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Ireland
Ireland (
i/ˈaɪərlənd/; Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə]; Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.
Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and located in the northeast of the island. In 2011 the population of Ireland was about 6.4 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
The island's geography comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with several navigable rivers extending inland. The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild but changeable climate which avoids extremes in temperature. Thick woodlands covered the island until the Middle Ages. As of 2013, the amount of land that is wooded in Ireland is about 11% of the total, compared with a European average of 35%. There are 26 extant mammal species native to Ireland. The Irish climate is very moderated and classified as oceanic. As a result, winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area. However, summers are cooler than those in Continental Europe. Rainfall and cloud cover are abundant.
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Pope in Ireland: DUP has shot itself in foot by snubbing invite, insists Catholic UUP councillor
Belfast Telegraph 21 Aug 2018
"It is a gesture towards observant Catholics in Northern Ireland and across the UK, who will appreciate a unionist attending an event addressed by the head of their church." ... Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong, who will represent her party at the event, said small gestures had helped build peace in Northern Ireland ... of Ireland and Northern Ireland"....
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'We deserve better' campaigners pull out of Belfast rally after request to reconsider speakers
Belfast Telegraph 21 Aug 2018
A campaign group has pulled out of co-hosting a 'we deserve better' event in Belfast after it was asked to reconsider inviting LGBT and pro-choice speakers ... Northern Ireland has been without a functioning Executive since January 2017 ... A series of events is planned across Northern Ireland on Tuesday to mark the passing of the record ... It is therefore with deep regret that we have decided to pull out of said event."....
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World Meeting of Families gets under way in Dublin
RTE 21 Aug 2018
Organisers say they are expecting 37,000 pilgrims to attend the event throughout the week. Bells will ring this evening in Catholic cathedrals across Ireland's 26 dioceses to mark the start of the weeks’ events ... However, the event has already been overshadowed by the Church's handling of clerical sex abuse cases, and the withdrawal of the event's key note speaker Cardinal Donald Wuerl....
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Northern Irish Soccer Authority Decisively Rejects Calls to Cancel Friendly Match With Israel
The Algemeiner 21 Aug 2018
The top soccer authority in Northern Ireland has roundly rejected calls from supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign to nix a friendly match between Northern Ireland and Israel next month ... In purely soccer terms, friendly matches are not regarded as major competitive events so much as opportunities for coaches to experiment with new players and different tactics....
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Dublin hospitals told to free up beds ahead of Pope Francis's visit
The Guardian 21 Aug 2018
Hospitals in Dublin have been advised to discharge patients in order to free up beds ahead of the pope’s visit to Ireland this weekend amid warnings that up to 750 people may require treatment in emergency departments ... As well as events in Dublin, he will visit the Marian shrine in Knock in the west of Ireland. During the last papal visit, by John Paul II in 1979, about 2.7 million people attended events and lined the streets....
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Darren Clarke: 2011 Open champion to make senior debut this week in US
BBC News 21 Aug 2018
The Northern Ireland man, who turned 50 on 14 August, will be joined by another ......
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Tyrone, RTE, Harte and the seven-year row which rumbles on ahead of football’s showpiece
Irish Independent 21 Aug 2018
That the status quo would be maintained and Tyrone's row with RTE, which has rumbled on for seven years now, would continue in the build-up to football's showpiece event on Sunday week ... That the status quo would be maintained and Tyrone's row with RTE, which has rumbled on for seven years now, would continue in the build-up to football's showpiece event on Sunday week....
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Smyth all fired up as he aims to defend his Euro crown in Berlin
Belfast Telegraph 21 Aug 2018
Smyth (31) will be competing for Ireland in the T13 visually impaired category in an event in which he will once again face world silver medallist Mateusz Michalski of Poland ... At the same meeting he also ran his fastest 100m time in two years of 10.53 seconds ... He said ... There will be significant Northern Ireland interest in these Championships ... Newcomer David Leavy of QUB is in a similar category and competes for Ireland in the 1,500m ... ....
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Creed says current climate credentials of agri sector 'not sufficient'
Irish Independent 21 Aug 2018
Speaking on a wide range of issues at the Annual Michael Collins Commemoration, Béal na mBláth, Cork last weekend Minister Creed said recent climactic events served as a useful reminder that we are living with the realities of climate change ... “Rural Ireland and Urban Ireland, farmers, fishermen, forresters, as well as industrialists, all sectors of society will have to carry some of the pain involved in the necessary Policy responses....
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Local grad makes presentation in Ireland
The Steuben Courier Advocate
21 Aug 2018
Theodore Johnson, a college student from Big Flats, was in Ireland last week at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers event showing the significant difference between usability and playability on computer graphics.“We presented a powerpoint on video game user experience on using virtual reality system or not using a virtual reality system,” Johnson said ... You’d ... ....
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Massive European Drought Reveals German "Atlantis" Under Lake
IFL Science 21 Aug 2018
One interesting (and, thankfully, distracting) side effect of this event is that the altered landscapes are revealing long-hidden remnants of our past. In the UK and Ireland, for example, dried-out soil has traced the outlines of where dozens of settlements, forts, and ceremonial structures constructed as far back as the Iron Age once stood. - ... A bridge that led to the town, spanning the river’s original banks, has also been uncovered ... ....
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Rose of Tralee: Contestant stuns audience with news parents were heroin addicts
The Irish Times 21 Aug 2018
In the run-up to the Rose of Tralee, Carlow Rose Shauna Ray Lacey (24) was noteworthy as the first mother to make it to the live final ... “I was lost at that point in my head ... 32 Roses ... The contestants would get to travel around Ireland, make friendships and participate in the many events around the festival – except for the live final ... The street illuminations and staged events cost €350,000, to which local businesses contribute €40,000 ... ....
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Arts interns: ‘All I wanted was not to be treated like s**t’
The Irish Times 21 Aug 2018
The arts in Ireland are built on top of unpaid labour ... I got put in charge of hiring other interns coming up to this big event ... That is not correct and is contrary to the law of Ireland ... She recalls a recent arts event she attended where a speaker spoke “with a straight face about representing a ‘new and diverse Ireland’ ... Interns are employees and there is no distinct legal status for someone hired as an “intern” (in Ireland or the UK)....
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