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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Dublin

Dublin stories: 8 news summaries

 Celtic Tiger Hangover 
 Pounds Dublin Bars 

Busted Celtic Tiger forces dozens of restaurants, nightclubs out of business

Jun 24, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once the poor man of Europe, Ireland rode a breathtaking economic boom that transformed Dublin into one of the region's swankiest capitals. But now that the Celtic Tiger has gone bust, the ambitious restaurants and exclusive lounges of the new Dublin are closing their doors. Cash and credit have dried... More »

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recession • Ireland • Dublin • pubs • boom economy • Celtic Tiger • recession depression

 Crisis Pounds Ireland— 
 and Its Beer 

Deteriorating economy drives away foreign investors

Feb 8, 09 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - If there's a sure sign that Ireland's vaunted Celtic Tiger economy has been reduced to a mewling kitten, it's Guinness' sudden cold feet on its planned $1 billion "superbrewery," reports the Wall Street Journal. Once the black-gold proof of Ireland's boom, the premium beer brand has been hit... More »

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Ireland • Dublin • credit crisis • property values • Guinness

 Sorry, Bono: 
 Economy 
 Shelves 
 U2 Tower 

Tallest building in Ireland would house band's studio

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... More »

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architecture • Bono • Ireland • Dublin • credit crisis • Norman Foster

 Guinness Sales
 Flat in ... Ireland? 

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

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... More »

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beer • Ireland • Dublin • brewing • Guinness • international sales

OPINION

Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

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

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;... More »

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London • New York City • New Orleans • Washington DC • marriage • James Joyce • Dublin • cocktails • leap year • St. Patrick • Sadie Hawkins Day

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

Danes Apologize for Viking Raids

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

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... More »

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Denmark • Havhingsten • Dublin • Vikings • Brian Mikkelson • longboats

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