Posts Tagged ‘republic’

Queen visits horsebreeding centre

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

The Queen is shown around the Irish National Stud horsebreeding centre on the third day of her historic visit to the Republic of Ireland.

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Queen makes historic Ireland trip

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

The Queen is due to begin the first visit to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch, amid a huge security operation for the four-day trip.

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Bomb threat in London, tight security in Dublin as queen makes symbolic first visit to Ireland

Monday, May 16th, 2011

LONDON — Dissident Irish republican terrorists issued a bomb threat for central London, police said Monday, hours ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s groundbreaking but sensitive visit to Ireland. Encouraged by the largely successful peace process in Northern Ireland, the queen will on Tuesday become the first British monarch to set foot in the Republic of Ireland, where troops and even ground-to-air missiles were being deployed amid tight security. When a British sovereign last visited, a full century ago, all of Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom. Read full article > >

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AUDIO: Irish protesters target Queen’s visit

Monday, May 16th, 2011

The Queen will visit the Republic of Ireland for a historic four day state visit. Some anti-war protesters plan to use her arrival to stage vocal protests.

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AUDIO: Irish protesters target Queen’s visit

Troubled century

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Why has the Queen never been to the Republic of Ireland?

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Queen’s visit ‘start of new era’

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

The Irish prime minister says the Queen’s state visit to the Irish Republic this week marks a new chapter in relations between the UK and the Republic.

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Rep of Ireland 2-1 Macedonia

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

The Republic of Ireland move joint top of their Euro 2012 qualifying group after an unconvincing 2-1 victory over Macedonia in Dublin.

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Rep of Ireland 2-1 Macedonia

Two bodies found on Irish beach

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The bodies of two women believed to be from Wales are discovered at a beach beauty spot in the Republic of Ireland.

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Search for four missing children

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Police in the Republic of Ireland have named 30-year-old Steven Appleton as the man they want to talk to about four missing English children.

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Irish parties back coalition deal

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

The two largest parliamentary parties in the Republic of Ireland back their leaders’ decision to form a coalition government.

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Irish parties ‘agree coalition’

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

The Republic of Ireland’s two largest parliamentary parties agree to form a coalition government, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny says.

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Irish voters head to the polls

Friday, February 25th, 2011

More than three million voters in the Republic of Ireland are set to vote in the country’s first election since it was bailed out by the EU and the IMF.

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Republic of Ireland 3-0 Wales

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

New Wales boss Gary Speed begins his reign as manager with a disappointing Nations’ Cup defeat against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

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New Republic’s Top Editor Moves On

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

It couldn’t be because he was so low profile. Only three days after a New York Times magazine profile, The New Republic’s editor-in-chief Martin Peretz has been named the “editor-in-chief” emeritus. In an announcement on TNR’s website, Peretz said he…

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Fog clouds the Dail

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Irish Republic’s government remains mired in confusion

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