Ireland

WATCH: On This Day, Roy Keane Walks Out Of Ireland In 2002

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: European Championship, Roy Keane Mick McCarthy, Republic of Ireland, Roy Keane, Manchester United, World Cup, UK Football, UK Sport, Ireland, Euro 2012, Roy Keane Saipan, World Cup 2002, Video, UK Sport News

At the Republic of Ireland's 2002 World Cup training base, in the Saipan heat, Roy Keane's fuse lit and blew as explosively as one had come to expect ...

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Hotel Workers Accused Of Murdering Honeymooning Bride

PA | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Catholic Church, Ireland, Marriage, Honeymoon Murder, Murder Trial, Gaelic-Football, Mauritius, UK News

Two hotel workers accused of murdering the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic football boss Mickey Harte while she honeymooned in Mauritius will go on trial th...

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Paintings Of Queen's Visit To Ireland To Be Auctioned

PA | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Auction, Queen, Arts, Ireland, Christie's, Michael Hanrahan, Mary McAleese, UK Culture News

The Queen laying a wreath in Dublin, Michael Hanrahan Two paintings capturing the Queen's historic visit to Ireland a year ago are being auct...

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Two Weeks Left to See Cillian Murphy at the National - Worth it?

Belle Lupton | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Review, Reviews, Landmark Productions, Enda Walsh, Drama, National, Lyttelton, Theatre, Ireland, Theater, Irish, Misterman, London, Cillian Murphy, UK Entertainment News

If you thought the UK premiere of Enda Walsh's one-man play Misterman would drown in the National's cavernous Lyttelton Theatre, you'd be wrong. Clearly aware of the space he has to fill, Cillian Murphy has already inhabited every nook of the divided stage and thrown oil drums into the crannies he's missed before the first five minutes are up.

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Police Could Have Prevented Omagh Bombing, Claim Victims' Families

PA | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, Police, Real IRA, Terrorism, Co Tyrone, Irish Police, Ireland, Bombing, UK Crime, Omagh Bombing, Ira, UK News

Fresh evidence that police could have intercepted the Omagh bombers before they committed the atrocity has been uncovered in a new independent inquiry...

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Catholic Priests Who Sparked Celibacy Debate Meet In Ireland

Posted 07.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Cardinal Sean Brady, Ireland, UK News, Association of Catholic Priests Meeting, Association of Catholic Priests, Irish Catholics, UK News

An organisation that found the majority of Irish Catholics want to ordain women and allow priests to marry is meeting on Monday to discuss the future ...

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Archbishop's Call For Paedophile Priest Inquiry After Children Abused For Two Decades

PA | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Catholic Church, Paedophile Priests, Diarmuid Martin, UK Crime, Priests, UK News, Child Abuse, Brendan Smyth, Paedophiles, Irish Church, Ireland, UK News

One of the highest ranking members of the Catholic Church in Ireland has called for an independent investigation into past allegations of clerical sex...

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Over Three Decades On The Death Of Bobby Sands Still Resonates

John Wight | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Hunger Strike, Bobby-Sands, Ireland, Margaret Thatcher, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Conflict, Thatcher, UK Politics News

With 2000 Palestinians currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, hundreds of them in Nafha, Bobby Sands and the other nine who died on hunger strike over 30 years ago continue to provide inspiration to political prisoners everywhere.

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Head Of Catholic Church In Ireland Facing Calls To Resign Over Allegations He Knew Of Child Abuse

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Catholic Church, Sean Brady, Church, Irish Catholic, UK News, Padeophile, Abuse, Catholicism, Cardinal Brady, Paedophiles Priest, Inquiry, Ireland, Irish Priest, UK News

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland is facing a chorus of calls for his resignation after allegations that he knew five children were being abu...

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Pupils Told: Free Tuition If You Have Irish Passport

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Northern Ireland, Human Rights, UK News, UK Universities, Eu Law, Scotland, Tuition Fees, Ireland, Eu, International Students, Michael Russell, UK Universities & Education News

Pupils from Northern Ireland have been told they qualify for free tuition in Scotland if they have an Irish passport. The announcement serves to co...

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The Easter Rising of 1916 - A Terrible Beauty Is Born

John Wight | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Irish History, Ireland, UK Politics News

William Butler Yeats' epic poem on the Easter Rising of 1916 has immortalised an event which possesses all the elements of a Greek tragedy and which ninety-six years later is still capable of stirring strong emotions.

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Irish Deal Simply Recycles Zombie Debts

Nick Dearden | Posted 01.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Debt, Financial Crisis, Ireland, Finance, Euro Crisis, UK News

We need a jubilee - cancellation of debts, radical financial reform and tax justice - to exit the profound crisis of democracy whereby European statesmen believe their job is to hold Europe's people to account to Europe's banks.

