What is the Irish backstop? Here's why it has taken center stage amid chaotic Brexit negotiations

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, December 12, 2018

What is the Irish backstop? Here's why it has taken center stage amid chaotic Brexit negotiations
- Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May has admitted there is still "widespread and deep concern" about the nature of the Irish border ...

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Italian teacher accuses Catholic school of firing her for being gay

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Italian teacher accuses Catholic school of firing her for being gay - As in Ireland , Catholic schools in Italy receive state funds and state-funded ... There has been a sea change regarding LGBT rights in Italy in the last ...

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest : DUBLIN —Authorities in Ireland arrested and indicted the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Corp., making him the most senior executive to face charges in an investigation into financial irregularities at the lender that eventually led to Ireland ... Wall Street Journal

33000 Northern Ireland students get A-level results

Irish Standard Time — Friday, August 16, 2013

33000 Northern Ireland students get A-level results She pointed out that primary schools in Northern Ireland had some of the highest pupil to teacher ratios in Europe. " Children need smaller classes, not larger, ...

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers?

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, November 22, 2017

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers? - More than 30 years ago, Declan Kiberd asked whether Irish people “feel ravaged by crises of national identity as they reach for the multinational snap-crackle-and-pop”. Some countries are sufficiently complacent to dispense with this process: the Swiss invented mountain-shaped chocolate and an ...

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted To date, 16 of Ireland's 26 Catholic dioceses have been subject to a NBSC review with a further six to be completed by September next. It is expected that all 26 dioceses will have been reviewed by the end of this year. So far, five religious ...

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