Ireland debates switch to right-hand driving
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Ireland should consider giving up  driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners  accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said  Friday.
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As swan songs go, Brian Cowen's wasn't bad. He spent what is expected to be his last week as Ireland's foreign minister presiding over talks that seem destined to restore a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland. He then spoke to the United Nations, where Ireland's multilateral peace process stands as a blueprint for resolving conflicts driven by religious and nationalist ...
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Systems to stop cars starting if the driver is drunk get the backing of MPs who are examining future transport.
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A lesbian couple who wed in Canada were to learn yesterday whether an Irish court would hear their case to have their union legally recognized in Ireland, where homosexuality itself was outlawed until a decade ago.
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DUBLIN -- Ireland's ruling party said yesterday it would form a coalition government with the left-wing Greens, which could alter policies the prime minister put in place over the past 10 years to fuel the country's Celtic Tiger economy. Since rising to power in 1997, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's center-right government has promoted tax breaks for big business, enacted the ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo is banning right-hand drive cars in an effort to improve dire road safety, angering drivers in the vast country&#39;s south and east where most vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.
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The DUP say they will decide whether to enter a power-sharing government once republicans deliver on policing.
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The IRA is facing a decision about the terms on which the DUP is prepared to enter a power-sharing government with Sinn FÃ©in in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland's rival politicians face "a moment of decision" in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared Thursday as he launched a ...
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to clinch a third term on Saturday after voters who have enjoyed the fruits of a thriving economy opted for stability over change.
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A scheme allowing motorists to drive along the hard shoulder is to be rolled out across the country.
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Ireland, a mostly Roman Catholic country where divorce was legalized just seven years ago, is contemplating another leap away from its conservative past &#151; and toward greater rights for homosexual couples.
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Northern Ireland's politicians must decide once and for all, within a few days, whether to unite to refloat the province's peace process, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said on Wednesday. "People want a decision," Ahern told reporters after talks with Britain's Tony Blair. "We have to call it within a matter of days."
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Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has said it was still unclear whether Protestant and Catholic parties will unveil their choices for the two top posts in the province's power-sharing administration.
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Opposition leaders begin weighing up on  Sunday whether to support a government led by Irish Prime  Minister Bertie Ahern after final election results confirmed he  was on track to secure a third successive term.
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It is a moment of decision in the Northern Ireland political process, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.