Ireland switches St. Pat Day observance
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The Roman Catholic Church will celebrate St. Patrick's Day two days early next year in Ireland, to avoid a conflict with observances for an exceptionally early Holy Week.
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Ireland has dumped miles for kilometres with little mourning but plenty of ridicule as new speed signs popped up everywhere from motorways to mud tracks.
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WIN a break in Ireland. We've teamed up with Ryanair to offer you a St Patrick's prize holiday.   If you're our winner, you'll enjoy return flights to Shannon and two nights at Limerick's four-star Jurys Inn.
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Poles wanting to raise a glass to the pope during his visit needed to stock up beforehand. Predominantly Catholic Poland banned the sale of beer, wine and liquor in some parts of the country during Pope Benedict XVI&#039;s four-day visit.
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It used to be that many Americans would deplore the commercialization of the Christmas holidays (or, originally, âholy daysâ).
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Pope Benedict has ordered changes to a Latin prayer for Jews at Good Friday services by traditionalist Catholics, deleting a reference to their "blindness" over Christ, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
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As soon as the final election tallies were in Friday, some politicians in Northern Ireland began finalizing plans to fly to Washington for the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities this week at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
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The Parades Commission is told to reconsider its decision not to impose restrictions on an Orange Order parade at Drumcree.
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A major parade is to be held to mark the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment's home service battalions.
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India will stage celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal but archeological concerns have forced organisers to shift the event away from the monument.
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An EU court reverses a four-year-old decision to freeze the funds of an Iranian opposition group.
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Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government Monday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament.
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The European Union has reversed a plan that would have required Britain and Ireland to phase out imperial measurements in favor of the metric system.
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Gordon Brown scraps a rule saying the union flag could be flown on public buildings only on certain days.
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SWITCHING SYSTEMS: Ireland, where speed limits have been posted in mph but distances are marked in kilometers, is switching to an all-kilometer system.
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Europe and the US agreed to moves to curb Iranâs nuclear ambitions tonight, but divisions emerged with so-called non-aligned nations objecting to parts of the text.
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Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.