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Ireland has given up hope of a World Cup playoff replay against France because of Thierry Henry's hand ball. Complete Story...
Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad — and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying "Oui were robbed."
Ireland appealed to France and soccer authorities Thursday to replay their World Cup playoff after an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry produced the winning goal.
France qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup when officials missed an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry that led to William Gallas' overtime goal in a 1-1 tie against Ireland on Wednesday night.
A 79-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago was freed early Thursday and neither country paid any of the kidnappers' $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities said.
A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years.
Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks, an expert panel found Wednesday.
A premier Dublin golf club can continue to bar women from membership, the Irish Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a discrimination case inspired by similar protests against men-only clubs in the United States.
The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence Sunday and signaled it could hand over weapons soon to disarmament officials.
Members of Ireland's environmentalist Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen's coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and crippled banks.
Ireland's senior Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday met leading campaigners for thousands of children assaulted, terrorized or molested while in church care — but didn't address the victims' key demand for the church to admit its responsibility for overseeing decades of abuse.
The speaker of Ireland's parliament resigned Tuesday after his years of lavish expenses and foreign travel were exposed.
The Rev. Aengus Finucane, a Roman Catholic missionary and Irish aid pioneer who braved civil wars and learned he must "fight like hell to do any good," died Tuesday, his charity announced. He was 77.
Ireland's recession-hit voters have overwhelmingly approved the European Union's ambitious and long-delayed reform plans, electoral chiefs announced Saturday in a referendum result greeted with wild cheers in Dublin — and nervous sighs of relief in Brussels.
Dublin's traffic is often snarled, but this could be the first time that llamas are to blame.
Two Uzbeks freed from the Guantanamo Bay prison arrived Sunday in Ireland, and Amnesty International appealed to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.
Frank Deasy made his living as the Emmy-winning author of gritty television dramas like "Prime Suspect." But with his final acts and words, the Dubliner inspired a nation to become organ donors — and may have saved scores of lives even as he lost his own.
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.
Elizabeth Taylor watches "Dancing With the Stars." And if her longtime friend and business partner Kathy Ireland survives long enough into the show's new season, Taylor's presence — and presents — will be apparent.
Dutch aircraft leasing firm AerCap Holdings NV announced an agreement Friday to acquire its Irish rival Genesis in a share-swap deal valued at $1.75 billion.
The British government said Tuesday the last remaining armed paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland had pledged to decommission all their weapons within six months.
Ireland's unemployment rate has reached a 14-year high of 12.4 percent as the economy continues to unravel amid the recession, a property market depression and runaway debts, the Central Statistics Office reported Wednesday.
Muhammad Ali made a sentimental journey Tuesday to discover his Irish roots, and met distant relatives during celebrations at the local town hall and a nearby castle.
Irish government to pay immigrants to go homeIreland is offering money to immigrants to leave the recession-crippled Republic. The Irish Department of Justice has confirmed that it is opening an EU-funded project to persuade foreign workers and asylum seekers to return to their country of origin.
Sunday morning dawned cold and rainy, with a stinging wind. I bought coffee at the gas station, as usual, shivering as I drove to the well field to relieve the night crew. Brendan and Harry had drawn the night shift again, and were grumpy and tired as I took them their coffee.
The next morning, a Saturday, the alarm insisted that I awaken at 6 am, as usual. Feeling grateful that I hadn't partaken of more of that wonderful Irish whisky the night before, I crawled out, got ready for the day, and climbed in the monster car in search of breakfast.
A Tax To Grind The average tax rate assessed to corporations worldwide has fallen 10 years in a row, but the U.S. isn't driving the trend. The U.S.
From Monday 9 November, British lawmakers have agreed a new display ban on cigarettes in shops and vending machines.
Irish authorities seize 7,000 samurai swords | Irish News | IrishCentral Gardai (Irish police) carried out several smash and grab raids in Dublin's north inner city last Monday and confiscated 7,000 Samurai swords.
Unhealthy America The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this:
One for the road? Are you fricking serious?Quick quiz: If you're a jittery driver, what's a good way to steady your nerves before you hit the road? * get plenty of sleep * practice meditation * think soothing, happy thoughts * enjoy a refreshing alcoholic beverage
Music Store Boss Wires Up Shop To Give Yobs Electric ShockA peeved trader plans to give drunken revellers the shock of their lives if they continue urinating against his shop front.
Hillary Clinton suffers "mis-speaking" relapse with Belfast bomb claimsHillary Clinton has been caught out "mis-speaking" again in a manner that suggests that she hasn't learnt from past experiences of her globe-trotting, "lily-gilding" speeches.
Michael Moore�s unlikely 'Capitalism' ally: An Irish Catholic priest | Irish News | IrishCentralMichael Moore has enraptured at least one Catholic priest in Ireland.
Irish children told to bring loo roll to school to save costs Children at an Irish primary school have been asked to bring their own lavatory roll in order to help save money.
Irish school asks pupils to bring own toilet rollIrish parents struggling to buy schoolbooks and uniforms in the face of a deep recession may now have to worry about sending their children to school with a toilet roll as well as a packed lunch.
Ireland: Romance tourism booms in matchmaking month | csmonitor.comIreland's tourism industry shrunk 10% this year. But the matchmaking festival in Lisdoonvarna, a small village of only 800, annually draws 40,000 singles and millions of dollars!
The Irish Referendum Outcome Is Null And Void Ballot Boxes Illegally Delivered 48 Hours In Advance This is how the Irish were 'persuaded' to change their minds: (1): Ballot boxes may have been stuffed prior to the Referendum polling booths opening. Specifically:
Tropical Storm Grace Off Europe Coast!That's right, that's a storm (named by the NHC, our government agency that issues official hurricane forecasts) off the coast of Europe, heading towards the U.K.
Virgin Mary statue 'weeps' at Donegal shrine Visitors to a remote grotto near Dungloe in Co Donegal, Ireland have claimed that a statue of the Virgin Mary wept and that they saw crosses appear in the night sky.
Irish Lisbon Treaty: Tallies Show 60% Yes Vote Early tallies in Ireland's second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty show a major shift towards the Yes vote, even in the working class and rural areas that rejected the treaty the first time around, according to early tallies released Saturday.
AFP: Final push in Ireland's crunch vote on European treatyIrish voters were preparing Thursday to cast their ballots in a crunch second EU referendum, which Europe's leaders hope will overturn last year's No vote and avoid plunging the bloc into chaos. In a last-ditch push for support, Prime Minister Brian Cowen pleaded with voters to …
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BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | General quits 'over Afghanistan'An army general who is reported to have criticised aspects of the war in Afghanistan has resigned. Reports said Maj Gen Andrew Mackay, General Officer Commanding Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England, was unhappy about strategy.
Pizza workers strike over Internet pornI cannot imagine how much fun it is to work at a pizza-making plant. Indeed, the mere fact that there exist plants to make pizza seems entirely unedifying to me.
'Castle doctrine' must be clarified What I want to achieve is the protection of home occupiers from civil actions by burglars who are injured on their property. I want to prevent home occupiers who use reasonable force to defend their home from being criminally prosecuted for assault.
Ireland to allot postcodes, last in Europe to do soIreland plans to assign postcodes to each home in about a year's time, becoming the last European country to do so, in the hope of giving western Europe's worst performing economy a small boost.
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