{"id":435965,"date":"2026-05-07T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/435965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:12:08","slug":"irish-premier-working-towards-reconciliation-and-mutual-trust-in-belfast-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/435965\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish premier \u2018working towards reconciliation and mutual trust\u2019 in Belfast visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish premier Micheal Martin has vowed to continue working towards reconciliation and mutual trust ahead of a visit to Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>The Taoiseach is set to meet with political leaders at Stormont, as well as with business leaders, and engage with Women\u2019s Aid.<\/p>\n<p>He will also mark the signing of a 700 million euro (\u00a3604 million) contract for a new fleet of cross border trains.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Mr Martin is to deliver the Lord David Trimble Lecture 2026 at Queen\u2019s University Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of his visit, the Taoiseach said he is pleased to be returning to Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy visit includes multiple opportunities to hear directly from political, business and civic leaders and to discuss ongoing and evolving all-island priorities which benefit us all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also pleased to be delivering the Lord David Trimble Lecture in Queen\u2019s University. David played a critical role in the achievement of the Good Friday Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe principles and purpose of the Agreement remain central to what my Government does and how we foster relationships across these islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI am committed to continuing to work toward reconciliation and mutual trust, as we collectively set out to do in 1998, including through the Shared Island Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish premier Micheal Martin has vowed to continue working towards reconciliation and mutual trust ahead of a visit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-435965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}