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Ireland

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Two siblings in Northern Ireland have teamed with a renowned factory to reinvent the staid product lines of Irish linen.|

Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland is among several notable players who gained L.P.G.A. membership at the qualifying tournament in Florida last week.|

Bruce Selcraig article reflects on how decade after Ireland banned workplace smoking, it has changed pubs, hotels and lives.|

Letter bomb is sent to Theresa Villiers, Britain's top official in Northern Ireland, forcing an evacuation at the sprawling estate near Belfast that houses the offices of the province's political leaders; it is the fourth letter bomb mailed to a high-profile figure in Northern Ireland in a week.|

Penn State football team's season opener against Central Florida in Ireland could be imperiled by potential volcanic eruption in Iceland that could disrupt flights to Europe.|

European Commission publicly accuses Ireland of giving illegal subsidies to Apple and cautions that country might need to collect back taxes from company, which analysts say could reach billions of dollars; case is warning shot to companies shopping for tax deals around the globe.|

Op-Ed article by author Colum McCann warns that Irish peace process could be faltering after 16 years; contends disruption of peace in Ireland would be a disaster for the world, and argues that the Obama administration, which has not appointed an ambassador to Ireland for a year and half, is still vital for re-energizing the peace.|

Police in Northern Ireland say they are taking legal action against Boston College to obtain transcripts and recordings of interviews with paramilitary members on both sides of sectarian divide who took part in oral history project; had all referred to 1972 abduction, execution and secret burial of Jean McConville, widowed mother of 10 whom Irish Republican Army believed to be informer.|

More than 40 days of violence in Northern Ireland have shown fragility of hopes generated from 1998 Good Friday agreement that is blueprint for the power-sharing government in country.|

Europe’s antitrust regulator will issue report describing its investigation into whether low-tax countries like Ireland have made special deals with multinationals like Apple that helped companies avoid billions in taxes and created unfair advantages over other European Union member countries.|

British Prime Min David Cameron and Irish Prime Min Enda Kenny arrive in Belfast to press rival parties in Northern Ireland to sustain their five-party coalition.|

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Ireland wine market?|

Lady Justice Heather Hallett, appointed to look into legal matters arising from Northern Ireland peace process, releases report saying British government's program to inform some potential terrorism suspects that they did not face arrest is 'flawed' but not an amnesty.|

Northern Ireland will establish independent inquiry to determine how state prosecutors handled allegations by Belfast woman Mairia Cahill that she was repeatedly raped as a teenager by Irish Republican Army member Martin Morris, then secretly interrogated by group; Cahill claims Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was complicit in cover-up.|

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