Ireland paroles last 2 Provisional IRA prisoners as Britain drops extradition demands

October 12th, 2009 Clinton addresses Northern Ireland AssemblyBELFAST, Northern Ireland — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is delivering a speech to the Northern Ireland Assembly appealing to rival Catholic and Protestant leaders to strengthen their power-sharing government. Clinton told the lawmakers — the Irish Catholic bloc to her left, the British Protestants to her right — that their 2-year-old partnership is an inspiration to the world and demonstrates that even the most bitter conflicts can be resolved through patient, painful compromise.

October 9th, 2009 UK hacker's latest US extradition appeal failsLONDON — A British man accused of hacking into American military computers has failed in his latest bid to avoid extradition to the U.S., his lawyer said Friday. Gary McKinnon is charged with breaking into dozens of computers belonging to NASA, the U.S.

October 2nd, 2009 Clinton to visit Britain, Ireland, RussiaWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels next week to Britain, Ireland and Russia for wide-ranging talks on economic and counterterrorism cooperation and arms control. The State Department said Friday that Clinton would visit London, Dublin, Belfast and Moscow from Oct.

October 2nd, 2009 What happens to EU with 'yes' vote and 'no' voteIf Ireland votes "No" on the Lisbon Treaty: —The 2007 treaty and its reforms — such as more majority voting, the appointment of an EU president and foreign minister — are voided for lack of unanimous ratification. —The EU will soldier on with housekeeping rules crafted in 1992 that are seen as insufficient to run a bloc of 27 countries today.

September 30th, 2009 2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in IrelandDUBLIN — Two Uzbeks imprisoned since 2002 in the Guantanamo Bay prison have arrived in Ireland, and Amnesty International is appealing to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.

September 29th, 2009 GENEVA - Film director Roman Polanski filed a formal appeal with a Swiss court Tuesday against the arrest order for his extradition to the US. Polanski was arrested late Saturday at Zurich airport on a warrant dating from a 1977 California case in which he pleaded guilty to unlawful intercourse with a 13-year-old girl he plied with champagne and sedatives.

September 26th, 2009 3 Gitmo prisoners transferred to Ireland, YemenWASHINGTON — With the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison by a January deadline in doubt, the Justice Department Saturday announced the transfer of three detainees to the governments of Yemen and Ireland. Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a Yemen native, was returned to his homeland after being imprisoned for seven years.

July 31st, 2009 UK court rejects hacker's bid to avoid extraditionLONDON — Britain's High Court on Friday rejected an autistic British man's bid to avoid extradition to the United States to face trial for hacking into military computers. Gary McKinnon has fought a long legal battle to avoid being extradited to the U.S.

July 29th, 2009 Ryanair expands winter services to Canary IslandsDUBLIN — Irish budget airline Ryanair announced a major shifting of its winter routes Wednesday to capitalize on Europeans' love affair with Canary Islands sunshine. The Dublin-based carrier said it would launch 39 routes in October linking sun-starved Belgium, Britain, Germany and Ireland to the three major Canaries resort islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.

July 16th, 2009 Denmark, Ireland have EU's highest pricesBRUSSELS — Denmark, Ireland and Finland had the highest overall prices of all European Union nations for consumer goods such as food, clothing and electronics last year, the EU statistics agency said Thursday. Eurostat said widely different taxes on food, alcohol and tobacco across the bloc's 27 states account for a massive price gap where Ireland tops the table and Romania is cheapest.

May 6th, 2009 Catholic cardinal: IRA dissidents shame IrelandDUBLIN — IRA splinter groups still plotting gun and bomb attacks in Northern Ireland are shaming the people of Ireland and betraying the memory of its patriot dead, the leader of the island's 4 million Catholics declared Wednesday. Cardinal Sean Brady denounced Irish Republican Army dissidents during a state memorial service in honor of the approximately 450 people killed during Dublin's 1916 Easter rebellion, a watershed event in Ireland's fight for independence from Britain.

May 3rd, 2009 DUBLIN - Ireland announced its first laboratory-confirmed case of swine flu late Saturday. Tony Holohan, chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Children, said the case was first reported Thursday.

May 1st, 2009 British amateur golfer Ben Enoch dies in car crashLONDON — Walker Cup squad member Ben Enoch has been killed in a car crash, the chief executive of the Golf Union of Wales said. The amateur golfer was 19.

April 28th, 2009 Holder hails progress on extradition treatyPRAGUE — U.S. and European investigators will move more quickly to catch and prosecute international terrorists, drug dealers and child pornographers under new agreements to be sealed Tuesday.

March 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Sunday condemned the attack on an army base in Northern Ireland that killed two British soldiers. 'The United States condemns the attack in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, last night that resulted in two deaths and injuries two others,' said a statement released by acting US State Department spokesman Robert Wood.