Two men face a court hearing in Northern Ireland on Wednesday after being charged with attempted murder and other counts in connection with what police called a foiled terrorist attack, police announced.
Ireland snatched a 20-20 draw at home to Australia as captain Brian O'Driscoll celebrated his 100th rugby international appearance with the match-saving try in Dublin on Sunday.
In the west of Ireland, the local pub is much more than a place to have a pint. It's a traditional music venue, gossip headquarters, emergency grocery, unofficial tourist office, and, of course, emotional and spiritual retreat. Here are our favorites, in order from the Burren all the way up to Sligo.
Ireland has voted in favor of the Lisbon Treaty, which would modernize the structure of the European Union, according to official government results released Saturday.
While most first-time visitors to Europe choo-choose to travel by train, consider the convenience of driving. Behind the wheel you're totally free, going where you want, when you want.
Ireland's friendly, helpful locals get high marks from visitors. Add dazzling scenery, rich history and a few hearty pints of stout, and you have a perfect trip to Ireland, according to a handful of iReporters.
Two men face a court hearing in Northern Ireland on Wednesday after being charged with attempted murder and other counts in connection with what police called a foiled terrorist attack, police announced.
Ireland snatched a 20-20 draw at home to Australia as captain Brian O'Driscoll celebrated his 100th rugby international appearance with the match-saving try in Dublin on Sunday.
In the west of Ireland, the local pub is much more than a place to have a pint. It's a traditional music venue, gossip headquarters, emergency grocery, unofficial tourist office, and, of course, emotional and spiritual retreat. Here are our favorites, in order from the Burren all the way up to Sligo.
Ireland has voted in favor of the Lisbon Treaty, which would modernize the structure of the European Union, according to official government results released Saturday.
While most first-time visitors to Europe choo-choose to travel by train, consider the convenience of driving. Behind the wheel you're totally free, going where you want, when you want.
Ireland's friendly, helpful locals get high marks from visitors. Add dazzling scenery, rich history and a few hearty pints of stout, and you have a perfect trip to Ireland, according to a handful of iReporters.
Ireland reached the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 with a six-wicket win over Group A rivals Bangladesh at Nottingham's Trent Bridge after reaching their 138-run target with 10 balls to spare.
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.
Lounging amid the bruised plastic furniture and polyester carpeting at his dilapidated offices at Dublin Airport, Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, is ebullient about his low-cost carrier's prospects: "We'll mop the floor with every airline in Europe!"
Ireland's Paul O'Connell will captain the British Lions for their 10-match tour of South Africa starting at the end of May, coach Ian McGeechan announced on Tuesday.
Be forewarned, Ireland is seductive. Traditions are strong and stress is a foreign word. I fell in love with the friendliest land this side of Sicily. It all happened in a Gaeltacht.
Ireland's national rugby team defeated defending champion Wales on Saturday, winning the annual Six Nations Championship and capturing Ireland's first Grand Slam victory in 61 years.
Ireland recovered from trailing at half-time to defeat Scotland 22-15 at Murrayfield and remain on course for their first Grand Slam since 1948 -- a feat that will be achieved if they avoid defeat in their final match against Six Nations champions Wales in Cardiff next weekend.
Thousands of people in Northern Ireland protested Wednesday against the killing of two soldiers and a policeman, reportedly by paramilitaries who want the province to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland.
Ireland's bid for the Six Nations rugby title gathered further momentum with a scrappy 38-9 victory against Italy at the Stadio Flaminio, Rome on Sunday.
Fewer tourists and relatively warm temperatures may be reason enough to put Ireland on your list of winter travel destinations, especially Dingle Peninsula, once ranked by National Geographic Traveler as "the most beautiful place on Earth."
The Republic of Ireland has put 45 cattle farms under restrictions amid concerns that dangerous chemicals could have contaminated beef in addition to pork.
Police are investigating how pork from 10 Irish farms became contaminated with dioxins, forcing Dublin to recall all pork products from pigs slaughtered in the Republic of Ireland.
The Irish government ordered a recall Saturday of all pork products linked to pigs slaughtered in Ireland, after laboratory tests found the presence of dioxins in animal feed and pork fat samples.
The Irish government ordered a recall Saturday of all pork products linked to pigs slaughtered in Ireland, after laboratory tests found the presence of dioxins in animal feed and pork fat samples.
Ireland is seeing an unprecedented boom in Irish language education, but how does the nation's embrace of this old tradition square with its newfound multiculturalism?
