Ryanair 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.”
Read moreApple, Ireland Wrap Arguments Over $14B EU Tax Bill
Tech giant Apple continued its fight Wednesday against a demand for $14 billion in back taxes from the European Union, arguing alongside Ireland in the European General Court that EU regulations on corporate tax are “untethered from reality.”
Read moreApple and Ireland Fight Against EU War on Corporate Tax Deals
Tech giant Apple and Ireland took their fight over a $14 billion tax bill from the European Union to the European General Court on Tuesday, the first volley in the EU’s war on sweetheart tax deals for multinational corporations.
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47 Years After Bloody Sunday, Many Feel Let Down by Justice
Kate Nash is a small, bustling woman – the kind of woman who might be a favorite aunt, the kind of woman who tells you family secrets and family lies. In her case, as an outspoken campaigner in this city still scarred by decades of sectarian violence, Nash talks about secrets and lies involving Bloody Sunday, the 1972 massacre that defined the conflict in Northern Ireland.
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Johnson Insists Brexit Deal Can Be Reached
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, facing growing opposition at home, told Ireland’s leader on Monday that a new Brexit deal can be reached so Britain can leave the European Union by the Oct. 31 deadline.
Read moreDemocrats to Probe Pence Stay at Trump Ireland Resort
Expanding their investigation into President Donald Trump’s business dealings and potential violations of anti-corruption rules, House Democrats have demanded travel expenditure records from Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Ireland this week that included a stay at a Trump resort.
Read moreEU Rejects Johnson’s Demand to Scrap Irish Backstop
The EU on Tuesday rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s demand to scrap the Irish border backstop plan to achieve a Brexit deal, saying he had offered no workable alternative.
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Pelosi: No US-UK Trade Deal if Brexit Includes Hard Border With Ireland
An American trade pact with Britain is doomed if the latter’s withdrawal from the EU undermines the Northern Ireland peace accord, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Wednesday.
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The Backstop Holding Up The Brexit Deal
How to keep the Irish border free-flowing has proved to be the toughest issue to resolve in negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Read moreUK’s Johnson Promises Irish PM No Physical Border Checks
Britain will never impose physical checks on its border with Ireland, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised his Irish counterpart on Tuesday, while repeating that current plans for the frontier after Brexit were unacceptable.
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UK Tory Contenders Vow to Scrap Irish Border Brexit Policy
The two contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister both said Tuesday they would unblock the Brexit impasse by scrapping a contentious Irish border provision that has hamstrung efforts to approve a divorce agreement with the European Union.
Read moreAn Unforeseen Brexit Dilemma: the Irish Border
If he could, cattle farmer Gordon Elliott would take back his vote for Brexit and choose to remain in the European Union, while also keeping the nearby border with Ireland open and free, as it is today.
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