Ireland

Not Just a Passing Ghost

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Samuel Beckett, Shakespeare & Co, Stephen Joyce, Ulysses, Ulysses Censorship, Books, Ireland, James Joyce, Media News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

On the morning of September 18, 2008, Stephen James Joyce, grandson... of renowned Irish writer, James Joyce, called from France in response to a letter I sent to him some weeks before.

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How Social-Consciousness Fuels Eco-Consciousness

Plenty | Sushma Sumbramian | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Eco Conscious, Hotels, Social Consciousness, Ucla, Yes! Fifty Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive, Climate Change, Environment, Noah Goldstein, Ireland, Hybrid Cars, Plastic Bags, Suvs, Global Warming, Green News

After a revolt against plastic bags swept Europe a few years ago with a public response to a popular outcry not seen on the continent since 1848, bans...

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Obama Signals the End of Days, Colorado Evangelicals Tell Irish Times

Dan Treul | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Election 08, John McCain, U.S. Presidential Election, Colorado, Foreign Press Coverage, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Evangelicals, Homosexuality, Foreign Media, Foreign Coverage, James Dobson, Ireland, Europe, Vote 2008, Focus on the Family, Irish Times, Home News
Dan Treul

The story in the Irish paper underscores the kind of comic disbelief that has distinguished foreign coverage and reception of the American presidential campaign this year.

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Keillor On Palin: Bush With Big Hair

Salon | Garrison Keillor | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ireland, George Bush, Bridge to Nowhere, Garrison Keillor, Sarah Palin, Local Politics, Politics News

Sept. 10, 2008 | So the Republicans have decided to run against themselves. The bums have tiptoed out the back door and circled around to the front an...

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Obama's Fundraising Breaking Records, Still Causing Concern

Hoa Quach | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Mexico, Ireland, Obama, Colombia, Netherlands, Barack Obama; Fundraising Barack Obama; Style Obama; Substance Obama; Sarah Palin; John Mccain; Obama Brand, Home News
Hoa Quach

Obama has raised $66 million in one month, but will voters still think he's all style and little substance?

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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Bush's Banned Interview: An Insight Into Insanity

Ben Cohen | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Banned, Ireland, Carol Coleman, Interview, Politics News
Ben Cohen

Four years ago, there were still enough Americans who believed Bush's infantile bluster was charming and direct. Now, even Republicans do not waste their time with him.

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The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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The Irish Vote "No" on Lisbon

James Zogby | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ireland, Lisbon Treaty, European Union, Politics News
James Zogby

Now that little Ireland has had its say, is this, as the "Armageddonists" warned, "the end of Europe," or will Ireland be punished for its vote?

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A Tribute to Irish Writer Nuala O'Faolain

Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writer, Nuala O'Faolain, Literature, Jonathan Franzen, Irish Literature, Memoir, Ireland, Irish, Feminism, Entertainment News
Robyn Blumner

There are a number of modern authors whose facility with the written word and ability to plumb the human experience leave me in awe. But if you asked me whose work touched me most, it would be O'Faolain's.

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What I Learned About American Politics from Watching the Irish Peace Process

Jean Kennedy Smith | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Northern Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith Endorsement, Irish Peace Process, Kennedy Obama Endorsement, John Hume, Jean Kennedy Smith, Hillary Clinton, Ireland, Ireland Ambassador, Barack Obama, Kennedy Endorsement, Politics News
Jean Kennedy Smith

I was privileged to serve as America's Ambassador to Ireland during the birth of the peace process. It's essential to understand the true lesson that time can teach us about leadership.

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Truth is the First Casualty. Logic is the Second. The Democratic Party is the Third.

RJ Eskow | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Northern Ireland, Bill Clinton, Bosnia, Hillary Clinton, Jamie Rubin, Barack Obama, Tuzla, Hillary Bosnia, Hillary Clinton Frank Rich, Clinton Tuzla, Ireland, Clinton Bosnia Trip, Hillary Clinton NAFTA, Democratic Party, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Frank Rich, 2008 Election, Obama NAFTA, Hillary Clinton Northern Ireland, Nafta, Clinton Northern Ireland, Nora Ephron, Clinton Bosnia, Hillary Tuzla, Hillary NAFTA, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The Clinton campaign is pressing on with arguments for her nomination that are not only illogical, but are likely to cause further lasting harm to the Party's prospects in November.

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Hillary Clinton: Truth or Consequences

Carl Bernstein | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Carl Bernstein

Hillary Clinton has many admirable qualities, but candor and openness and transparency and a commitment to well-established fact have not been notable among them.

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The Obama Memo Writer Strikes -- And Is Wrong -- Again: Senator Clinton's Role on the Peace Process in Northern Ireland

Lanny Davis | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Northern Ireland, Clinton Northern Ireland, George MItchell, John Hume, Ireland, Hillary Clinton, Northern Ireland Peace Process, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lanny Davis

The author of the "attack Hillary" record memo recently widely distributed by Obama's campaign was, in my opinion, filled with distortions and personal innuendo.

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Hillary's Ridiculous Northern Ireland Claims

Max Bergmann | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Northern Ireland, Ireland, Lord David Trimble, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Clinton Northern Ireland, Politics News
Max Bergmann

Nobel Prize winner Lord David Trimble, who was the instrumental figure on Unionist side in the Good Friday Peace process, can't quite remember her involvement and describes Hillary's claims as a "wee bit silly."

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Irish Leaders Defend Hillary: She Played Major Role In Peace Deal

Hillary Hub | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy, Hillary North Ireland, Ireland, Clinton Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Northern Ireland, Politics News

"David Trimble is reported as saying Senator Hillary Clinton played no part in the Irish peace process. That is not true. Senator Clinton played an im...

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Desperate Americans Call Ireland for Drug Support

David McWilliams | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Viagra, Ireland, Pharmaceutical Industry, Botulism, Reductil, Botox, Business News
David McWilliams

Every time we tune in to Desperate Housewives, we count our blessings for middle-aged America's neurotic fear of growing old because the Botox demand for these actresses pays for our children's classrooms.

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America's 51st State

David McWilliams | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lisbon Treaty, European Union, Ireland, 2008 Election, Ameropean, Politics News
David McWilliams

Why is Ireland so seduced by a foreign country -- the US -- while ambivalent towards our own masters -- the EU?

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Will Ferrell Roasts Ireland As He Wins James Joyce Award

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment

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DUBLIN, Ireland — Will Ferrell has received the James Joyce award _ but concedes he's no literary expert. "As I perused my leatherbound volumes...

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John O'Donohue (1954-2008): Our New Friend on the Other Side

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Anam Cara, John O'Donohue, Celtic Wisdom, Ireland, Irish Mysticism, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Author, Catholic, Priest, Living News
Jesse Kornbluth

John O'Donohue was a philosopher who had forged a way of looking at the world that was painfully aware of human frailty but insistent on the triumphal power of divine love.

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U2 Planning To Build Ireland's Tallest Building

AFP | Andrew Bushe | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business

Read More: Bono, U2 Tower, Ireland, Dublin, U2, Business News

Ireland's top rock band U2 are hoping to make their mark on Dublin's skyline, but two property developments on the river Liffey waterfront are fueling...

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The Pint Lives On: EU Caves To Allow 'Imperial Measurements'

New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home

Read More: British, Metric System, Imperial, England, Beer, Pint, Medieval, Ireland, Britain, Irish, Home News

Britons and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled tod...

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