The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
POOR RAINFALL has led to a severe deterioration in the levels of food available in parts of Ethiopia, but the unfolding crisis cannot be compared to the 1984 famine, the Irish Ambassador to Ethiopia told an Oireachtas committee yesterday.
metrocurean (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Claudio Pirollo and Mickael Cornu opened the Belgian-flavored Et Voila in the Palisades neighborhood in May 2008. Before launching the restaurant, Pirollo, who was born and raised in Brussels, was named “Best Young Chef in Belgium” in 1994 and served as personal chef to the Irish ambassador. Cornu, the restaurant's co-owner and pastry chef, hails from France. You can take...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Famous Irish tenor Colm Wilkinson led a packed St. Michael's Cathedral today in a moving rendition of Amazing Grace to say goodbye to a legendary publican Pat Quinn.
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... of opportunity for businesses on both sides to cooperate in the ICT sector, added Deputy PM Hai.Irish ambassador to Vietnam Maeve Collins expressed her hope that the forum will create closer contact between Vietnamese and Irish businesspeople, who have come to share their experiences and set up cooperative relationships, especially in the information and communication technologies...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
By Victoria JohnA 22-year-old white South African woman was recently granted permission to stay in Ireland after claiming she was at risk in her home country because of racial discrimination.Colin Wrafter, the Irish ambassador in South Africa, said that Dianne Jefferson was only allowed to stay in the country because she is married to an Irish citizen.Jefferson launched a legal...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
EU Summit »Taoiseach told last week of Bruton bid for EU president jobARTHUR BEESLEY in Brussels and LARA MARLOWE in WashingtonBRUTON CANDIDACY: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said he learned last week that John Bruton was preparing to canvass EU governments to select him as the first president of the European Council.Mr Bruton previously asked the Irish Ambassador to Washington, Michael Collins,...
