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Ireland manager Martin O’Neill. (Getty Images)

Martin O’Neill Is in the Managerial Elite Even If a Top Job Eludes him

by Daniel Taylor | Oct 17, 2017 | Sports

London – Blink, and you might have missed the part Shepshed Charterhouse, in the puddles and potholes of the Northern Premier League, played in the professional life of Martin O’Neill, back in the days when aspiring managers were prepared to start at the bottom...

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Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. (Reuters)

Ireland Wants EU Role in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Negotiations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 9, 2017 | Middle East

Tallinn (Estonia) – Ireland called on the European Union to play a greater role in US-led efforts to revive the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Speaking to EU foreign ministers at a meeting on Middle East policy in Tallinn, Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney...

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A crown is affixed to a wild goat as it is crowned King Puck and will be held on a platform above the town for three days in Killorglin, Ireland. Billed as one of Ireland’s oldest festivals, the Puck Fair sees locals in the town of Killorglin pluck a wild mountain goat from its habitat and crown him ‘King Puck’ for the duration of the event. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

In a Remote Irish Town, a Goat Reigns Supreme

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

KILLORGLIN, Ireland- For a few days this week a goat will be king of a small town in Ireland’s rural south west. Billed as one of Ireland’s oldest festivals, the Puck Fair sees locals in the town of Killorglin pluck a wild mountain goat from its habitat...

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Brexit Secretary David Davis meets the EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier for the second round of Brexit talks CREDIT: DARIO PIGNATELLI/BLOOMBERG

Brexit Negotiations Begin Amid Feuds in London

by Mutlaq Muneer | Jul 18, 2017 | World

London – Britain and European Union (EU) began on Monday a round of negotiations on Britain’s divorce from the EU which they have less than two years to complete. This is the second one following a preliminary round where the two parties determined dates for the...

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Migrants in a dinghy await rescue around 20 nautical miles off the coast of Libya, June 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Irish Ship Rescues Hundreds Near Libya as EU Effort to Halt Migrants Founders

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 26, 2017 | Middle East

Ireland’s Defense Forces said on Monday that an Irish naval ship rescued 712 people including pregnant women and infants off the coast of the Libyan capital as part of an international migrant rescue effort. The LÉ Eithne ship led the rescue of multiple vessels...