Read more Ireland stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5767/ireland.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:46:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74450/furious-irish-beg-france-for-rematch-over-handball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom the president on down, the Republic of Ireland is in a rage after the national soccer team was denied a spot in next year’s World Cup in a defeat by France—which got the winning goal as a direct benefit of an uncalled handball. Not only is the country’s...http://www.newser.com/story/74450/furious-irish-beg-france-for-rematch-over-handball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 20:06:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72880/turning-green-shines-mostly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProject Greenlight runner-up Turning Green —about a teen in Ireland who tries to make a buck selling porn—leaves most critics pleased. It mixes a “generally jolly, frisky tone” with “more threatening moods,” including “an astounding left turn” from Alessandro Nivola, writes Robert Koehler in Variety . And it’s “a handsomer...http://www.newser.com/story/72880/turning-green-shines-mostly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 13:55:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70986/un-names-norway-best-place-to-live.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorway is the best country in the world to live in, according to the UN’s human development index, and Niger is the worst, ranking just below Afghanistan. The index ranks 182 countries based on life expectancy, school enrollment, and GDP per capita. China came in at 92, up seven spaces...http://www.newser.com/story/70986/un-names-norway-best-place-to-live.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 14:39:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70881/early-irish-returns-show-win-for-eu-treaty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the second try, Ireland has delivered "a convincing win" for the European Union's reform treaty, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said today, with the "yes" vote running about 60% nationwide in early returns. "I'm absolutely delighted for the country. It looks like a convincing win on this occasion," he...http://www.newser.com/story/70881/early-irish-returns-show-win-for-eu-treaty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 5:26:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70846/ig-nobels-laud-goofy-science.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe scientific world’s best and brightest gathered last night to honor the silliest. Eight Nobel laureates showed up to hand out the “Ig Nobels,” which honor funny, weird, and downright silly discoveries. The winners included: Public health: Dr. Elena Bodnar, who invented a bra that can turn into two gas...http://www.newser.com/story/70846/ig-nobels-laud-goofy-science.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 13:30:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70817/blair-set-to-become-first-european-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair could be installed as Europe's first-ever president within weeks if Ireland, in voting today, approves the treaty creating the job. Nicolas Sarkozy believes Blair is the best man for the job, sources tell the Times . Angela Merkel initially believed the job should go to somebody from a country...http://www.newser.com/story/70817/blair-set-to-become-first-european-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 6:02:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67875/for-boom-to-bust-ireland-another-great-migration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe collapse of the Celtic Tiger is prompting another mass exodus from Ireland's rural west, the Wall Street Journal reports, with young workers once again abandoning their hometowns for London or the US. After a rare decade in which emigrants were flooding back to the island, as many as 40,...http://www.newser.com/story/67875/for-boom-to-bust-ireland-another-great-migration.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 8:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65528/gates-crowley-share-irish-ancestor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe beer James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates have with the president should be a Guinness if genetics are anything to go by, Irish Central reports. The Harvard professor and the Cambridge cop—along with about 3 million other people—are distant cousins with shared Irish heritage, both descended from...http://www.newser.com/story/65528/gates-crowley-share-irish-ancestor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 9:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65566/ireland-agrees-to-take-in-2-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIreland has agreed to resettle two Uzbek detainees from the US’ Guantanamo Bay detention center, Ireland’s foreign minister tells the Irish Times . The detainees are among those who are not considered a threat, but can’t be returned to their home countries. Dermot Ahern, a longtime proponent of closing the Guantanamo...http://www.newser.com/story/65566/ireland-agrees-to-take-in-2-gitmo-detainees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 8:42:08 CDT