Dublin: Shane Long gave Ireland a morale-boosting 1-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina ahead of the European Championship on Saturday but midfielder Keith Fahey was ruled out of the tournament through injury. Fahey has been struggling with a groin problem since he joined the squad and he pulled up in the friendly on Saturday. After scans, coach Giovanni Trapattoni decided to replace Fahey with Paul Green, who is without a club since...
10:56 AM, May 27, 2012
Dublin: Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni picked his 23-man squad for the European Championships on Monday, leaving out James McCarthy so the midfielder can stay home with his seriously ill father. The Scottish-born McCarthy was likely to be included in the squad for the June 8-July 1 tournament in Poland and Ukraine but asked to be withdrawn from contention. "I have made the very difficult decision to withdraw my name from...
10:42 AM, May 08, 2012
On Board MS Balmoral: At the shrill sound of a ship's whistle in the North Atlantic, relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg remembered their ancestors in a poignant ceremony a century later. On a still, starry night and with little glare from the moon, the memorial cruise ship MS Balmoral floated above the wreckage of the famous...
11:47 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Davos: The ice appeared to be melting over tackling euro crisis at the Swiss alpine resort with the leaders of several European nations agreeing to press for tighter rules and greater fiscal prudence to keep the common currency afloat. The urgency to introduce fiscal discipline and hope that the euro crisis would be resolved sooner than later was expressed by leaders of various smaller European countries at the meeting of...
05:24 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New York: Fitch Ratings on Friday warned it may downgrade Belgium, Italy, and four other euro zone countries in the absence of a "comprehensive solution" to the region's debt crisis. The ratings agency placed the ratings of Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Italy, Ireland and Cyprus in credit watch negative, which means a downgrade is possible within three months. ...
09:37 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Brussels: The euro zone's debt crisis struck again at the heart of Europe on Monday despite a clear-cut election victory in Spain for conservatives committed to tougher austerity. Spain's Socialists became the fifth government in the 17-nation single currency area to be toppled by the debt crisis this year. Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Greece went before. But an absolute parliamentary majority for Mariano Rajoy's center-right Popular Party brought no respite...
06:23 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Toronto: Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, which has assets worth about $ 32 billion and is controlled by Hyderabad-born Prem Watsa, is buying a big stake in the troubled Bank of Ireland to avoid its nationalisation. Reports quoted sources close to the property and insurance management company as saying that Prem Watsa's company has roped in Fidelity, Capital Research, Cardinal Capital Group and US billionaire Wilbur Ross to pump $...
11:13 AM, Jul 28, 2011
London: Indians visiting Britain on tourist visas will now be able to visit neighbouring Ireland without a visa, under a visa waiver programme announced in Dublin. The waiver programme will run from July 1 until October 2012, a period that includes the London 2012 Olympics, when a large number of Indian and other tourists are expected to visit Britain. Currently, Indian citizens need a visa to enter Ireland. Under Ireland's...
06:00 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Sao Paulo: The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for US economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-ridden European countries that they are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits. The IMF, in its regular assessment of global economic prospects, said bigger threats to growth had emerged since its previous report in April, citing the euro zone debt crisis and signs of...
12:48 AM, Jun 18, 2011
Dublin: The Presidential Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast" for its bomb-proof features, failed to make it out of the US Embassy in Dublin Monday when it became stuck on a ramp. Specially built to withstand bombs, bullets and chemical attack, the car beached itself on the top of a ramp as it tried to exit the embassy during Barack Obama's one-day visit to Ireland. The White House later said Obama and...
12:55 PM, May 24, 2011
London: British air traffic controllers say ash from the erupting Iceland volcano will affect flights out of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland by Tuesday afternoon. The agency that controls air traffic over Britain and the eastern Atlantic said airports will remain open but flights will be affected between 5:30 pm IST and 11:30 pm IST. NATS said in a statement that the ash will affect airports in Londonderry in...
07:29 AM, May 24, 2011
Dublin: Ireland's embattled Prime Minister said on Saturday he would dissolve Parliament on Tuesday and announce a new date for early elections, as the upper house began debate on legislation to slash spending and raise taxes expected to be its last major act under his government. Brian Cowen said he intends to ask President Mary McAleese on Tuesday to dissolve the national Parliament. He would then announce a new election...
12:11 PM, Jan 29, 2011
New Delhi: As Europe and the US struggle with fears of the Irish crisis triggering off another world financial collapse, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says India and China must take a leadership role in increasing growth. He spoke to CNN IBN's Suhasini Haidar "I worry about low growth decade in Europe and in America and Asia's inability to take millions out of poverty. If the great powers could...
04:34 PM, Nov 22, 2010
Dublin: European and IMF officials will start thrashing out the details of a three-year bailout package for Ireland on Monday while the government puts the finishing touches to a 15 billion euro ($ 20.5 billion) austerity plan. The EU and the IMF agreed on Sunday to help bail out Ireland with loans -- expected to total 80 to 90 billion euros -- to tackle its banking and budget crisis. Officials...
10:35 AM, Nov 22, 2010
The newly launched Race to Ireland could well be the giant step Indian golf was waiting to take. ...
01:42 PM, Nov 04, 2010
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