US vice-president Joe Biden arrives in Ireland for six-day official visit

US vice-president Joe Biden has arrived in Ireland for a six-day official visit that will take in stop-offs at his ancestral homes. After touching down in Air Force Two at Dublin Airport at around 7.20pm, Mr Biden travelled in a cavalcade of black cars flanked by Garda outriders to Government Buildings where he met Taoiseach… Continue reading US vice-president Joe Biden arrives in Ireland for six-day official visit

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Bordeaux failte! Ireland fans winning friends in high places

Irish football fans have been thanked by a former French prime minister as the boys in green continue to win over Europe. Alain Juppe became the latest person to express his love for the Irish supporters who have been scoring brownie points for their nation throughout Euro 2016.

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Football lovers celebrate fourth anniversary of Euro 2012 Irish-Swiss match

A couple who found love thanks to the European football championships in 2012 are celebrating their anniversary at the same tournament four years on. Richie O’Farrell, from Dun Laoghaire in Dublin, and Lucile Berset, from Fribourg in Switzerland, met in Berlin when the Irish fan stopped off in the German city on his way home… Continue reading Football lovers celebrate fourth anniversary of Euro 2012 Irish-Swiss match

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Businesses fear Brexit will mark end of 'invisible' border

Traffic thundering through the invisible Irish border on the main road between Londonderry and Letterkenny is relentless. Seconds into the Republic side – noted from a change in speed limits from miles to kilometres – a thriving hub of businesses has sprung up in recent years around the once sleepy village of Bridgend.

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Double trouble for twin sisters at Euro 2016

Irish twin sisters have joked about being outnumbered among the boys in green at Euro 2016 where a perk is not having to queue for the toilet. Emma and Kathryn McLoughlin, 22, from Glasnevin in Dublin, have travelled to France with four male friends for the football extravaganza.

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President defends right to speak out on political issues

President Michael D Higgins has urged people to reconsider how prosperity is measured. The President also defended speaking out on political and economic issues and criticised the 10 years the European Commission was headed by Jose Manuel Barroso up to 2014.

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Government urged to stop banks repossessing homes while arrears plans finalised

Banks should be temporarily banned from repossessing homes until proposals to solve the mortgage arrears crisis are finalised, a special parliamentary body has told the Government. The Committee on Housing and Homelessness issued 23 recommendations over the unprecedented shortage of homes including a call for the state to own another 50,000 homes over the next… Continue reading Government urged to stop banks repossessing homes while arrears plans finalised

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