When Brian Kerr's contract as Republic of Ireland manager was not renewed in October 2005, the FA chief executive John Delaney promised a "world-class replacement." What they got in January '06 was the country's most-capped player, Steve Staunton, who at the time was coaching the reserves of English lower-league side Walsall.
Jolly olde England and the Emerald Isle of Ireland continue to enchant and entice, even with the pound whomping the dollar nearly two to one. Here's what to expect if you visit in 2008.
Great Britain and Ireland staged a late fightback to tie the United States at six points apiece after the first day of the Walker Cup at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.
Kevin Doyle's headed equalizer on the stroke of halftime saw Ireland draw 1-1 with Ecuador in a friendly international in New Jersey on Wednesday night.
Tom Coyne, author of Paper Tiger, is making his way across Ireland on foot this summer, playing every links golf course in the country. In Fall 2008, he'll publish a book about his adventures, A Course Called Ireland. In the meantime, he'll be writing a travel journal for GOLF.com. This is the third installment; the entire journal is here.
Tom Coyne is making his way across Ireland on foot this summer, playing every links golf course in the country. In Fall 2008, he'll publish a book about his adventures, A Course Called Ireland. In the meantime, he'll be writing a travel journal for GOLF.com. This is the first installment.
Ireland dashed Bangladesh's slim cricket World Cup semifinal hopes after an excellent all-round display handed the debutants a 74-run victory on Sunday.
Ireland pulled off one of the greatest cricket World Cup shocks of all time when they defeated mighty Pakistan by three wickets to send the 1992 champions, and one of game's superpowers, crashing out of the tournament.
The beauty of Ireland's jagged northern edge still feels delightfully quiet and undiscovered. Road signs are in Gaelic, and sheep -- only sheep -- wander the windswept beaches. An 87-mile drive along the coast from Ballyshannon up to Malin Head, Ireland's northernmost point, is short on your standard tourist activities. But 2,000-foot-tall sea cliffs and dozens of sweet inns make it worth the trip.
Ireland scored a record-breaking 21-6 victory over Australia at a wet and windy Lansdowne Road on Sunday, their biggest winning margin in a home test against the Wallabies.
Tiger Woods wasn't the only feline on display at the recent Ryder Cup in Ireland. The country's roaring economy - nicknamed the Celtic Tiger - put on a good show too. Like the prestigious K Club th...
Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given is back in the Ireland squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier against San Marino having recovered from an internal injury.
Ireland should host the UEFA Cup final in 2010 if the rebuilding of its Lansdowne Road stadium in Dublin is completed on time, the CEO of European football's governing body said on Thursday.
Town planners have given Ireland's Lansdowne Road, home of Irish rugby and soccer, the green light for a planned 365 million euro ($465.6 million) facelift, paving the way for work to start on its revamp as an all-seater venue.
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.
Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll has pulled out of a possible move to French champions Biarritz to sign a new contract with the Irish rugby union and his current team Leinster.
Chelsea winger Damien Duff is fit and available to take his place in Ireland's side for this week's vital World Cup qualifier against a resurgent France.
Ireland could be without five key defenders for their World Cup Group Four qualifier against Israel on Saturday after Steve Finnan returned to Liverpool with a thigh strain.
Financial planner Pat Ireland would have been happy if the rest of the country had never heard of him or his high school. But on April 20, 1999, Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, became infamous when two heavily armed students opened fire on students and faculty.
The offices of Ireland's equestrian governing body were broken into on Monday night after the alleged theft in England of a doping test sample from the horse that helped Ireland claim its only Olympic gold in Athens.
Ireland manager Brian Kerr has recalled Charlton's Matt Holland and Manchester United's Liam Miller to his squad for October's World Cup 2006 qualifiers against France and Faroe Islands.
The new romantic comedy "Laws of Attraction" is stuffed with every cliche in the book. It tries to emulate the great Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn classics, but ends up a pale copy.
Ireland is demanding clean air inside its businesses with a new anti-smoking law that went into effect Monday morning. CNN's Diana Muriel, who is in Dublin, spoke to anchor Monita Rajpal about the ban.
France overcame weakened Ireland 35-17 in Paris in the Six Nations opener and began to erase the memory of their shattering World Cup defeat by England.
A German teenager arrested in the Republic of Ireland over a hoax bomb threat on a trans-Atlantic passenger jet has been released without charge, police said.
Passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight diverted to Ireland because of a bomb threat Sunday were fingerprinted and put up overnight in area hotels by the airline, a spokesman for Ireland's Shannon Airport said.
It's always silly to make sweeping generalizations about 2 1/2 billion people who may not have much in common beyond their anatomical features. Yet where women are concerned, authors and publishers...
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