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Ireland stories: 62 news summaries

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 Hand of US Neocons 
 Seen Behind Irish 'No' 

Some suggest meddling in referendum that has Europe in disarray

Jun 25, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pro-Europeans are claiming that American neoconservatives helped bankroll an effort to convince Irish voters to reject a key treaty, Der Spiegel reports. "Europe has powerful enemies on the other side of the Atlantic, gifted with considerable financial means," a French minister said after Ireland's thumbs-down roiled the continent.... More »

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European Union • Europe • France • constitution • Ireland • neocon • Lisbon Treaty

As Celtic Tiger Slows, Ireland Again Empties

With Eastern Europe booming, newcomers pack bags en masse

Jun 25, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The massive Irish economic engine of the '90s brought decades of emigration to a screeching halt and hordes of EU immigrants flooding through open borders to lay claim to plentiful jobs. But as the Celtic Tiger begins to look like a kitty, the Wall Street Journal reports, many of those... More »

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immigration • Eastern Europe • European Union • United Kingdom • Ireland • Celtic Tiger

EU Divided in Wake of Ireland's 'No' Vote

Rejection could kill reform plans

Jun 14, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irish voters' rejection of a treaty to reform the EU has left the bloc in turmoil, the BBC reports. France, Germany, and Britain say EU countries should continue to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, while the Czech president declared it dead. Fourteen of the 27 EU countries have approved the agreement,... More »

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European Union • Ireland • referendum • Treaty of Lisbon

 EU Reform in Peril
 As Ireland Votes No 

Brussels plunged into chaos after referendum fails

Jun 13, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ireland has rejected the Treaty of Lisbon, dashing years of effort to reform the European Union. The Irish Times cites preliminary reports that the "no" vote has prevailed with about 52%, won mainly among rural and urban working class areas. The ruling and opposition parties both supported the treaty,... More »

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European Union • Ireland • referendum • Treaty of Lisbon • Brian Cowen

Irish Vote Could Make Stew of European Unity

Thumbs-down on Thursday would derail years of negotiations

Jun 10, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - European Union reformers are aghast at the possibility that Irish voters could derail years of negotiations Thursday with a rejection of the constitution-like Lisbon Treaty, the Financial Times reports. Ireland is alone among the EU's 27 members in offering citizens a referendum on the treaty, which streamlines and consolidates EU... More »

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European Union • Ireland • Bernard Kouchner • Treaty of Lisbon • European president

Weak Dollar
Not Slowing
US Vacations

About 25 million expected to travel abroad this summer

May 3, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The dollar may be weak, but Americans’ desire to travel overseas this summer is strong, the Los Angeles Times reports. While domestic travel has appeared to hit the skids, more than 25 million Americans will grab their passports and take off for adventures abroad—up 2.6% from... More »

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China • Australia • India • Europe • Ireland • air travel • South America • AAA • holiday travel

Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role
in Irish Peace

But Clintons won't release Stanford doc

Apr 6, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Stanford • Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • Ireland • Chelsea Clinton • thesis • Northern Ireland peace deal


'Celtic Tiger'
Has a Thorn
in Its Paw

Ahern's heir inherits
an Ireland whose
boom is behind it

Apr 3, 08 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his 11 years as Ireland's prime minister, Bertie Ahern presided over explosive economic growth that earned the once-moribund nation the nickname "Celtic Tiger." But his presumptive successor, finance minister Brian Cowen, is inheriting a dismal situation: after a decade of boom, Ireland's economy is set to grow... More »

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Bertie Ahern • Ireland • Celtic Tiger • Brian Cowen • Irish economy

 Irish PM Resigns
 in Kickback Scandal 

Ahern was most successful PM in decades

Apr 2, 08 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The prime minister of Ireland announced his resignation today in the face of a growing scandal over his personal finances, reports the Irish Times. Bertie Ahern, a key player in the Northern Ireland peace deal once tipped to be the first permanent EU president, admitted no wrongdoing in the surprise... More »

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Bertie Ahern • corruption • resignation • Ireland • tribunal • prime minister • political scandal • scandal • Celtic Tiger • kickbacks

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

 Irked Irish Bar Bans 'Danny Boy' 

St. Paddy's Day revelers will have to do their crooning elsewhere...

