Two men accused of murdering an Irish teacher on her honeymoon last year pleaded not guilty when they appeared in court in Mauritius on Tuesday, police on the Indian Ocean island said.

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Town takes a punt at bringing back an old Irish note.

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Bringing back the punt

Ulster stun Irish rivals Munster with a superb 22-16 victory in the Heineken Cup quarter-final at Thomond Park.

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Munster 16-22 Ulster

After losing everything in the collapse of the Irish economy, Frank Buckley built his home from bricks made out of shredded, decommissioned euro notes.

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Dublin Journal: A Billion-Euro House Built of Shredded Bills – Dublin Journal

The Irish prime minister says ahead of trade talks that the Republic of Ireland and China have a “surprisingly similar business culture”.

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Ireland and China ‘are similar’

Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern is to resign from the Fianna Fail party in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal.

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Bertie Ahern to resign from party

The 4-year-old Malachy beat out a Dalmatian, German shepherd, Doberman pinscher, Irish setter, a Kerry blue terrier and wire-haired dachshund for Westminster’s 115th overall best in show title.

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Malachy, a Pekingese, Wins Westminster’s Best in Show

“ Netherland ” and “ Let the Great World Spin ,” two of the best novels about New York and Sept. 11, were written by the Irish authors Joseph O’Neill and Colum McCann, respectively. So it seems somehow fitting that the author of “ The Street Sweeper ,” a wonderfully rich, engaging and multilayered new novel about blacks and Jews in Chicago and New York, would hail from Australia. Read full article > >

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A rich, engaging story of New York in Elliot Perlman’s ‘The Street Sweeper’

Pressure is growing on the Irish government to issue a pardon to men who deserted the Irish army in World War Two to join up and fight with the British.

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VIDEO: Pressure to pardon Irish deserters

Prime Minister David Cameron tells Irish state television that the Queen’s visit to the Republic of Ireland earlier this year was a “game-changer” in Anglo-Irish relations.

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Queen’s Irish tour ‘game-changer’

Ireland’s lauded rescue program is at risk of falling off track as a slowing European economy cuts into the country’s exports and sparks concern about the nation’s banking system, the International Monetary Fund reported Tuesday. While praising Irish officials for meeting budget targets and reviving the Irish economy, the fund said that the country’s program is nevertheless in a “fragile” state. The slowdown in the rest of Europe, particularly in key trading partners such as Britain, means that economic growth for next year probably will fall to 1 percent, half of what was estimated. Read full article > >

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IMF calls Irish rescue ‘fragile’

The Irish government begins to outline a fresh round of austerity measures, including a 6,000 drop in the number of staff employed in the public sector.

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Budget cuts announced in Republic

Public spending in the Irish Republic will be cut by 2.2bn euros a year and taxes raised by 1.5bn euros a year, Prime Minister Enda Kenny warns.

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Irish PM outlines spending cuts

Fermanagh businessman Sean Quinn is ordered to pay more than 1.6bn euros to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank.

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Quinn ordered to pay 1.6bn euros

Young Irish boxer pushed the IOC to let women fight.

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London Olympics to Include Female Boxing