(AFP) - Firemen hold placards in Dublin, Ireland, as up to 250,000 public sector workers take part in a national strike. Recession-hit Ireland was severely disrupted by a one-day strike Tuesday as about 250,000 public sector workers protested at plan... [Full Article]
(AFP) - A woman marches through the streets of Dublin, Ireland. Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators rallied across Ireland on Friday to protest government plans for tough austerity measures, police and reports said.(AFP/Peter Muhly)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Offices to let are pictured in Dublin in July 2009. Ireland's troubled economy took a double hit Wednesday as ratings agency Fitch cut the nation's credit rating due to the downturn and the OECD predicted a worse-than-expected ec... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A Bank of Ireland sign in College Green, Dublin, pictured in February. The Bank of Ireland on Wednesday said it had dived into a loss during its first half owing to mounting bad property debts in "very challenging" economic con... [Full Article]
(AP) - A Carmelite Convent nun votes at a polling station in Dublin, Ireland, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. The future direction of the European Union was hanging in the balance Friday as Ireland’s voters decided whether to ratify the EU Lisbon Treaty ... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Revellers march through the streets of Dublin on St Patrick's Day in 2006. Ireland toasts the 250th birthday this week of Guinness, the country's unofficial national drink, as the iconic brand battles to hold its own in the globa... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - An Aer Lingus aircraft. French passengers on an Aer Lingus Dublin-Paris flight were thrown into panic when a faulty announcement told them the plane was about to make an emergency landing, the airline has said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Anglo Irish Bank headquarters are pictured in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish government said Friday it would inject up to 4.0 billion euros (5.5 billion dollars) into Anglo Irish Bank, recently nationalised by Dublin, subject to European Uni... [Full Article]
(AP) - A man looks at the Papal Cross in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday May, 20, 2009. A fiercely debated, nine-year investigation into Ireland’s Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and g... [Full Article]
(AP) - A crow flys past the People’s Cross in phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday May, 20, 2009. A fiercely debated, nine-year investigation into Ireland’s Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands o... [Full Article]