An absence of power sharing at Stormont is 'very unsatisfactory', former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern has said as he urged the DUP to reach a compromise
Biden makes plea for NI powersharingHe said:"To be honest, it doesn't really matter to me who the prime minister of the United Kingdom is, that's a matter for the United Kingdom, but you will appreciate that we found it very difficult to deal with Boris.
"He seems to be a very colourful guy and a very nice guy but, you know, we had the trouble with the backstop, we had trouble with the protocol, we had a lot of trouble with Brexit in the first place. "Quite frankly, I don't think we would have had the institutions in Northern Ireland down on and off for the last six or seven years if it hadn't been for Brexit and it's caused us untold difficulties and problems.
"But we try in Ireland to live in the future and we try and get on with things and, you know, I think what we now need to do is Rishi Sunak as prime minister, he has really done a good job in our estimation here in the last six months, he has invigorated the efforts to get everything working in Northern Ireland."
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