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Post-bailout Ireland turns focus to banking hangover
DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - With liberation from Ireland's three-year bailout getting closer by the day, the banks which drove the country into the arms of the EU and IMF are once...

Bank of Ireland to repay state 1.9 billion euros
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Bank of Ireland (BoI) raised 580 million euros ($788 million) through a share sale as part of a milestone deal to repay 1.9 billion euros to the...

Ireland hooker Best suffers broken arm
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Rory Best broke his forearm in the heartbreaking last-gasp defeat by New Zealand, his province Ulster said on Monday, making the hooker a doubt for the...

O’Neill and Keane restore the buzz as Ireland win
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane's task of bringing back the good times started encouragingly on Friday with a 3-0 friendly win for Ireland against Latvia that capped...

O’Neill and Keane restore the buzz as Ireland win
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane's task of bringing back the good times started encouragingly on Friday with a 3-0 friendly win for Ireland against Latvia that capped...

Drugmaker Perrigo to buy Ireland’s Elan for $8.6 billion
DUBLIN (Reuters) - U.S. generic drugmaker Perrigo agreed to buy fellow drug company Elan for $8.6 billion on Monday in a deal that will hand it royalty rights from a...

Ireland shocked as talisman O’Driscoll axed from Lions
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish rugby fans, former players and politicians reacted with anger and bewilderment on Wednesday when they woke to the news that Brian O'Driscoll had been dropped for...

Irish lawmakers back abortions in life-threatening cases
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Four lawmakers from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny's party came out on Tuesday against a move to legalize abortion under certain conditions but are unlikely to be...

Irish lawmakers back abortions in life-threatening cases
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Four lawmakers from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny's party came out on Tuesday against a move to legalize abortion under certain conditions but are unlikely to be...

Royalty drops hostile bid for Ireland’s Elan
DUBLIN (Reuters) - U.S.-based Royalty Pharma has dropped a hostile bid worth up to $8 billion for Elan , leaving the Irish drug maker free to seek other suitors having...
