four Years in Cauldron’.
@PenguinIEBooks
Breaking: Liam Carew & Shane O’Connor from The Abbey School, Tipperary are the winners of the 59th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for their project "Assessing the impact of second-level education on key aspects of adolescents’ life and development"
@rtenews
Here is the letter sent by the US Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus to
@BorisJohnson
warning that it will oppose any US-UK trade deal if the Good Friday Agreement is undermined. It’s the latest
#Brexit
warning to come from the US Congress.
@rtenews
The US military has released this photo of the final American service member to leave
#Afghanistan
. His name is Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.
@rtenews
Four Year in the Cauldron by
@BrianOD_News
, the riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroads, is out today! Brian will be chatting to
@RyanTubridyShow
later this morning.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to add Ireland to the E-3 Visa Programme. If passed by the US Senate, it could result in thousands of US visas being made available to Irish workers every year.
@rtenews
Latest report from the
@WhiteHouse
press pool:
@JoeBiden
left mass and “walked over to a group of women, wearing the Irish flag and selling raffle tickets, and he gave them cash.” 🇮🇪
@rtenews
Minister
@simoncoveney
is on Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress including
@SpeakerPelosi
. He says: “One of the few things that unites Democrats & Republicans in Washington right now, even in a divisive presidential election campaign, is peace in Ireland”
@rtenews
The US President-Elect
@JoeBiden
is delivering his victory speech from Wilmington, Delaware. “As President I will seek not to divide but to unify”
#Election2020
@rtenews
Four US Congressmen have written to UK Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
once again warning that there will be no US-UK trade deal if the Good Friday Agreement comes under threat.
#Brexit
@rtenews
“John Hume was one of the greatest persons in Irish history, an advocate for and an architect of peace” - statement from former US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland George Mitchell.
#JohnHume
@rtenews
Half-page ads calling for a united Ireland are appearing in today’s
@nytimes
&
@washingtonpost
. The adverts were placed by ‘Friends of Sinn Fein’ & endorsed by a number of Irish American groups.
@rtenews
The big screen here in Madison Square Garden: “Congratulations Katie Taylor”. She’s the undisputed lightweight champion of the world.
#KatieTaylor
@RTEsport
“With his enduring sense of honour, he kept marching on against all odds towards a brighter future for all the children of Northern Ireland” - former US President
@BillClinton
has issued a statement following the death of
#JohnHume
.
@rtenews
US President-Elect
@JoeBiden
has welcomed the news that
@realDonaldTrump
won't attend his inauguration: "One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing, him not showing up."
@rtenews
The US Speaker of the House
@SpeakerPelosi
calls for the removal of
@realDonaldTrump
by invoking the 25th Amendment, or another impeachment effort may be carried out by Democrats.
@rtenews
Scenes of celebration outside the Minneapolis courthouse where
#DerekChauvin
has just been convicted. People are cheering, waving flags and beeping car horns.
@rtenews
The US President
@JoeBiden
has announced that pharmaceutical company Merck will work with its rival Johnson & Johnson to speed up
#COVID19
vaccine production.
@POTUS
says there should be enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May.
@rtenews
The
@WhiteHouse
@PressSec
Jen Psaki says she’ll check with her team to see if there is a plan to host the traditional St Patrick’s celebration at the White House this year.
@rtenews
US National Security Adviser
@JakeSullivan46
spoke to reporters on the flight to the UK. Asked about
@JoeBiden
’s message on the Good Friday Agreement: “That agreement must be protected & any steps that imperil or undermine it will not be welcomed by the United States.”
@rtenews
It is understood that Minister for Foreign Affairs
@simoncoveney
& US National Security Advisor
@jakejsullivan
have just held an in person meeting in Shannon.
@rtenews
US president-elect
@JoeBiden
says there is now an opportunity to defeat despair and restore the soul of the nation. He ends his victory speech by quoting his grandparents - Don’t just keep the faith... spread the faith.
#Election2020
@rtenews
Katie Taylor and her management team with her five belts at a press conference in New York after being crowned the undisputed lightweight champion of the world.
#KatieTaylor
@RTEsport
@rtenews
US President-Elect
@JoeBiden
has announced
@SamanthaJPower
as his nominee for Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
@rtenews
US President-elect
@JoeBiden
says he has spoken with the leaders of six countries, including Ireland, since his projected election win: "I'm letting them know that America is back”
@rtenews
From
@nytimes
: In recent days, unprompted,
@JoeBiden
asked staff for an update on the negotiations between UK & EU. He urged them to relay a message to the UK that it should not do anything that would jeopardise peace in the North.
A bust of the famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass has been placed in the room for the
#StPatricksDay
meeting between the Taoiseach & VP. The work is on loan from the Howard University Gallery of Art.
@rtenews
Here’s the letter sent today by
@SenSchumer
to
@SecPompeo
warning that he will strongly oppose any US-UK trade deal that undermines the Good Friday Agreement.
@rtenews
The
@sinnfeinireland
leader
@MaryLouMcDonald
is addressing the National Press Club in Washington & says she believes there will be referendums on the reunification of Ireland in the next 5-10 years. “We are on the threshold of writing the next chapter of Irish history”
@rtenews
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
@simoncoveney
is holding a Zoom call with members of the Irish community in New York. He tells them that the Northern Ireland Protocol is not the cause of current issues,
#Brexit
is the cause.
@rtenews
Democratic presidential candidate
@JoeBiden
echoes the words of senior congressional colleagues saying that any US-UK trade deal must respect the Good Friday Agreement.
#Brexit
@rtenews
We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit.
Any trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period.
Ireland is due to take over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of September. It comes at a busy time, with the fallout from the US withdrawal from
#Afghanistan
likely to dominate meetings in the coming weeks.
@rtenews
We’re outside the
@WhiteHouse
awaiting the departure of
@realDonaldTrump
’s helicopter Marine One. The president is being transferred to Walter Reed Hospital “out of an abundance of caution”.
@rtenews