Republic of Ireland

Suddenly in Irish Election, an Historic Outcome on the Cards

Niall O'Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Niall O'Dowd

Ireland's general election on Friday, February 25th may be about to return the kind of verdict that was so unlikely a few days ago that bookmakers were offering 25/1 on it.

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Dublin expels Israeli diplomat

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Irish government has expelled an Israeli diplomat in protest at the use of forged passports in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai in...

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3 Women Challenge Irish Abortion Ban In European Court of Human Rights

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human ri...

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Slovak man takes hidden explosive on Dublin flight

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Slovak man unwittingly carried hidden explosives on board a weekend flight to Dublin after a Slovakian airport-security test went awry, Irish o...

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Vatican ashamed of Dublin sex abuse

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pope's Ambassador to Ireland today said the Vatican was ashamed by the devastating findings of a damning inquiry into clerical sex abuse in D...

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Colin Farrell's Brother Marries His Partner

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colin Farrell and his son cheered on the actor's brother as Eamon Farrell and his partner Steven Mannion tied the knot in a civil ceremony in Dublin, ...

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Police 'forgot' to take explosives off plane

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A baggage-handling company missed the crucial telex that was sent to warn Irish authorities that explosives were on a flight to Dublin. ...

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Irish voters back Lisbon... but what does the treaty actually mean?

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Irish voters yesterday delivered a resounding endorsement of the Lisbon Treaty, causing waves of relief and celebration in Brussels and Dublin about ...

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Irish vote on Lisbon treaty closes

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Voting ends to decide whether Dublin should ratify the EU's Lisbon treaty....

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Ireland to double tax on stores' plastic bags

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ireland was the first nation to tax plastic bags as a way to stop them littering the countryside. Now the Emerald Isle plans to double its levy to a punitive 44 euro cents (59 U.S. cents) per bag.

The 7-year-old policy has already generated more than euro120 million ($175 million). It also has sharply reduced Irish reliance on throwaway bags – once running at 1.2 billion per year, or more than 300 for every man, woman and child.

The Department of the Environment announced Thursday that the charge will be doubled to ensure a "sufficient deterrent" to shoppers who arrive at checkout counters with no shopping bags of their own.

The tax will be doubled from 22 euro cents as part of an environmental bill being published next month.

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Ireland: Judge John Neilan Shot In Face In Courthouse

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A judge in the Republic of Ireland was accidentally shot in the face by a solicitor who was trying to demonstrate that an air pistol was harmless. J...

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Ireland Child Abuse Report Leaves Country In Shock

GlobalPost | Conor O'Clery | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Conor O'Clery | GlobalPost DUBLIN -- Irish newspapers struggled on Thursday to convey the enormity of the horrors inflicted for decades by reli...

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Irish Church School Victims Angry That Abusers Not Named In Report

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — Child-abuse activists warned Thursday that Ireland failed to learn the lessons from decades of unchecked brutality inside Catholic Chur...

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Irish Reform Schools: Thousands Beaten, Raped

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Cat...

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Northern Ireland Strife Continues: IRA Dissidents Burn Cars, Block Roads

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — Suspected IRA dissidents and their supporters hijacked cars Monday in working-class Catholic areas of Northern Ireland in a coordinated...

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Brian Cowen Naked: Guerilla Artist Hangs Nude Paintings Of Irish PM

RTÉ News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who snuck nude paintings of Taoiseach Brian Cowen into two of Dublin's most prestigious museums?...

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Stalked: The Expendables, Transformers 3, Emily Blunt, Anthony Hopkins, Adam Scott

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sylvester Stallone Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren and Arnold Schwarzenegger will all be coming to a cinema near you on April 23, 2...

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Mazda Develops Japan's First Clean Diesel Urea Treatment for 2010 CX-7

Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mazda says it has developed Japan's first urea treatment system for clean diesels, to be used in Japanese and European diesel models of the 2010 Mazda...

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