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  • Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property

    LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% ...

  • Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family

    Many people have rallied in support of controversial Independent TD Clare Daly after her extraordinary attack on the visiting U.S. president Barack Obama and his family. Daly didn't miss any punches on Wednesday morning in the Dail when she hit out at Obama, describing him as the "hypocrite of the century," and "a war criminal." She pointed out while he was in Northern Ireland talking the ...

  • Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park

    US first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha Tuesday wrapped up their brief visit to Ireland with a private guided tour of Wicklow Mountains National Park. Michelle Obama and the girls have been taking in the sights as President Barack Obama meets with other world leaders at the G8 summit in neighbouring Northern Ireland. Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, listened attentively Tuesday ...

  • Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs

    BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may ...

  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

After ten years and seven movies totaling nearly 20 hours of running length, the Harry Potter franchise/saga is finally coming to an end with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which covers the second half of J.K. Ro ... ...

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  • G8 leaders back calls for Syria peace talks in Geneva

    Leaders at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland have backed calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva as soon as possible. After adopting the statement, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said the leaders had managed to overcome fundamental differences. The statement, however, does not mention what role Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could play in the future. According to the BBC, the G8 ...

  • Etihad-backed Aer Lingus spends $53m fighting Ryanair

    Aer Lingus, the Irish airline in which Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways holds a nearly 3 percent stake, has spent EUR40m ($53m) fighting an ongoing takeover bid by rival carrier Ryanair, a Dublin court has been ...

  • Parkrun spreads its wings in dublin

    The spirit of free running extended it's stride this weekend with the addition of Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan, Co Dublin, to the weekly offering of parkruns, writes Patricia ...

  • How snails point to the trails of ancient seafarers in Ireland

    By Nidhi Subbaraman When a group of French or Spanish travelers sailed the Atlantic to Ireland about 8,000 years ago, they carried along a species of snails that today bear genetic witness to their passage. The snails might have been stowaways - or maybe they were just snacks.Irish land snails today possess certain genetic markers that are shared solely with snails living in the northern Spain ...

  • British Irish Lions team for first Test named

    British and Irish lions coach Warren Gatland has named his team to play Australia in the first Test of the series in Brisbane on Saturday. As expected, Brian O'Driscoll, Paul O'Connell, Jamie Heaslip and Jonathan Sexton are named in the starting ...

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