Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse, beatings, malnutrition and emotional abuse for decades in the Irish institutions where they were raised, an Irish government commission said Wednesday.
Budget-conscious celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been hired to cook for G20 leaders in London next week, nearly a year after they provoked outrage by eating an eight-course meal while discussing the global food crisis.
Washington bigwigs -- parts Irish, Italian and Texan -- donned their green Monday as the leader of Ireland made his traditional St. Patrick's Day visit to the United States capital.
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties joined together Tuesday to form a power-sharing government, marking a "new era of politics" and an end to three decades of sectarian conflict in the province.
Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse, beatings, malnutrition and emotional abuse for decades in the Irish institutions where they were raised, an Irish government commission said Wednesday.
Budget-conscious celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been hired to cook for G20 leaders in London next week, nearly a year after they provoked outrage by eating an eight-course meal while discussing the global food crisis.
Washington bigwigs -- parts Irish, Italian and Texan -- donned their green Monday as the leader of Ireland made his traditional St. Patrick's Day visit to the United States capital.
Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties joined together Tuesday to form a power-sharing government, marking a "new era of politics" and an end to three decades of sectarian conflict in the province.
The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland have issued a final deadline for Northern Ireland's deeply divided politicians to revive a stalled power-sharing assembly seen as key to lasting peace in the province.
The murder and mutilation of a former official with Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein party, who was recently exposed as a spy, has cast a shadow over renewed efforts to bring lasting peace to the troubled region.
A deal on the European Union's long-term budget is possible during crunch talks to be held next week, EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday.
Reaction to an announcement that the Irish Republican Army had "put beyond use" its weapons has been met with praise by the British and Irish governments.
British politician Mo Mowlam, who died Thursday, has been praised for her no-nonsense negotiating as Northern Ireland secretary that helped forge the province's landmark peace accord.
A man has been arrested in Northern Ireland the day after the outlawed IRA sparked outrage by announcing it had offered to shoot four people involved in the murder of a Belfast Catholic man.
Northern Ireland's police chief has blamed the Irish Republican Army for a $50 million bank robbery last month, a verdict that could unsettle the peace process.
British and Irish leaders have unveiled a plan to resolve the conflict in Northern Ireland but a standoff over IRA arms decomissioning looks set to dash hopes of a deal.
The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party has warned the IRA that it is "now or never" to do a deal on power sharing with his party in Northern Ireland.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says three days of intensive talks to revive the Northern Ireland peace process have ended without an agreement between Roman Catholic and Protestant parties.
The European Parliament has approved former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as the next president of the European Union's executive commission.
Portugal's prime minister will be officially proposed as the next European Commission president following a painstaking search for a replacement for the outgoing Romano Prodi, it has been announced.
President Bush asked NATO and the European Union to put disagreements over the war behind them and help the U.S. rebuild Iraq, saying "the bitter differences are over."
European Union leaders have overcome their differences to agree to the bloc's first constitution and must now push ahead with their search for a compromise candidate to be the next European Commission president.
At a summit that begins this week, European leaders have to agree not only on a new constitution but also on a new President of the European Commission -- the EU's executive arm.
Officials joined thousands of celebrants across Europe Saturday to mark the historic expansion of the European Union to embrace 10 mostly ex-communist nations.
EU leaders have rediscovered a sense of unity in the wake of the Madrid bombings, agreeing to restart stalled constitution talks and boost joint action against terrorism.
Macedonia's leadership is considering how and when to organize a vote to elect a new head of state after President Boris Trajkovski was killed in a plane crash.
Rescuers have recovered the body of Macedonia's president and eight others killed in a plane crash in a remote and mountainous region of Bosnia, a NATO spokesman has said.
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, a moderate credited for helping to unite his ethnically divided country, is feared to have been killed in a plane crash in southeastern Bosnia.
Ireland has taken over the six-month revolving European Union presidency from Italy, placing a country of 4 million inhabitants in charge of a body which will expand to 450 million people while Prime Minister Bertie Ahern is in the chair.
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