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Putting Irish Science on the (Google) Map

John Lee | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Tourism, History, Tech, Johnleemedia, Pete Hamill, Nature, Belfast, Science, Digital, Travel, Ireland, Dublin, Google, Newgrange, Media News

It's a digital, interactive, online, tricked-out Google map called The Atlas of Ingenious Ireland. Dedicated to "Putting Irish Science on the Map," it locates and annotates key science, tech and natural history landmarks.

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An Outrage in Belfast: The Sad Case of Lennox, the Dog

Joan K. Smith | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: UK, Breed-Specific-Legislation, Belfast, Pets, Dangerous Dogs Act, Pit Bulls, Dogs, Dog Breeds, Animal Rights, Banned Dogs, Impact News

Those of us living in what we consider free societies often feel secure that if we comply by laws, pay our taxes, and maintain other civic duties we s...

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Top Irish Catholic Accused Of Covering Up Abuse

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Sean Brady, Video, Belfast, Church Abuse, Sean Brady Cover Up Abuse, Ireland Catholic Church, Ireland Priests Abuse, Ireland, Ireland Church, Ireland Church Abuse, Church Pedophilia, World News

DUBLIN — The leader of Ireland's 4 million Catholics said Wednesday he wouldn't resign after a BBC documentary accused him of helping to cover u...

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PHOTOS: Inside Belfast's Titanic 'Visitor Experience'

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Titanic-Museum, Belfast, Video, Belfast Titanic Museum, Titanic, Titanic Anniversary, Belfast Ireland, The Titanic, The Titanic Anniversary, Travel News

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- To most of the world, the name Titanic means tragedy, spiced with romance, sacrifice and luxury. But in Belfast, where it...

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Who Speaks For Ireland? Rebel Voices Have Their Say

John Lee | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Irish Republican Army, St. Patrick's Day, Belfast, Larry Kirwan, Irish Theater, The Troubles, Dublin, New York City, NY Around Town, NY Theater, New York News

At The Cell Theater, there'll be none of the season's shamrock and leprechaun sentimentality, so brace yourself for a riveting duet of dramas on rebellious Ireland.

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Belfast: The Titanic Itself Wasn't A Disaster

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Belfast Titanic, Titanic Exhibit, Belfast, Titanic, Titanic Belfast, Culture News

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- To most of the world, the name Titanic means tragedy, spiced with romance, sacrifice and luxury. But in Belfast, where it...

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The Long Road to Peace -- and a Short Film Nomination

Terry George | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Belfast, Short Films, Filmmaking, Oscar Nominations, The Shore, Academy Award Nominees, In the Name of the Father, Ireland, Oscars, Northern Ireland, The Troubles, Oscar Nominees, Academy Award Nominations, Academy Awards, Killough Bay, Oscar Short Films, Culture News

Our film The Shore is the story of one small act of reconciliation, yet it mirrors the courageous achievement of the people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 800 years of division and bloodshed came together to talk and make their peace with one another.

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Passenger Jet Makes Emergency Landing

AP | PETER MORRISON | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Northern Ireland, Video, Belfast, Thomas Cook, Jet Landing, Emergency Landing, Jet Emergency Landing, Thomas Cook Emergency Landing, Ap, World News

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — A passenger plane made a safe emergency landing Tuesday after developing technical problems, Belfast International ...

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Will Gerry Adams Face Trial Over IRA Past?

AP | By SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Northern Ireland, Boston College, Belfast, Ira Belfast Murder, Ira, Sinn Fein, Jean Mcconville, Gerry Adams, Ira Belfast Murder Gerry Adams, Gerry Adams Jean Mcconville, Ireland, World News

DUBLIN -- A trans-Atlantic legal showdown could determine whether Gerry Adams, the Irish republican chieftain long at the center of Belfast war and pe...

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One Season to Go: An Introduction

Michael Evans | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Protestant and Catholic, Sports, Belfast, Achievement Gap, Ciudad Juarez, Violence, Basketball, Diplomacy, Cuba, Education News

I love basketball. Well, I don't really love the strategy, the competition, or even actually playing the game. I love the camaraderie a player has with his teammates, and I love the role a coach can play in a kid's life.

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Justin Bieber Caught Partying In A Gay Bar?

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Justin Bieber Gay Bar, Belfast, Video, Justin Bieber Gay, Kremlin, Belfast Ireland, Kremlin Gay Bar, Justin Bieber Kremlin, Justin Bieber Belfast, Justin Bieber, Gay Voices News

Justin Bieber is having quite the week. First he's accused of fathering a child. Then k.d. lang says he looks like a lesbian and dubs him "hot a...

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Belfast -- Bloody Past, Hopeful Future

Don Mankin | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Belfast, Travel News

A short visit convinced me that Belfast is a pleasant, peaceful city where people live their day-to-day lives pretty much like everyone else in the Western world.

