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China impressed by Ireland's hi-tech industries
Feb 20, 2012 14:10 EST
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's reputation as a technology hub is a big draw for China, the Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping said at the end of a three-day visit, his only European Union stop on a world tour.
China's Vice President Xi kicks off Dublin visit
Feb 19, 2012 14:53 EST
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's national sports of Gaelic football and hurling won an unlikely new audience on Sunday when pictures of China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping kicking a football in Dublin's Croke Park stadium were beamed home to Beijing.
Queen voices 'deep sympathy' for victims in Ireland
May 18, 2011 17:24 EDT
Queen Elizabeth II expressed her "deep sympathy" Wednesday for the victims of Britain and Ireland's turbulent past after visiting the scene of a massacre on her groundbreaking state visit.
Queen visits scene of British massacre in Ireland
May 18, 2011 12:56 EDT
Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday visited the scene of a massacre by British forces during Ireland's independence struggle on the second day of her groundbreaking state visit to the republic.
Queen revisits ghosts of Ireland's "Bloody Sunday"
May 18, 2011 11:37 EDT
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth undertook one of the most daring diplomatic engagements of her reign on Wednesday when she stepped out into Ireland's Croke Park stadium, scene of a massacre by British troops.
Scots aim to crash Ireland's Croke Park rugby party
Mar 17, 2010 22:33 EDT
Scotland lock Alastair Kellock has warned Ireland's Triple Crown-chasing squad to brace themselves for a massive battle in the last Six Nations game at Croke Park.
Car bomb seriously injures policeman in Northern Ireland
Jan 08, 2010 14:59 EST
BELFAST (Reuters) - Republican militants seriously injured a police officer when they exploded a bomb under his car in Northern Ireland on Friday, police said, in the latest of increasingly frequent attacks in the province.
Car bomb injures policeman in tense N. Ireland
Jan 08, 2010 11:33 EST
A car bomb seriously injured a Northern Ireland policeman Friday in the latest upsurge of violence in the province, as a looming political crisis threatened the already-strained government there.
Car bomb injures policeman in tense N. Ireland
Jan 08, 2010 07:49 EST
A car bomb seriously injured a Northern Ireland policeman Friday in the latest upsurge of violence in the province, as a looming political crisis threatened the already-strained government here.
Car bomb injures policeman in tense N. Ireland
Jan 08, 2010 07:23 EST
A car bomb seriously injured a Northern Ireland policeman on Friday in the latest upsurge of violence in the province, as a looming political crisis threatened the already-strained government here.
Hurler's gay admission spurs Irish lifestyle debate
Nov 03, 2009 09:44 EST
DUBLIN (Reuters Life!) - One of Ireland's most loved sporting heroes has moved the goalposts on the debate about public attitudes toward homosexuality in the traditionally Catholic country by revealing he is gay.
Irish gays hail sport star's coming out
Oct 21, 2009 20:00 EDT
An Irish sporting hero's decision to "out" himself as gay in a new book was hailed as a landmark on Thursday by one the country's leading gay support groups.
Dubliners decry U2's noisy all-night stage removal
Jul 28, 2009 16:28 EDT
Too much rattle and hum: U2's round-the-clock removal of huge Dublin stage stirs protests. Dubliners angry over the around-the-clock dismantling of U2's monumental concert stage mounted street protests Tuesday, threatening the Irish band's plans for the next stop on their European tour.
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Gaelic Athletic Association | |
|---|---|
 GAA logo, from 2009 onwards. | |
| Formation | 1 November 1884 |
| Type | Sports organisation |
| Headquarters | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland |
| Membership | 800,000; organisation:Assorted governing bodies and clubs |
| Website | gaa.ie |
