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Report: U.K. Colluded in Lawyer's Murder

Source: Wall Street Journal, Dec 12 2012, 4:14pm CST

By Eamon Quinn A report published Wednesday found evidence of U.K. state collusion in the 1989 murder of northern Irish lawyer Pat Finucane, but concluded there was "no overarching state conspiracy" behind one ...

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'That's That': A Memoir Of Loving And Leaving Northern Ireland

Source: NPR  |   May 18 2013, 4:13am CDT

That's That by Colin Broderick Paperback, 359 pages | purchase close Purchase Featured Books That's That Colin Broderick Amazon » iBookstore » Independent Booksellers » Your purchase helps support NPR Programming. How? Nonfiction Biography ...

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Explosive device removed by Northern Ireland police investigating attempted murders

Source: The Telegraph UK  |   May 18 2013, 2:40am CDT

What is believed to be a bomb found by police investigating the attempt to murder three officers in West Belfast has been taken away, police said. The device was found in Dunmurry as the Police Service of Northern I ...

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Historic joint session for North-South legal groups

Source: Irish Independent  |   May 17 2013, 11:14pm CDT

THE ruling bodies for barristers in Northern Ireland and the Republic, the bar councils, are to meet in formal session for the first time in more than 90 years. The last time the bars of the Republic and Northern Ireland met in formal session was ...

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Tour clarifies World Cup role for Northern Ireland

Source: Washington Times  |   May 17 2013, 4:12pm CDT

The PGA Tour issued a statement late Friday afternoon that only England, Scotland and Wales will have separate teams for the World Cup. That’s how it has always been for the World Cup. Players from Northern Ireland and Ir ...

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Eric Schmidt of Google to Meet with British Prime Minister

Source: The New York Times  |   May 17 2013, 3:19pm CDT

Given the grilling that Google has gotten this week in Parliament, you might think that Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of the company, would be persona non grata in London these days. Not so, it appears. Mr. Schmidt is one of 16 high-level corpo ...

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Northern Irish man jailed for 14 years in Athens for drugs smuggling

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 17 2013, 1:38pm CDT

Cannabis plant. Police found 125kg of herbal cannabis in the lorry Andrew Doherty was driving in Igoumenitsa, north-west Greece. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA A Northern Irish lorry driver is starting a 14-year prison sentence in a G ...

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'No apology' for low tax regime as Google debate drags on – Richard Burton

Source: Irish Independent  |   May 17 2013, 4:56am CDT

JOBS Minister Richard Bruton has said that Ireland “makes no apology” for the low tax regime that encourages multi-national corporations like Google to locate their European headquarters here. Mr Bruton was responding to cri ...

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Finally revealed: how much First Ministers spent selling Northern Ireland to the world

Source: Belfast Telegraph  |   May 16 2013, 10:47pm CDT

First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness in Sao Paulo during their five-day visit to Brazil Foreign trips by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness over th ...

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Northern society slowly diversifying, census shows

Source: Irish Times  |   May 16 2013, 10:04am CDT

Comparison of 2001 and 2011 census, religion or religion brought up on in Northern Ireland. Image: Northern Ireland Statistics ...

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Politics and the EU: Take me to your leader

Source: Economist  |   May 16 2013, 9:59am CDT

TWO months before the 2005 election the then-leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, made waves by allowing candidates who wanted Britain to leave the European Union (EU) to say so in their campaigns. Today that news would not cause a ...

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