Washington, July 3 : Love beer and have a dream to travel to the space? Well, here's your chance to fulfil your wish-just enter a new contest by the company behind the dark Irish beer Guinness.he beer bosses have reserved a seat aboard a suborbital Virgin Galactic space liner as one of three experience prizes in an online contest honouring the 250th birthday of the beer's brewery this...

MICHAEL O'REGAN TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen defended his record as minister for finance during a series of statements on the recent OECD and IMF reports. His regret, he said, was that he did not manage to...

CAIRO (AP) - The international peacekeeping mission in Darfur says gunmen have abducted two female aid workers in the western Sudanese region. Noureddine Mezni, a spokesman for the United...

The new US ambassador to Ireland, Dan Rooney, with James and John Finn from Claremorris, Co Mayo, during the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland annual Independence Day lunch in the Four Seasons...

It is the third kidnapping of foreign aid staff in the territory in four months. A gang of six men took the women, both working for the Irish aid group GOAL, from their compound in the north Darfur...

Dublin: Having grumbled about billions spent on banks, the Irish public have pulled together to rescue another treasure - described as one of Ireland's few original contributions to world cuisine:...

Ireland's cricketers got off to the best possible start in their 4 day Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at Eglington cricket club, writes John Kenny. In the first match in defence of their...

A 31-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital in Dublin after he was stabbed in the neck. The man was attacked on Parnell Street in Dublin city centre at around 4pm this afternoon. He...

Ireland has finished joint fourth in the Young Rider European Team Championships at Hoofddorp in the Netherlands on Friday. After Thursday's first round of the Nations' Cup, when Ireland lay in...

The two Irish people arrested by the Israeli Navy last Tuesday are still being held in prison and will not be released until Sunday at the earliest. Peace Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire and...

A man is fighting for his life tonight after being stabbed in Dublin city centre.The 31-year-old is in a critical condition in hospital after the knife attack on Parnell Street.It is understood the...

Irish pension managed funds have succeeded in another consecutive month of positive returns, according to both Hewitt Associates and Rubicon. ...

by Brendan Cole Both sides are greatly weakened for the third Test but the Lions' losses look more damaging and they will be hard pushed to avoid the...

Two men, one carrying a machete, have robbed a bank in Co Tipperary. The AIB branch in the village of Clogheen was robbed around 10.30am this morning. Two men in overalls entered the bank,...

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Gardaí are searching for two armed raiders following a bank robbery in Co Tipperary this morning.The raiders, who were dressed as workmen, entered the AIB outlet in Clogheen at around 10.30am armed...

There are three matches in the League of Ireland Premier Division this evening with bottom taking on top when Bohs meet Bray, in-form pair Dundalk and Derry clashing and Cork City boss Paul Doolin...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Bank of Ireland on Friday said its margins have come under further pressure in the last three months, though its capital position has...

Intrepid cyclists Paul Ryan, and brothers Brian and Michael Culhane, from Co Clare, relax in Drumcondra, Dublin, yesterday after completing a six-month, 15,000km cycle overland from Thailand in aid...

Irish service sector PMI data for June show sharp fall in activity but rate of decline slowed again By Finfacts Team Jul 3, 2009 - 8:16:01 AM ...

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WorldSpreads has confirmed that it has received an approach for its Irish division from certain members of its management. In a stock exchange announcement today, the company said it had noted...

European Commission warns of likely permanent loss in Eurozone potential economic output because of global economic crisis By Finfacts Team Jul 3, 2009 - 7:28:50 AM ...

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Irish pension funds delivered a marginally positive performance during June, of 0.1% on average, the fourth month in a row that returns have been positive. The half year average return to June 2009...

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"We have certainly destroyed a number of drug groups," Detective Superintendent Michael O'Sullivan, from the National Drugs Unit, said. "It has had a significant impact on drug distribution in...

PR GROUP Freshwater is expanding into Ireland after acquiring Life Communications in a £1.1m deal. Acquisitive Aim-listed Freshwater, which has its headquarters in Cardiff, is part-financing...

DEAGLÁN DE BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent THERE WAS no evidence of any money being siphoned off for corrupt purposes from Irish funds provided in Official Development Assistance...

MICHAEL O'REGAN THE GOVERNMENT rejected a renewed attempt by Sinn Féin to have the writ moved for the Donegal South West byelection. The vacancy was caused by the election of Pat “the...

PATSY McGARRY PRIESTS “WILL have effectively disappeared in Ireland in two to three decades,’’ a prominent West of Ireland priest has said. Writing in the Furrow magazine, Fr...

CIARA O'BRIEN GARDAÍ HAVE arrested 80 suspects in raids on homes throughout Dublin over the past number of days. Seventy-two men and eight women were being held on suspicion of being involved in...

OLIVIA KELLY, AOIFE CARR and STEVEN CARROLL DOZENS OF people had to be evacuated from their homes in north Dublin in the early hours of yesterday morning as a result of severe flooding following...

Stephen Ireland has expressed his delight at the way Manchester City have strengthened their squad this summer but admitted that competition for places will now be fierce. Gareth Barry and Roque...

To support its Bing search engine and Azure hosted services, the software giant has opened its largest data center outside the U.S. in temperate...

Ireland was stripped of its top credit rating by Moody’s on Thursday over worries about its budget deficit.The rating agency decision, with Ireland’s bonds downgraded from triple A to double A...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney is making his first official trip as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, a day after he was sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary...

DUBLIN - Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin called Thursday for the release of two citizens detained when the Israeli navy boarded and seized a ship heading to the Gaza...

A new aviation agreement that allows U.S. Customs officers to pre-clear passengers, crew and cargo on commercial aircraft for entry into the United States prior to departing Ireland will go into...

Defending champions Ireland launch their campaign for an unprecedented fourth ICC Intercontinental Cricket Cup title when they takes on Kenya in their opening match at Woodvale Road, Eglinton in the...

Moody's, the US credit ratings agency, today joined its two rivals - - Standard & Poor's and Fitch - - in downgrading Ireland's debt on worries about the country's public finances and the planned...

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, said at a press conference in Luxembourg today, after a decision of the ECB Governing Council to keep the benchmark interest rate on hold at 1%,...

Dublin freesheet newspapers Herald AM and Metro are to merge, it was announced today.Associated Newspapers and The Irish Times, joint owners of Metro Ireland, and Independent News and Media, owners...

Chambers Ireland has today welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to establish a €100m microfinance facility providing microcredit to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Speaking this...

Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland admits manager Mark Hughes’ summer recruitment drive has increased the pressure on existing members of the squad.England midfielder Gareth Barry and...

Abbott today created 50 new jobs in Santry in Dublin as it opened its international headquarters for mature business operations. The new HQ will support the growth of Abbott's mature pharmaceutical...

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) agreed at its meeting in Luxembourg today, to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold at...

Moody's has cut Ireland's government bond rating to 'Aa1' from 'Aaa', becoming the last of the three main agencies to strip the country of its top credit rating. A lower credit rating usually makes...

An Irish company has won a $30m (€13.6m) contract to supply its solar power products to New Zealand.Surface Power Solar was founded in 2003 and is backed by Údarás na Gaeltachta and Enterprise...

A man who raped a girl at showgrounds in Scotland may have travelled from Ireland, police have said.The 17-year-old was raped at the Royal Highland Show in Ingliston, near Edinburgh, last Saturday....