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Two Republicans Convicted Of Constable Stephen Carroll's Murder

PA | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Constable Stephen Carroll, Northern Ireland, Irish Republican Army, UK News, UK Crime, UK Police, Ireland, John Paul Wootton, Brendan McConville, UK News

Two men were found guilty and jailed for life today for the murder of a police officer shot dead by dissident republicans in Northern Ireland. Bren...

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Former Irish PM Quits His Party After Corruption Probe

PA | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Fianna Fail, Dublin, Irish Dail, Republic of Ireland, UK News, Bertie Ahern, Irish Politics, Ireland, UK News

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has resigned from his political party in the wake of a corruption inquiry, but insisted the findings of the probe had de...

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Fireworks, Rappers, Philanderers and Floppy Hair: Premier League Mavericks Just Keep on Giving

Stephen Maunder | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Mavericks, Football, Premier League, Ireland, Balotelli, Pederson, Berbatov, Taarabt, Klasnic, Arshavin, Drenthe, UK Sport News

The Premier League would be a much lesser place without the maverick. From the kung fu kicking of Cantona and hoarding bashing of Temuri Ketsbaia, to the loveable madness of Di Canio and Ravanelli, English football has always been peppered with players who will either leave you in the lurch or fire you to a glorious victory.

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'Painful And A Betrayal': Vatican Releases Report On Child Abuse In Ireland

Posted 20.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Ireland, Child Abuse, UK News, The Vatican, Irish Catholics, The Vatican Child Abuse, Ireland Catholic Abuse, UK News

The Vatican has described abuse within the Irish Catholic church as "painful" and a 'betrayal", acknowledging it led to a "loss of trust" with priests...

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SAS Soldier's 'Cover Up' Story About IRA Shootings

PA | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Easter Rising, UK News, Sas, Ireland Politics, Mod, David Perry, Ireland, Ireland Conflict, Shoot to Kill, Ira, UK News

An SAS soldier manufactured an account of the shooting of two IRA members to cover up the use of excessive force, it was claimed at an inquest on Frid...

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Six Nations: Why Are the English So Universally Disliked?

Will Carling | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Will Carling, Six Nations, Rugby, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England Rugby, Greatest Sporting Moments, UK Sport News

The Six Nations approaches it's climactic weekend, and it's got me thinking. What makes it so special, what makes it so brilliant and so bloody gut wrenching? It's a bit like house matches at school, they were often more intense and violent than games against other schools. Why?

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UK And Irish PMs Sign 10-Year Co-operation Deal

PA | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: 10 Downing Street, UK News, Anglo-Irish Relations, Enda Kenny, Ireland, David Cameron, Dublin, Ango Irish Relations, UK Politics News

David Cameron hailed unprecedentedly positive relations with Ireland today as he and Taoiseach Enda Kenny signed a wide-ranging ten-year co-operation ...

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FULL TEXT: Cameron's Statement With Irish PM Enda Kenny

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Dublin, Anglo Irish Relations, Republic of Ireland, UK News, David Cameron, Enda Kenny, UK Economy, Irish Economy, Ireland, UK Business, UK Politics News

The relationship between our two countries has never been stronger or more settled, as complex or as important, as it is today. Our citizens, uniqu...

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Stephen Street Strikes Again with the Funeral Suits

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: The Smiths, The Funeral Suits, Irish Music, Stephen Streets, Blur, Animal Collective, Oasis, Ireland, Slidepollajax, Video, UK Entertainment News

This June, the Funeral Suits will release their debut album 'Lily of the Valley' produced by the legendary Stephen Street. The band chose the titl...

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JobBridge: Ireland's National Internship Scheme or Scam?

Niamh Sheerin | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Working Abroad, Politics, Ireland, Economy, Unemployment Crisis, Jobbridge, UK Politics News

The national internship scheme in Ireland, established in July 2011 and named JobBridge, which quickly gave rise to numerous digs such as JobBridge to...

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A Referendum On Europe.. For Ireland

PA | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Ireland, UK News, Europe, Maire Whelan, Enda Kenny, Gerry Adams, UK Politics News

Ireland is to hold a referendum on whether to accept the European fiscal treaty which tightens controls on member states' budgetary decisions, it has ...

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Notorious Belfast Barrier Opened For First Time In Decades

PA | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Limehouse Street, Northern Ireland, UK News, Northern Ireland Security, Belfast, Ireland, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Northern Ireland Barriers, UK News

An interface barrier which has divided north Belfast for 20 years is to be opened today. The metal and concrete structure was put up following sect...

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A Camden Crawler's Guide to Festival Management: Going International

Lisa Paulon | Posted 25.04.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Dublin, Camden, Music Festivals, Ireland, Dublin Camden Crawl, Tieranniesaur, Live Music, Camden Crawl, London, James Yuill, UK Entertainment, UK Music, UK Entertainment News

When I first started toying with the idea of exporting the Camden Crawl model to like-minded communities, the Irish capital wasn't the obvious first step that it should have been. I spent two years going round the houses - looking at Paris, Manchester, Amsterdam, Glasgow and Madrid, before winding up in Dublin last summer.

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