March 17, 2020 Mary Sugrue: A St. Patrick's Day message during a time of crisis On St. Patrick’s Day, the message from the land of a thousand welcomes is as clear as Waterford crystal
March 17, 2020 Ireland giving inmates alcohol-free hand sanitizers to fight coronavirus over fears they would make moonshine Irish officials hoping to stop any spread of coronavirus in the country’s prisons are only giving inmates alcohol-free hand sanitizer out of fear they would use the other kind to make moonshine, a report says.Â
March 14, 2020 Trump administration to extend European travel ban to include UK and Ireland The Trump administration will extend its European travel ban to include the U.K. and Ireland as part of continuing efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump said Saturday.
March 12, 2020 Ireland announces sweeping measures to combat coronavirus, schools to close for 2 weeks Leo Varadkar, the Irish premier, announced that all schools, universities and other public facilities will be closed and teaching will be done online or remotely.
March 5, 2020 Ireland records first-ever venomous snakebite Legend says that St. Patrick drove all of the snakes out of Ireland and into the sea using the power of his faith.
February 28, 2020 Dublin crowd erupts as Premier League dart player throws first perfect 9-dart leg in 3 years The crowd erupted at a darts competition in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday when Michael Smith became the first Premier League player in three years to throw a nine-dart leg.
February 25, 2020 5-hour prison hostage standoff in Ireland ends after candy bar exchange Irish authorities were able to resolve an inmate hostage standoff at a prison with a chocolate candy bar.
February 20, 2020 Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns after party suffers defeat in parliamentary vote After Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday with no easy route to forming a stable government after an election two weeks ago that left three parties on roughly level pegging, the country’s prime minister has resigned, according to reports.
February 11, 2020 After Brexit, Sinn Fein, party formerly linked to IRA, breaks records in Irish general election Following the Irish general election last weekend, the party Sinn Fein, which has faced backlash for its historic links to the Irish Republican Army and decades of violence in Northern Ireland, is celebrating its best-ever electoral vote.
February 6, 2020 Northern Ireland militants planted Brexit bomb, investigators say Authorities in Northern Ireland Thursday said militants with the Irish Republican Army planted a bomb on a truck that was intended to explode around the time Britain left the European Union on Friday.