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Ireland hit by lower Fitch credit rating, OECD growth forecast

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

Ireland's troubled economy took a double hit Wednesday as ratings agency Fitch cut the nation's credit rating due to the downturn and the OECD predicted a worse-than-expected economic contraction next year. Fitch said it had lowered Ireland's sovereign credit rating to AA ...

N. Ireland dissident threat 'worst for six years'

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

The threat posed by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland is the highest it has been in six years, an independent watchdog said on Wednesday. One senior police chief warned that Republican dissidents could even stage attacks on the British mainland, 15 years ...

Irish Supreme Court upholds men-only golf club

AP News 21 days ago

Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership A premier Dublin golf club can continue to bar women from membership, the Irish Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a discrimination case inspired by similar protests against men-only clubs ...

Brown pledges funds to defuse N. Ireland policing row

AFP European Edition 34 days ago

Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged hundreds of millions of pounds on Wednesday to fund independent policing and justice in Northern Ireland in a bid to defuse a damaging political row there. Brown has been battling to help ease a dispute between the ...

Ireland completes ratification of Lisbon Treaty

AFP Global Edition 40 days ago

Ireland completed its ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, intensifying the pressure on the Czech Republic to overcome its objections and become the final member state to pass the treaty. Irish President Mary McAleese announced she had signed a special legal instrument ...

Irish parliament chief makes defiant speech, quits

AP News 42 days ago

Ireland's parliament speaker defiant as he's forced from office over lavish expenses, travel The speaker of Ireland's parliament resigned Tuesday after his years of lavish expenses and foreign travel were exposed. John O'Donoghue delivered a defiant, bitter parting speech that accused his ...

Clinton vows help to solve N. Ireland deadlock

AFP Global Edition 43 days ago

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged US investment and political support for Northern Ireland Monday, as its leaders battle to resolve a political standoff threatening the peace process. In a major speech in Belfast, Clinton said Catholics and Protestants have come a ...

news hilary clinton

WENN 43 days ago

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks along Grafton Street with the Pittsburgh Steelers owner and the new U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Dan Rooney. They stopped at Bewleys Coffee Shop before heading into McDaid's Pub for a drink. Dublin, Ireland - 11.10.09 ...

Clinton urges Northern Ireland to finish peace push

Reuters US Online Report Top News 43 days ago

BELFAST (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Northern Ireland on Monday to push forward with the final steps in its peace process, lending diplomatic muscle to a cause long supported by Washington and her own family. Clinton, whose husband ...

IRELAND HILLARY CLINTON VISIT

AP News 43 days ago

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, centre, is greeted by Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, left, and Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Martin, right, at Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Copyright 2009 AP News

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