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US VICE PRESIDENT Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said, as tensions among Republicans increase in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riot.
Relations between Trump and Pence – previously one of the mercurial president’s staunchest defenders – have nosedived since Wednesday, when the vice president formally announced Biden’s victory in November’s election.
A mob of far-right demonstrators stormed the US Capitol earlier that same day in a failed bid to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s win, in a riot blamed on incitement from Trump that left five dead.
Multiple US media reports have today cited senior administration officials as saying that Pence – who was forced to take shelter from the intruders during the riot – had decided to attend Biden’s inauguration on 20 January.
The president-elect earlier in the week said Pence would be welcome at his formal swearing-in, due to take place in a scaled-down format due to the coronavirus.
“I think it’s important that as much as we can stick to what have been the historical precedents of how an administration changes should be maintained,” Biden told reporters.
“We’d be honored to have him there, and to move forward in the transition.”
In his final tweet before being removed from Twitter on Friday, Trump said he would not attend the inauguration.
The outgoing president has been accused of provoking the Capitol Hill violence, and now faces an unprecedented second impeachment, expected to begin on Monday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that Democrats would launch the process unless Trump resigned or Pence invoked the 25th Amendment, in which the cabinet removes the president from office.
While Pence has not spoken publicly on the subject, the New York Times reported on Thursday he was against invoking the mechanism, never used before in US history.
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Is there a link to a more detailed breakdown of the plan? It’s going to affect more than just hauliers…
Is there any chance that Irish Ferries would reverse their decision to end the Rosslare to Cherbourg route? It would relieve some pressure at Dublin.
@Harry Comber: there’s a new Rosslare Dunkirk service starting up.
@Harry Comber: IF management are completely useless
Its the governments fault for cramming everything into dublin,it’s a two tier economy.half of irelands GDP comes from dublin alone,totally unsustainable.meanwhile Waterford cork limerick and Galway were starved.the planning in this country is a disgrace
@snotser: When you see who has represented Waterford politically in the past, you’ll understand why nothing has happened there.
Ireland is too Dublin centric.
@The world outside the M50: break it into 4?
And is making Beach/Strand Road in Sandymount one way out of town supposed to help deal with this traffic congestion?
@GClare: oh yes I had forgotten about that ridiculous plan
@Fi Wyse: isn’t that “parked” now?!?
@GClare: I’m not sure how allowing people to drive towards town on the beach road in Sandymount would somehow alleviate traffic at Dublin port?
@Shane Cormican: starting in January apparently
@OnlyHereForTheComments: it will cause backlog on all the Merrion Road and all through Ringsend, Irishtown and Pearce Street, which will lead to backlog all over the area
@GClare: Allowing less traffic to drive from the beach road into irishtown and ringsend will cause backlog all through irishtown and ringsend? I don’t think you’ve thought this complaint through.
@GClare: No port-traffic HGVs use Strand Road, the Port Tunnel was built to direct them away from there, and from the Liffey Quays. The trucks on Strand Road are local traffic, not (directly) affected by Brexit.
Will affect anyone living or working around the IFSC/docks area or living near/using the M50 or any other motorway near any of the ports.
@Jacqueline McCabe: If you live in the area I’d recommend you stockpile bread, johnnies and jax roll.
Going to be fun with driving hours and tacograph rules
Say there’ll be a few smart drivers avoiding the M1 and hitting the likes of the malahide road and Fairview to make the boat on time
Just pull the plug on the UK and when they sink which they will, then we can sail right across to continental Europe in a straight line, any port, just pick one, there’s lots to choose from….. A friend was just sayin’.. ehh!! Just sayin’.
Just a suggestion, but I think we’ll see an increase in UK haulage through Ireland via Northern Ireland as they try to circumvent tariffs so would it be realistic to suggest that Irish haulage takes precedence over Uk haulage or is that too unreasonable?
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