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Airline passenger: Depardieu urinated on plane

Airline passenger: Depardieu urinated on plane

An airline passenger says her Paris-to-Dublin flight was delayed nearly two hours after celebrated French actor Gerard Depardieu urinated on the plane ahead of takeoff.

 

Bomb found as Queen Elizabeth heads to Ireland

An explosive device was discovered ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's arrival in Dublin on Tuesday, according to Irish authorities and media reports.

 

Vatican tried to keep Irish child rapist as priest

The Vatican tried to stop Dublin church leaders from defrocking a particularly dangerous pedophile priest and relented only after he raped a boy in a pub restroom, an investigation reported Frid...

 

Officials See Irish Rescue at 50 Billion Euros, at Least

The ultimate size will depend on whether Dublin merely tries to shore up and restructure its crippled banks, or whether a larger package is offered to give it more breathing room.

 

EU and IMF to lay groundwork for Irish rescue

EU and IMF to lay groundwork for Irish rescue

Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for bailing out Ireland's banking sector with the IMF, but said Dublin had to decide itself whether to request the aid.

 

Town's saggy pants ban to become law

Town's saggy pants ban to become law

The mayor of Dublin, Georgia, is expected to sign an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits the wearing of saggy pants.

 

Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing

Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing

Violence has broken out at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with anti-war protesters hurling shoes and eggs at the former prime minister. The projectiles did not hit Blair as he arrived at a bookshop in Dublin, Ireland, to be greeted ...

 

Guns N' Roses Pelted With Bottles in Dublin

Guns N' Roses encountered more drama on their European tour last night, with Axl Rose storming off stage at Dublin's O2 Arena after he was pelted with bottles from the crowd. Fans had been forced, as at many recent GNR shows, to wait over 90 minutes for the band to ...

 

Experts: Catholic church covered up abuse

The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests, an expert commission reported after a probe into previously secret church records.

 

Drunken mayhem mars St. Patrick's in Ireland

Drunken mayhem mars St. Patrick's in Ireland

Cars torched, firefighters attacked, police bombarded and neighbors terrified: It was another fine St. Patrick's Day in Ireland, where inebriated mobs annually turn districts of Dublin and Belfast into a nightmare.

 

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