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Belfast Riots Leave 22 Police Officers Injured

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Protestant Church, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland Riots, Belfast Riots, World News

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Police firing plastic bullets and powerful water cannons forced Catholic militants away from a disputed Belfast road...

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Arrest in Belfast: Will Violence Ever Cease?

Michael Evans | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Irish Republican Army, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Integration, Belfast, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, World News

Police in Northern Ireland have made three arrests in connection to the death of a Northern Ireland police officer last month. To most of the America...

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99th Anniversary Of Titanic's Sinking

Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Maritime Tragedy, Belfast, Ocean Liner, Titanic, Titanic Sinking, Titanic Memorial, Southampton, World News

With its dramatic twists and massive loss of life, the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic remains one of maritime history's most compelling tragedies. ...

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Century-Old Irish Films Go From Time Capsule to YouTube (VIDEO)

John Lee | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Dublin, Digital Media, Video, Belfast, Ireland, Youtube, Preservation, Film, Irish, Media News

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Northern Ireland Police To Cease Affirmative Action For Catholics

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Northern Ireland Police, Catholics, Belfast, Affirmative Action, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Catholics, Northern Ireland Affirmative Action, Religion News

DUBLIN — Northern Ireland's police force will stop being required to hire Catholic applicants over Protestants following a decade of change that...

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Northern Ireland, Where It's Easy Being Green

Barbara Barton Sloane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Belfast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, Derry City Walls, Londonderry, Ulster, Travel News

Here is a land of intense loveliness -- the moors are windswept, the cliffs are craggy and the sea is wild and roiling.

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PHOTOS: 5 Day Trips From Dublin

CheapOair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blarney-Stone, Dublin, European Travel, Belfast, Guinness, Ireland Travel, Carton House, Slidepollajax, Ireland, Cliffs of Moher, Travel, Giant's Causeway, Europe, Travel News

If you've been partying it up since New Year's Day, you may not feel like jumping straight back on the sauce in one of Europe's drinking capitals. But...

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'Trafficking Victims' Rescued In Brothel Raids In Belfast

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northern Ireland, Belfast Brothels, Sex Workers, Belfast, Human Trafficking, Brothels, Prostitutes, World News

Police have said a number of "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast. ...

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Belfast's Messed Up Minority and Their Media Support

Michael Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Full Court Peace, Clinton Northern Ireland, Basketball, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Peace, World News

When you see a story on Northern Ireland that is really about its misdirected youth causing violence, try and think of the vast majority of "Nor'n Iron" that could care less about the their ancestors' grudges.

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PHOTOS: Violence Hits Belfast For Third Night, Police Dodge Gunfire

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protestant Church, Catholic Church, Catholic-Protestant Government, Irish Republican Army, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland Riots, Belfast Ireland, Northern Ireland Conflict, Northern Ireland Riots 2010, Slidefullscreen, World News

(AP) -- Scroll down for photos. DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland police came under live fire during a third straight night of Belfast unrest in scenes that...

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IRA Bombs MI5 Headquarters In Northern Ireland

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ira, Northern Ireland, mi5, IRA Attack, IRA Bomb, IRA MI5, MI5 Northern Ireland, Belfast, Palace Barracks, Holywood, World News

DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents detonated a bomb Monday outside the British spy headquarters in Northern Ireland, police said, just ho...

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Q & A: McPherson and Hinds Get Ghostly in The Eclipse

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northern Ireland, Tribeca Film Festival, Conor McPherson, Belfast, Theater, World Premiere, Ireland, Ciaran Hinds, Dublin, The Eclipse, Entertainment News

From high-powered tentpole pictures (Road to Perdition, Munich, Race to Witch Mountain) to critically acclaimed indies (There Will Be Blood, In Bruges), Hinds has made his strong characterizations a benchmark.

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Does America Also Need Cultural Health Care?

Rob Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Digital Music, European Healthcare, Belfast, The Hague, Small Business, Government Bailout, Australia, Music Business, Austin, Affordable Health Care, Government Spending, Ireland, Spain, Socialized Healthcare, Canada, Sxsw, South by Southwest, Cultural Exports, Independent Record Labels, Creeping Socialism, Louisiana, Irony, Liverpool, Major Record Labels, American Music, Pepsi, Germany, Louisiana Music, Scotland, Health Care Vote, Miller Beer, Universal Health Care, Sxsw 2010, Government Subsidies, Israel, Berlin, Arts Council, Health Care Debate, New Zealand, England, Exports, Chevy, International Health Care, Arts Funding, Monster, International Music, Alternative Rock, Pop Music, Sobe, Yorkshire, Great Britain, Popular Music, Zone, Barbados, Health Care Reform, Japan, Music Industry, Socialism, Entrepreneurship, Rock and Roll, Global Competitiveness, Wales, Entertainment News

The majors were an almost ghostly presence at SXSW 2010. The indies have now seized the day within the leading-edge music market.

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