List of Ireland articles
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erin Oh, So Now You Want to Go to Ireland?
It's becoming increasingly difficult to move away from the rising far-right.
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An apple logo sit on a sign at Apple Inc.'s campus in Cork, Ireland, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Speaking to lawmakers in Dublin last month, Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan insisted the country is no tax haven, after a congressional hearing in Washington focused attention on Apple Inc.'s maneuvers to minimize its tax bill through its operations in Cork in the south of Ireland. Photographer: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg via Getty Images Life in Apple’s Ireland
The strange nature of living in a tax haven, where 26 percent GDP growth is accompanied by austerity and a homelessness crisis.
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GettyImages-586113570 Europe Says Apple Owes More than $14 Billion in Unpaid Taxes
European authorities allege Apple paid less than 1 percent on some of its profits.
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GettyImages-511699242crop Microsoft Wins Closely Watched Email Privacy Case Over Feds
Federal agents can't get access to emails stored overseas, court rules.
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brexitGOT_article The Brexit Could Be Bad News for ‘Game of Thrones’
The European Union helps fund production of HBO’s epic in Northern Ireland. If the U.K. leaves, that money could too.
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GettyImages-514304328 Look Out For ‘Unintended Consequences’ From Obama’s New Merger Rules
Wall Street has a history of outsmarting fed rules like the one keeping U.S. companies from moving overseas.
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GettyImages-519241800 Obama Takes Down Potential $152 Billion International Pharmaceutical Giant
A potential drug super-company has been scuttled by President Obama.
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A protester holds up two Irish flags in front of the General Post Office in Dublin on November 27, 2010 against savage cutbacks. About 50,000 Irish people took to the streets Saturday to oppose savage cutbacks needed to secure an international bailout, police said, piling pressure on the debt-laden nation's embattled government. The four-year package will cut the minimum wage and slash 25,000 public sector jobs as the one time "Celtic Tiger" economy tries to pay off a huge budget deficit. AFP PHOTO / Peter Muhly (Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images) Ireland’s Recovery Has Nothing to Do With Austerity
Voters headed to the polls this Friday should take heed: The Celtic Tiger got its groove back despite — not because of — the EU and IMF’s advice.
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Swiss_Image_WEF_fmzs1666 Davos Diary: Europe Fears ‘Brexit’ But Not At ‘Any Price’
Europe wants Britain in the EU, but it won't include it at any cost.
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URIBE, COLOMBIA: Members of the revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla forces, (L-R) Ivan Rios, an unidentified woman fighter, Joaquin Gomez, Marcos Calarca, Jairo and Pedro Aldana, arrive in Uriba, Colombia, 25 October 1999, for a new round of peace talks with government representatives. The talks resumed 24 October 1999 after months of delays and setbacks renewing hopes for an end to more than three decades of civil war. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) Stories You Missed in 2015
From the winding down of Colombia's 50-year war to Ireland's booming economy, here are the stories that flew under the radar this year.
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GettyImages-495235202 Is the Islamic State Taking Its Fight to the Skies?
The militants who control much of Syria and Iraq may be taking a page from the al Qaeda handbook and trying to blow up passenger jets.
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Irish_Army_Ranger_Wing_Sniper_Training_Best_25_(11291975743) When Irish snipers are smiling
Turns out there is more to the Irish military than irate airmen.
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ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 21: Northern Ireland First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson at the launch of the Democratic Unionist Party Election Manifesto at Wrightbus, supplier of the London Routemaster buses on April 21, 2015 in Antrim, Northern Ireland. Many political observers have predicted that the expected 8-10 DUP Westminster seats could have a key role in deciding who will form the next government if the general election results in a hung parliament. In anticipation of the important role the party may play the DUP has already outlined their demands from a potential government partner and hasn't ruled out working with Labour or the Conservatives. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Accusations of IRA Activity Prompt Resignation of Northern Ireland’s First Minister
Amid allegations the IRA is still active in Northern Ireland, First Minister Peter Robinson resigned Thursday.
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454298983crop Vatican: Irish Gay Marriage Referendum a ‘Defeat for Humanity’
The Irish referendum on same-sex marriage was the first time such rights were granted by popular vote.
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474481656crop Overwhelming Majority Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland
The vote makes Ireland the world's first country to allow same-sex marriage by popular referendum.
