More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe’s premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.

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The preserved heart of Dublin’s patron saint has been stolen from the city’s Christ Church Cathedral, officials say.

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Ireland’s Chieftains have been breathing fresh life into traditional Anglo Celtic airs, ballads, jigs and reels for 50 years, and their aptly titled new album, “Voice of Ages,” is no exception. Teaming up with a rising generation of country, indie and pop artists, the Dublin quartet again prove just how durable, elastic, even universal, the music of their storied island republic is. Read full article > >

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s newly released tax return shows sprawling international financial interests , from Bain Capital entities based in Luxembourg to a Goldman Sachs fund in Dublin. It discusses a foreign currency transaction and details foreign tax credits. Read full article > >

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Holders Leinster ease to a bonus-point 38-13 Pool Three win over Glasgow in Dublin.

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Leinster 38-13 Glasgow

The brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will be extradited to Northern Ireland to face 18 charges of sexually assaulting his daughter, a Dublin court rules.

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Liam Adams to be extradited to NI

DUBLIN — Italian unions geared for a strike against planned budget cuts Tuesday, and a core group of European finance ministers were expected to confer in Berlin, as officials struggled to halt a slow-motion crisis that is slamming world stock markets. European exchanges opened mixed Tuesday, with neither large gains or losses, following a dramatic sell-off on Monday that pushed major indexes down more than 5 percent. Asian exchanges fell Tuesday, some by more than 2 percent. Japan’s Nikkei closed at its lowest point since April 2009 — falling 2.2 percent, to a level unseen since the previous global economic downturn. Other major Asian markets also sustained losses, with South Korea’s KOSPI dropping 1.1 percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 down 1.5 percent. Read full article > >

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DUBLIN — Italian unions geared for a strike against planned budget cuts Tuesday, and a core group of European finance ministers were expected to confer in Berlin, as officials struggled to halt a slow-motion crisis that is slamming world stock markets. European exchanges opened mixed Tuesday, with neither large gains or losses, following a dramatic sell-off on Monday that pushed major indexes down more than 5 percent. Asian exchanges fell Tuesday, some by more than 2 percent. Japan’s Nikkei closed at its lowest point since April 2009 — falling 2.2 percent, to a level unseen since the previous global economic downturn. Other major Asian markets also sustained losses, with South Korea’s KOSPI dropping 1.1 percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 down 1.5 percent. Read full article > >

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The bodies of Northern Ireland women Marion Graham and Kathy Dinsmore, who were murdered in Turkey, are taken to their home towns of Newry and Warrenpoint after being flown to Dublin Airport.

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Murder victims’ bodies back in NI

French actor Gerard Depardieu is removed from a flight bound for Dublin after urinating in front of passengers.

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Depardieu, caught short, removed from flight

Irish author Colum McCann wins the International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his latest novel, Let The Great World Spin.

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The Smithwick Tribunal in Dublin hears that a gang who killed two senior RUC officers in south Armagh 22 years ago cheered as they drove off in a van.

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President Obama touched down in Ireland to an enthusiastic crowd on Monday morning, as thousands lined up on the streets in a village near Dublin, braving rain and hail to shake hands with their distant ancestor. In Moneygall-the native home of Obama’s…

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Barack Obama’s cavalcade car caused some drama when it got stuck emerging from the gates of the US embassy in Dublin.

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DUBLIN — President Barack Obama opened a six-day European tour Monday in Ireland, where he planned to celebrate his own Irish roots and give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse. After an overnight flight from Washington, Air Force One touched down Monday morning in a rainy and very windy Dublin. It was Ireland’s worst storm in months and threatened to derail portions of the president’s itinerary, which was to begin with a meeting with Ireland’s political leaders. Read full article > >

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Obama in Dublin to celebrate US ties with Ireland and his own Irish roots