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Cameron urges G8 leaders to draw inspiration from hosts N Ireland

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 leaders should be inspired by Northern Ireland when the summit delivers its own economic breakthrough.

Irish to shrink, merge banks as part of bail out

Ireland has agreed to minimise, merge or sell its banks as part of a European Union-International Monetary Fund bail out.

All Blacks overwhelm Ireland 38-18

New Zealand overwhelmed a battling Ireland side 38-18 on Saturday to stay on course for its third Grand Slam of the home rugby unions in five years.

Irish prime minister testifies on his cash-heavy past

Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, who admits receiving a string of cash payments from businessmen, denied doing anything wrong when he began testifying on Thursday to an…

‘Great night for Fianna Fail’ in Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern’s long-dominant Fianna Fail party marched toward its sixth straight election victory on Friday as voters opted to stick with a popular leader…

‘Foreign’ rugby invading Ireland’s hallowed ground

For nearly a century, Ireland’s patriotic guardians of homegrown Gaelic games observed an inflexible rule: No British sports permitted on the hallowed ground of Croke Park. That…

Intel opens plant making smallest, fastest chip

Intel unveiled a plant on Thursday that manufactures the semiconductor company’s newest 65-nanometer chips, an industry-leading technology that allows computers to work faster…

Lesbian couple brave protesters on ‘wedding’ day

The United Kingdom’s first gay couple to win legal recognition under a new British civil-partnership law drove past anti-homosexual protesters on Monday to make their…

Belfast bidding farewell to boozy soccer genius

George Best was to be buried on Saturday following a grandiose funeral expected to bring his native Belfast to a unified, bittersweet standstill. Best’s body was kept overnight…

Family of IRA victim takes campaign to EU

Five Belfast sisters campaigning against the Irish Republican Army’s killing of their brother traveled on Tuesday to Brussels to lobby European Union leaders for help. The…

Dublin airport apologises for disabling ambulance

Ireland’s major airport pledged on Tuesday not to clamp any more ambulances — after one was disabled while trying to ferry a seriously injured passenger to a Dublin hospital.…