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 Sorry, Bono: 
 Economy 
 Shelves 
 U2 Tower 

Tallest building in Ireland would house band's studio

AFP AFP Nov 1, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not even Bono is immune to the gloomy economy. Plans for a record-breaking Dublin skyscraper partly financed by the band U2 are on hold thanks to the global crisis, AFP reports. The U2 Tower, designed by architect Norman Foster, would be the tallest in Ireland and house a studio for the band. A city agency said the project was on hold, but that “the objective is to see this landmark project complete.” More »

More about:  credit crisis • architecture • Ireland • Bono • Dublin • Norman Foster

 Guinness Sales
 Flat in ... Ireland? 

As international sales flourish, production will be cut back at home

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jul 12, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ireland still drinks a lot of beer—only the Czechs down more—and continues to chug a lot of Guinness. But in a cultural shift in the newly vibrant nation, sales of the national drink have steadily declined in recent years, as harried white-collar workers skip the pub on the way home, and foreign workers opt for a taste of home instead of “the black stuff,” the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

More about:  beer • Ireland • Dublin • Guinness • brewing

OPINION

Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

Drinks passé, along with Sadie Hawkins-style man-chasing

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Feb 29, 08 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Feb. 29 still comes once every four years, but celebratory cocktails marking the bissextile have gone out of fashion—along with a leap-year tradition that requires plenty of liquid courage, Eric Felten notes in the Wall Street Journal . Women who proposed marriage during the leap year could not be denied; little wonder desperate lasses were expected to sport scarlet petticoats. More »

More about:  New York City • London • marriage • New Orleans • Washington DC • Dublin • cocktails • leap year • James Joyce

JetBlue Teams With Irish Airline

Carriers will expand their overseas menus this spring

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal 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 say they will cut costs by linking their no-frills websites and letting customers book their flights. More »

More about:  airline industry • air travel • Ireland • JetBlue • Dublin

Manhunt on Tap After Massive Guinness Heist

Beer bandit stole 450 kegs from landmark Dublin brewery

Associated Press Associated Press 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 Guinness, Budweiser and Carlsberg beers totaling 39,600 pints, or $235,000 worth. More »

More about:  theft • Ireland • Budweiser • Dublin • Carlsberg • Guinness

Danes Apologize for Viking Raids

Replica ship arrives in Dublin after 1,000-mile journey

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Aug 16, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 12 centuries after Viking raiders began pillaging settlements in Ireland, the Danish government has apologized for their behavior. The country's culture minister offered the collective mea culpa yesterday in Dublin, where he marked the arrival of the Havhingsten, a replica Viking longboat, after a 1,000-mile journey across the North Sea. More »

More about:  Denmark • Dublin • Vikings

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