Mar 17, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - That annual Guinness-fueled serenade led by green-hat-and-bead-clad Yanks wearing "Kiss me, I'm Irish" pins won't be heard at Foley's Pub in New York today; barkeep Shaun Clancy has banned the maudlin lyrics of "Danny Boy" during the month of March, and especially on St. Patrick's Day. "Everybody... More »

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Ireland • ban • St. Patrick's Day • Danny Boy • Irish Americans • Irish diaspora • Shaun Clancy • Foley's New York Bar & Restaurant • karaoke

Tax Helped the Irish Bag Plastic

When gov't enacted 33-cent tax, usage dropped 94% in weeks

Feb 6, 08 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - "Paper or plastic?" is perhaps the last question you'll hear on the Emerald Isle, thanks to a 33-cent tax on each plastic bag that cut Irish consumption by 94% within weeks of its 2002 enactment, reports the New York Times. Cloth bags have become downright fashionable since, but... More »

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plastic bags • taxes • environmentalism • plastic • landfill • Ireland • supermarket • paper bags

JetBlue Teams With Irish Airline

Carriers will expand their overseas menus this spring

Jan 31, 08 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - JetBlue will team up with Irish airline Aer Lingus in the spring so both carriers can expand their overseas offerings, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move is unusual because both are low-budget airlines, the Journal notes, and these kinds of partnerships are often expensive to maintain. But the carriers... More »

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airline industry • JetBlue • Ireland • air travel • Dublin

Manhunt on Tap After Massive Guinness Heist

Beer bandit stole 450 kegs from landmark Dublin brewery

Nov 29, 07 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Taking the "My Goodness My Guinness" slogan quite literally, a thief stole 450 kegs from the landmark Dublin brewery today, the AP reports. Irish police say the thief entered by truck and took off with a trailer packed with kegs, the biggest theft in Guinness history. The kegs contained... More »

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theft • Budweiser • Ireland • Dublin • Carlsberg • Guinness

Are Brits
Less Stout
of Heart?

UK sales of Guinness slip as pub-goers seek more 'refreshing' pints

Nov 23, 07 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The champion of breakfast beers the world over, Guinness is facing stiff competition from more refreshing lagers targeting the after-work crowd. Sales in in Britain were off 13% in each of the last 2 years, the BBC reports, and in Ireland, where the black stout has been the best-selling beer... More »

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United Kingdom • beer • Ireland • sales • Guinness

Pull Over, Father

Irish clergy oppose new drunk driving standard, fearing it would rule out communion

Nov 3, 07 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irish priests are carping about a government proposal to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers from .08 to .05, fearing that communion wine may make them legally drunk. “I don't like to use the word wine, as it is Christ's blood,” says one priest, “but... More »

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Catholic Church • wine • drunk driving • Ireland • Catholicism • mass

Nobel Laureate Downplays 9/11

Lessing: IRA violence
in Ireland was worse than WTC attacks;
Americans are 'naive'

Oct 23, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Freshly minted Nobel laureate Doris Lessing said the 9/11 terrorist assault on the World Trade Center “wasn’t that terrible” in comparison to violence wreaked by the IRA in Britain. "Some Americans will think I'm crazy," she said in an interview in Spanish daily El Pais. "... More »

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Tony Blair • Ireland • IRA • Nobel Prize • Doris Lessing • George W. Bush

Housing Ills Ripple Across Pond

Oct 22, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American housing crisis is echoing in Europe, where home prices are dropping after a decade of rapid growth. The damage is limited, however, by intercontinental differences. High interest rates and shaken confidence are catching up to prices in France, Ireland, and particularly Spain, where new home construction had spurred... More »

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Spain • Germany • Europe • France • mortgage • Ireland • home equity loans • housing crisis

Irish Smoking Ban Good for Lungs ... of Instruments

Musicians benefit from clean pub air

Sep 29, 07 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The air isn’t the only thing that’s cleaner in Ireland’s pubs these days. Since the country stubbed out pub smoking in 2004, musicians have been getting clearer sounds out of traditional Irish instruments. It’s a lot easier to keep clean bellows-driven devices such as accordions and... More »

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music • Ireland • smoking ban • celtic music

Tommy Makem Dies at 74

Aug 3, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tommy Makem, the great Irish singer and storyteller who, with the Clancy Brothers, led the revival in Irish folk music in the late 1950s and 1960s, died after a long battle with lung cancer yesterday. He was 74. "To hear Tommy Makem sing 'Four Green Fields,' " writes... More »

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cancer • music • lung cancer • obituary • Ireland • Tommy Makem • Clancy Brothers • folk • musician

Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

Brit Army campaign in Northern Ireland shuts down

Jul 30, 07 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British Army's military campaign in Northern Ireland comes to an end at midnight tomorrow—after 38 years of bloodshed. It's  the longest conflict in the army's history. Some 300,000 military personnel served; casualties included 763 soldiers, and 309 civilians  and members of paramilitary groups.  More »

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Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Ireland • British Army • IRA • Britain

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