Ireland

Ireland

• Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing

  British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the 1982 IRA attack on the queen's cavalry in Hyde Park, a nail-bombing at a top London ... 

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  EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013

  The European Union's leaders took a major step in tackling tax-dodgers Wednesday by pushing to end bank secrecy across the bloc's 27 members by the ... 

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  Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role

  Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs ... 

• Ryanair keeps growing, reports record profits

  Ryanair reported record profits Monday as Europe's largest budget airline expanded its route network across the continent and into North Africa. 

• Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

  Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.5 billion which would create the third-biggest specialty ... 

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  Jonny Wilkinson voted European Player of the Year

  Jonny Wilkinson has been voted the European Player of the Year for 2013 after guiding Toulon to its first European Cup title. The former England ... 

• Best to captain Ireland on summer tour

  After being surprisingly overlooked by the British and Irish Lions, Rory Best will captain a 28-man Ireland squad containing six uncapped players for ... 

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  Toulon beats Clermont to win 1st European Cup

  Jonny Wilkinson delivered another brilliant display of goalkicking to guide Toulon to its first European Cup title Saturday, booting 11 points in a ... 

• Ireland flyhalf Ronan O'Gara retires from rugby

  Ronan O'Gara, Ireland's most capped player and top points scorer, announced his retirement from rugby union on Saturday and will take up a coaching ... 

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  Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes

  U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax ... 

• Pat McQuaid to run for UCI president again

  Pat McQuaid will stand for a third term as president of the International Cycling Union after the Swiss federation approved his request to be endorsed 

• Northern Ireland reserves jail space for G-8 riots

  Northern Ireland security chiefs say arrested troublemakers at the G-8 summit next month may be housed in a prison wing and in an abandoned British ... 

• Trial set for Irish nanny in US baby's death

  A tentative trial date has been set for an Irish nanny charged with murder in the death of a Massachusetts baby. Aisling Brady McCarthy has pleaded ... 

• Irish pardon deserters who joined Britain in WWII

  The Irish government said Tuesday it is pardoning nearly 5,000 men who deserted its armed forces to fight for Britain during World War II, an episode ... 

• US safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted

  The government's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target the ... 

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  Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill

  Ireland's Roman Catholic leaders appealed to the public Friday to lobby their lawmakers to reject a bill that would permit abortions deemed necessary ... 

• Man acquitted of Real IRA murder of 2 UK soldiers

  A man suspected of involvement in the Real IRA faction's killing of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland in 2009 has been acquitted of murder ... 

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  Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions

  Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially ... 

• McQuaid's UCI nomination to be discussed in June

  Pat McQuaid will discover in June if he will be endorsed as a candidate for a third term as head of world cycling's governing body. The Irishman ... 

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  Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman

  A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that ... 

• Joe Schmidt hired to coach Ireland's rugby team

  Joe Schmidt was hired as Ireland coach on Monday, charged with reviving the fortunes of the floundering national team and building on his successful ... 

• 'The Commitments' coming to the London stage

  London's West End is developing an Irish lilt. The Tony Award-winning, Dublin-set musical "Once" is a hit, and on Tuesday producers announced that a ...