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Scottish police orders evacuation over suspicious package
Mar 08, 2019 08:24Police in the United Kingdom continue to receive reports of suspicious packages being sent to crowded places with possible connections to Ireland-related terrorist groups."
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UK police dismantle more bombs amid fears over Irish insurgency
Mar 07, 2019 06:27Police forces across Britain have found and dismantled more bomb packages amid heightened concerns about a renewed wave of unrest in Northern Ireland that could undermine security in the entire country.
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Ireland hosts West Asia’s ‘peace’ talks shortly after Warsaw Summit’s failure
Feb 20, 2019 06:52Ireland on Tuesday hosted “closed-door talks” between a group of European and Arab ministers over the “peace process” in the West Asia, a few days after a similar conference failed in the Polish capital of Warsaw.
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British applications for Irish passports rose by 22% in 2018
Dec 31, 2018 08:41An increasing number of Britons are applying for Irish passports to be able to keep their EU citizenship once the UK leaves the bloc next year.
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Irish PM says Brexit deal possible in next couple of weeks
Nov 09, 2018 16:57Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said a deal between Britain and the European Union over Britain’s exit from the bloc was possible in weeks, despite continued political haggling over the future of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Irish border dispute cannot block Brexit deal: British PM
Oct 15, 2018 19:36British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed confidence that her government and the European Union will reach an agreement on United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the bloc, saying disagreements on how the border on the Island of Ireland will be administered after Brexit was not an issue that could not derail the talks.
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Ireland FM: Optimism over Brexit talks ‘not well founded’
Oct 13, 2018 06:36Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says optimism about an imminent breakthrough in Brexit talks is "probably not well founded," and that the public should be realistic about time frames defined in negotiations between Britain and the European Union.
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Pope Francis visits Ireland amid church abuse scandals
Aug 25, 2018 14:30Pope Francis is set to meet victims of Catholic Church sex abuse during the Republic of Ireland's first papal visit in decades.
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EU says it is ready to make compromise on Irish border
Aug 02, 2018 14:31The European Union's chief negotiator for the United Kingdom's departure from the bloc has announced that Brussels is ready to compromise on the thorny issue of the Irish border to help the two sides avoid a so-called no-deal Brexit.