Hunt for Red O’Donnell: Does Spain Chapel House Irish Rebel Remains?
MADRID (AFP) — Forensic experts will begin testing 15 skeletons uncovered at an ancient Spanish chapel this week to see
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Irish Man Extradited to Texas on Wildlife Trafficking Charges
Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that an Irish man accused of trafficking endangered black rhinoceros horns from Texas to New York City was extradited to the Lone Star State.
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Top UK Court Quashes Gerry Adams’ Prison Break Convictions
Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed Irish nationalist politician Gerry Adams’ convictions for trying to break out of prison in the 1970s, handing a long-awaited legal victory to the former Sinn Fein leader.
Read moreIrish Lotto Winner Wins Human Rights Case Over Court Delays
A lottery winner who lost all of his money on a failed Titanic-themed bar was denied his right to a speedy trial by the Irish government, the European Court of Human Rights found Thursday.
Read moreDublin Court Hears Extradition Case Over 39 Lorry Deaths
A man wanted by British police over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a lorry container last year appeared in an Irish court Tuesday, facing extradition on manslaughter charges.
Read moreDial-a-Pint Delivers Guinness to Locked-Down Belfast
In Belfast’s coronavirus lockdown, Guinness still flows freely, as vans kitted with kegs visit driveways to pour pints for drinkers parched since pubs shut their doors.
Read morePresident Trump Broadens Travel Ban to Include Britain and Ireland
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the U.S. will add Britain and Ireland to its travel ban, adding that the administration is looking into possible restrictions of domestic travel also.
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Sinn Féin Tops Election, Shakes up Ireland
Sinn Féin, long a political pariah due to its affiliation with the IRA, has shaken up Irish politics by winning the most votes in Weekend elections, breaking the century-long dominance of Ireland’s political duopoly.
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Sinn Féin on Verge of Major Upset in Irish Election
Irish voters go to the polls Saturday with the possibility of a major upset by Sinn Féin, a center-left nationalist party affiliated with the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles and now campaigning to unify Ireland in the wake of Brexit.
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IRA Suspect Found Liable for 1982 Hyde Park Bombing
A court ruled Wednesday that a convicted member of the Irish Republican Army is liable for a nail-bomb attack that killed four mounted British soldiers in a London park.
Read moreBest-Selling Author Lee Child Becoming Irish Due to Brexit
One of the world’s best-selling detective novelists, Jack Reacher creator Lee Child, said he is becoming Irish so he can continue to travel in the European Union after Brexit.
Read moreRyanair Grounds Three Boeing 737s for Cracks
Irish airline Ryanair said Wednesday that three of its Boeing 737NG planes were taken out of service due to cracks, a problem that has grounded dozens of the jets globally.
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Northern Ireland Police Issue Warning on Brexit Unrest
The head of the police service in Northern Ireland has warned that any Brexit deal seen to threaten the United Kingdom could lead to disorder.
Read moreDubliners Seek to Repatriate James Joyce’s Remains From Zurich
A group of Dubliners are campaigning to bring home the remains of celebrated author James Joyce, whose grave in Zurich is far from the Irish capital chronicled in his modernist masterpieces.
Read moreBorn out of Wedlock and Forced Into Servitude: an Irish Story
His first memory finds him walking for the first time beyond the walls of the big gray building where he’d been locked up since birth. He’s 4½ years old. He had never seen an automobile. He had never seen a dog.
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Ireland Wrestles With Cruel Legacy of Church-Run Children’s Homes
The ground underfoot seems to emit an eerie cry. It’s here where the bones of potentially hundreds of children lie in a mass grave inside a sewage tank on the former site of an institution for children of unwed mothers once run by nuns.
Read moreDeal or No Deal? EU, UK Seek Bargain Ahead of Key Summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union frantically sought to hammer out a deal Wednesday to allow the United Kingdom to cut ties with its European neighbors on amicable terms.
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Brexit Chaos Stirs Talk of a Reunited Ireland
Irish republicans are expressing renewed hopes of reunifying their island in the wake of the U.K.’s recent Brexit proposals, seeing that as a solution to the problems that Britain’s departure from the European Union is bringing.
Read moreIrish National Gets 14 Months for Trafficking Rhino Horn
An Irish national who smuggled a cup made of rhinoceros horn out of the United States was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in prison by a federal judge in Miami.
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Irish Deputy PM Sees ‘Serious Problems’ With Brexit
British and European Union negotiators were meeting Friday in search of an elusive Brexit deal, as Ireland’s deputy leader warned that the two sides remain far apart despite an improvement in the “mood music.”
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