Are the Irish really back this time?
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Is Notre Dame really back this time? For those with short memories, the Fighting Irish thrilled the gold-clad faithful in 2002 by winning nine games in Tyrone Willingham's debut season. He was fired just two years later when the program slumped badly after that promising start.
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1921 &#151; Ireland is partitioned amid civil war. The new state of Northern Ireland, with a British Protestant majority, remains part of United Kingdom while the predominantly Catholic rest of Ireland wins independence from UK.
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Five years ago, when Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke last played in a Ryder Cup on American soil, he looked a bit different. His critique of his appearance is a bit harsher.
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It'll take more than last week's victory over a highly ranked opponent to restore Notre Dame's lost luster. That makes Saturday's game at Michigan State a big one for the Fighting Irish.
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Renewed efforts are to be made to find the bodies of Ireland's &quot;disappeared&quot;, people abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Britain and Ireland said.
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Brian O'Driscoll and Peter Stringer look certain to return for Ireland's Six Nations game against England.
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By Kate KellandLONDON - The Irish Republican Army has changed fundamentally from the terror organization that fought British rule in Northern Ireland for decades and now poses no security threat, a British ...Comment
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BELFAST -- Ten years after the Irish Republican Army's momentous cease-fire, negotiations resumed yesterday in hope of reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration, an elusive goal of Northern Ireland's hard-fought peace process.
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THERE are times when the game is truly worth the candle, when you are in the stadium and conscious of the privilege. It was like that at Lansdowne Road yesterday as Ireland produced one of their great performances
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The group looking at the legacy of the Troubles may ask the government to say it fought a war against the IRA.
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Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr claims Roy Keane is back to his best - and at a critical time for his side. Keane criticised his own display in last month&#39;s 1-1 draw in Switzerland but Kerr says the Manchester
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If you hadn&#39;t been following the NFL lately and tuned into yesterday&#39;s Monday night game, you may have thought you had stepped into a time warp.
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LOS ANGELES  - Thank heaven for the Irish and the Italians. In these sensitive times, we'd have no crime stories without them. I should hasten to add there also are law-abiding, upstanding, public-spirited Irish and Italians. Just don't try looking for them on NBC's "The Black Donnellys."
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On Wednesday, when they ensconce themselves and assorted politicians from Northern Ireland in a St. Andrews hotel, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, may be feeling the hand of history on their shoulders, if not hearing the ticking of a clock in their ears.
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PARIS - Roy Keane&#39;s return to the Irish team is not so much about what he can produce on the pitch, but what he can inspire in others.
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Brady Quinn and the Notre Dame offense were as good as advertised in Week 2. After an unimpressive opening game, Quinn, Jeff Samardzija and Co. returned to their fantastic form of last season in a 41-17 victory over No. 19 Penn State on Saturday.
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Businesses say 'no way' Irish businesses are holding back from taking advantage of modern technologies because they are concerned about potential risks.â¦