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Irish Police Arrest 2 Over 2006 Killing of British Spy
By not in system - AOL NewsDUBLIN -- Irish police interrogated two suspected IRA dissidents Wednesday over the killing of a top Sinn Fein official who was exposed as a British spy, a scandal that has inspired a legion of conspiracy theories. Denis Donaldson died when an attacker shot him from close range with a shotgun at the door of his isolated cottage in County Donegal on April 4, 2006. The 56-year-old Irish Republican Army veteran had gone into hiding after admitting he had served as a British intelligence mole within the Sinn Fein-IRA movement for two decades. He was one of several such spies planted by British ...
Irish Soon to Publish New Report on Catholic Abuse
By not in system - AOL NewsDUBLIN -- A judge cleared the way Friday for Ireland to publish a new report into decades of Catholic Church cover-ups of child abuse - and how a Cork bishop kept crimes in his diocese secret long after the Irish church issued orders to start telling police. Dublin High Court Justice Nicholas Kearns ruled that only one chapter out of 27 in the upcoming Cork report required temporary censorship, because its subject is a priest about to face a criminal trial for rape and indecent assault. He said that chapter might be published as soon as July. Ireland's Justice Department, which sought the ...
500,000 Pack Dublin for St. Patrick's Day Parade
By not in system - AOL NewsDUBLIN -- More than 500,000 people packed the heart of Dublin for an unusual St. Patrick's Day parade today that pointed out Ireland's current gloomy mood -- and sought to sweep it away for a day. The hourlong procession was the largest of 120 across Ireland, a nation reeling from a three-year recession and a debt crisis that has led to unemployment, resurgent emigration and an international bailout. Thousands more parades featuring Ireland's worldwide diaspora were taking place from Sydney to San Francisco. Peter Muhly, AFP / Getty Images Throngs of revelers crowd the streets of ...
Slainte! Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With 5 Facts About Guinness Stout
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsYou don't need to be a professional leprechaun to enjoy a Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. The Irish favorite, which may actually be "good for you," has over the years become as much a staple of the annual March 17 celebration as bagpipes and shamrocks. And with 1.8 billion pints sold every year, it shouldn't be too hard to track down a glass of the beer for yourself -- assuming you have the age credentials. But before you guzzle down a few pints, take a second and check out these five quick facts on the favorite St. Patrick's Day beverage: 1. There's a 9,000-year lease on the original ...
Walking 32 Miles for Whiskey and Other Unbelievable St. Paddy's Day Traditions
By David Moye - AOL NewsMillions of people all over the world will drink whiskey on St. Patrick's Day, but Eddie Williams has a leg up on all of them. According to Ripley's Believe It or Not, Williams, a Toronto resident, plans to walk 32 miles to Oakville, Ontario, to his favorite bar before he imbibes. Even more unbelievable: the Oakville Beaver reports that is the 35th year in a row that Williams has made the tippling trek. The tradition supposedly originated in prohibition days when a group of Irish friends walked to Oakville -- the only place they could get a pint of beer. ...
New Irish PM in Washington for St. Paddy's, but Facing Money Crunch on Auld Sod
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyIreland's new prime minister, Enda Kenny, has traveled to Washington to celebrate the wearing of the green on St. Patrick's Day, but also to begin rebuilding his country's damaged economic reputation. The taoiseach (Gaelic for leader or first chieftain) wants to assure American investors that Ireland is still open for business and remains a good place for U.S. companies to take root, even with the recent European Union bailout of its finances. Update: After an Oval Office meeting with the prime minister, President Obama announced Thursday that he would visit Ireland in May. Obama noted ...
Peter King's IRA Support Resurfaces as Lawmaker Probes Muslim Radicalism in U.S.
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAs Rep. Peter King gets ready to open hearings Thursday on Muslim radicals in the U.S., the New York lawmaker is facing questions about his own past as an unapologetic supporter of the anti-British Irish Republican Army. From his days as the elected Nassau County comptroller in the early 1980s, King has spoken out for the IRA, a nationalist group that waged a bloody bomb-and-bullet campaign for three decades in an effort to drive the British out of Northern Ireland. To King and other supporters, the IRA volunteers were freedom fighters. But to others, including many Irish Americans, the ...
Enda Kenny Elected Ireland's Premier, Faces Debt Crisis
By not in system - AOL NewsDUBLIN -- Ireland's new parliament elected soft-spoken Enda Kenny prime minister Wednesday to lead a coalition government that faces immediate pressure to revive the nation's debt-crippled economy. Kenny, 59, vowed to solve a bank-bailout crisis that has overwhelmed Ireland's finances and required an emergency rescue by the European Union and International Monetary Fund. He said terms of the EU-IMF loans must be re-negotiated to make them more affordable for Ireland and enable the country's recovery from record deficits and double-digit unemployment. Kenny was elected prime minister ...
William and Kate Surprise Crowd With Visit to Belfast
By not in system - AOL NewsBELFAST, Northern Ireland -- She flipped a pancake on Shrove Tuesday - and somehow it even landed back in the pan. Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton traveled to Belfast on Tuesday, delighting a surprised but enthusiastic crowd with their first official visit to Northern Ireland before their April 29 wedding. Peter Morrison, AP Princess-to-be Kate Middleton flips a pancake at a charity event in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. Dozens of people gathered to see Middleton and Prince William in the couple's third public outing in recent weeks. Police kept watch from the ...
Queen Elizabeth to Visit Ireland, and the Irish Are (Mostly) Thrilled
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsWill Ireland put out the welcome mat for Queen Elizabeth II? Today the queen announced that she will be accepting an invitation from Ireland to visit this year. The last time a British monarch visited Ireland was in 1911, when Elizabeth's grandfather, King George V, went to the Emerald Isle. After Ireland became independent in 1922, the relationship between the two countries deteriorated. The conflict over independence for Northern Ireland, particularly "The Troubles," strained the United Kingdom's relationship with the Irish. But have the bad feelings passed? Surge Desk took a look at ...
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