Full Coverage: Ireland
04/08/2007
Since the famine of the 1840s Ireland has been a net exporter of economic migrants, who have settled round the world in search of a better life. Now immigrants from the world have arrived to do the same in booming Ireland, writes Colin Murphy.
Read moreFrom: Le Monde diplomatique |
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01/08/2007
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12/20/2006
Joseph Williams is working to help reduce criminal recidivism in the United States while Caroline Casey is helping promote the contributions people with disabilities make to business in Ireland. Wayan Patut is helping conserve coral reefs in Indonesia, Abdellah Aboulharjan is fostering entrepreneurship in France's immigrant communities...the list goes on and on and on...
Read moreFrom: Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Related: [France] [India] [Indonesia] [South Africa] [United States] Image: Caroline Casey. © Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
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10/26/2006
from World Changing:
Read moreKinsale, Ireland, is en route for for weaning itself off fossil fuels, thanks to a timetabled strategy. Totnes, UK, could be next. Related: [Cities] [Renewable Energy] Image: Findhorn: eco houses with wind turbines, Scotland © Peter Armstrong
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09/07/2006
from The Watt blog:
Read moreThe Sorne Hill Windfarm will be one of the largest wind farms in Ireland when it's complete. What's new is that the power it generates can be stored in special batteries. Related: [Renewable Energy] Image: Turbines © Worldwatch Institute
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01/24/2006
The Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, on Tuesday launched the operations in India of the Global e-School and Communities Initiative, a multilaterally funded organisation that supports enhancing the reach and quality of education by deploying Information and Communication technologies.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Education] [ICT] [MDGs] |
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01/11/2006
from Triple Pundit:
Read moreThe Irish government plans to build what will become the worlds largest offshore wind farm. With a price tag of $630 million, it will dwarf all previous marine wind farms with its 200 turbines. . Related: [Energy] [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] |
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08/02/2005
The Irish Republican Army has declared a commitment to exclusively peaceful means in its campaign against the British state. Paul Arthur explains how long-term political strategy and short-term crisis has produced an uncertain peace.
Read moreFrom: openDemocracy Related: [United Kingdom] [Conflict Resolution] |
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08/02/2005
The "long war" is over but the tasks ahead are unenviable - Paul Arthur analyses the IRAs historic decision to end armed resistance in Northern Ireland.
Read moreFrom: openDemocracy Related: [War and Peace] |
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07/28/2005
The IRA said today that it will end its armed campaign and resume disarmament, but would not disband.
Read moreFrom: Guardian Unlimited Related: [United Kingdom] [Peace] [Terrorism] |
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07/28/2005
The Irish Republican Army is expected to release a statement today announcing an end to the armed struggle in Northern Ireland, according to newspaper reports.
Read moreFrom: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Related: [United Kingdom] [Conflict Resolution] |
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07/19/2005
It is a scene usually reserved for Nigeria: thousands are rallying in support of impoverished villagers who refuse to let the oil multinational Shell onto their land to construct what they believe to be a dangerous pipeline. Now Shell has had the villagers jailed, but the protests in northwest Ireland are only intensifying.
Read moreFrom: Guardian Unlimited Related: [Energy] [Land] [Corporations] [Human Rights] |
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06/16/2005
There is little sign of "best practice" in the proposed construction of a gas pipeline in North Mayo by a consortium led by Shell. Campaigners have drawn up a long list of grievances.
Read moreFrom: Activelink Related: [Corporations] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] |
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03/17/2005
St.Patrick's Day takes on a dramatic new complexion in the US as Sinn Fein's fortunes take a spectacular nosedive. How could five sisters from a poor Belfast community achieve in a few weeks what the British government and military have pursued unsuccessfully for nearly 40 years?
Read moreFrom: openDemocracy Related: [United Kingdom] [Conflict Resolution] [Terrorism] |
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10/23/2003
El Ejército Republicano Irlandés (IRA) confirmó hoy, martes, en un segundo comunicado, que ya ha aplicado un nuevo desarme de la organización. El IRA precisó que el acto se hizo "de acuerdo con el esquema acordado" con el general canadiense John de Chastelain, presidente de la Comisión Internacional Independiente del Desarme.
Read moreFrom: Diario de la Sociedad Civil de Chile Related: [Arms & Military] [Peace] Image: Rifle © Oxfam Great Britain
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08/22/2003
The Irish government is launching a pilot program to deploy broadband Internet via electric power lines. The initiative, part of a EUR50 million project funded by the Communications Ministry, will connect schools, homes and businesses in Tuam, County Galway.
Story linkFrom: Digital Divide Network Related: [Capacity Building] [ICT] |
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08/02/2003
"No somos del ERI y no hemos llegado a Colombia para instruir a la guerrilla colombiana en explosivos. Somos víctimas de una conspiración organizada por los enemigos de los procesos de paz, tanto en Irlanda como en Colombia", declararon los 3 irlandeses detenidos desde agosto del 2001 en Colombia.
Read moreFrom: Centro de Medios Independientes de Colombia Indymedia Related: [Colombia] [War and Peace] Image: FARC
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04/10/2003
Much of the talk of "lessons learned" since Prime Minister Tony Blair met United States President George W Bush in Belfast earlier this week is self-serving hypocrisy dealt out by those with short memories, argues Jonathan Power.
Read moreFrom: Transnational Foundation Related: [United Kingdom] [Law] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] |



