Ireland’s longest-married couple: ‘When you marry your best friend, it’s easy to be happy’
A SEARCH FOR the longest-married couple has come an end, with the discovery of James and Margaret Hurley. A grandchild of the Tipperary couple got in touch with Catholic Grandparents Association after they launched the search, which also looked for the ...
EU meeting today to discuss early IMF bailout loans pay off by Ireland
All 28 EU Finance ministers, including Michael Noonan, will meet later today to discuss Ireland repaying IMF bailout loans early. Yesterday EU ministers unanimously supported the move, which should save the Irish taxpayer hundreds of millions of euro.
Northern Ireland’s Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley dies
DUBLIN – For most of his half-century in Northern Ireland politics, Ian Paisley was synonymous with two words: “no” and “never.” The Protestant minister, who became the province’s most divisive politician, used the slogan “Ulster says no!”
Recordings shine new light on Ireland's War of Independence
Memories of the Irish War of Independence that lay buried for years in a library vault have been resurrected for a new audience. Personal stories of war, rebellion and the men and women who shaped Irish history in the last century, had lain hidden in an ...
Ireland all-rounder: I've had suicidal thoughts
Ireland all-rounder John Mooney has revealed details about his fight with depression, saying he had suicidal thoughts before seeking professional help, and that battling the disease was a constant battle for him. Mooney was forced to withdraw from the ...
Paisley, Ulster hard-liner, made peace in Ireland
The Rev. Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s firebrand Protestant leader who vowed never to compromise with Irish Catholic nationalists, then, in his twilight, accepted a power-sharing agreement that envisioned a new era of peace in Ulster after decades of ...
Ireland vs Scotland Live Cricket Score, 3rd ODI at Dublin: Calum MacLeod’s century helps Scotland to win by 8 wickets
Balbirnie to Gardiner, OUT!! and the partnership finally ends, flighted delivery which grabs an outside edge which is tidily collected by Stuart Poynter. MacLeod and Gardiner have combined well to keep the Scotland scoreboard ticking at a steady rate.
Northern Ireland's preacher and politician Ian Paisley dies
Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN)-- Northern Ireland's former first minister and former Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley has died, his wife, Eileen, said in a statement Friday. He was 88. Paisley, a Protestant preacher, was a key figure in ending ...
Northern Ireland firebrand turned peacemaker Ian Paisley dies
BELFAST (Reuters) - Firebrand Protestant cleric Ian Paisley, whose unlikely alliance with bitter Catholic rivals helped to bring a belated peace to Northern Ireland, died on Friday aged 88, his family said. As the leading light of hardline Unionism, which ...
Ian Paisley, Ex-Northern Ireland First Minister, Dies at 88
Ian Paisley, the Northern Irish politician and church leader who abandoned his opposition to a peace deal with republicans and became leader of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland in 2007, has died. He was 88. The office of the Irish prime ...
