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An Irishman named Diarmuid Martin says the Catholic Church in Ireland has reached a breaking point, a crisis that he says results from the sexual abuse of children by priests and the cover-up by the Church. Martin has provided tens of thousands of pages of evidence against specific priests, and his words and actions carry extraordinary weight. That's because Diarmuid Martin is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. Bob Simon reports.

A Viking fortress of international importance has been uncovered at Annagassan, Co Louth. It is believed to be the longphort (ship fortress) of Linn Duchaill, founded in AD 841 -- the same year as Viking Dublin... A defensive rampart, consisting of a deep ditch and a bank, was excavated and, while the results of radio carbon tests are awaited to confirm the date, it "has all the appearances of the main fortification of the Viking fortress," he said. The excavations have also uncovered part of a human skull, a whorl for spinning thread and a brooch pin. Dr Pat Wallace,...

A windswept barley field just south of Dundalk seems an unlikely spot for Ireland's capital.But if things had been different, Annagassan near Castlebellingham might have been the principal city on the island of Ireland. Twelve hundred years ago it was the site of Linn Duchaill, one of the first Viking settlements, which rivalled Dublin in size and importance. Folklore said it was there, but all traces of it had disappeared, until a group of archaeologists and local historians set out to prove its existence. Extensive field research and test digs have now done that. What they found was a huge...

When my wife and I were shopping for groceries Saturday we picked up 2 cases of "ThrowBack" sodas(Mountain Dew, Pepsi).

U.S. President Barack Obama waves behind bullet-proof glass after delivering his speech at College Green in Dublin May 23, 2011. Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies on Monday as a tiny Irish village on Monday welcomed home "a long lost cousin" with an outpouring of affection. Hoisting a glass of Guinness at Ollie Hayes pub as fiddle music played, Obama thus began a four-nation tour of Europe with a celebration of his ancestral roots.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Presidential Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast" for its bomb-proof features, failed to make it out of the U.S. Embassy in Dublin on Monday when it became stuck on a ramp. Barack Obama and his wife, en route to his ancestral home in County Offaly, had to abandon the car after the collision in front of waving crowds in Dublin.

U.S. Embassy sponsors Irish Muslim business conference: Imam calls for Sharia Law in all business dealings" SNIPPET: "There would seem to be a Constitutional issue involved here -- isn't the U.S. Government involving itself in promoting a religion via such a seminar? And what a surprise that that religion would turn out to be Islam. "U.S. Embassy sponsors Irish Muslim business conference: Imam calls for Sharia Law in all business dealings," by Patrick Cooper for IrishCentral.com, October 7 (thanks to Sr. Soph): The U.S. Embassy in Dublin has sponsored a seminar on Muslim entrepreneurs and business in Ireland. A main...

Hysterical 3:00 minute call of an 8 year old girl calling a demolition company to inquire about the cost to have her school torn down. Dublin Ireland.Link here.

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-press-secretary-a-new-beginning-presidential-summit-entrepreneurship Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 05, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary on A New Beginning: Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship President Obama, together with the Department of State and the Department of Commerce, will host the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., on April 26 and 27. Participants from over 40 countries on 5 continents have been invited to participate. The Summit will highlight the role entrepreneurship can play in addressing...

SNIPPET: "An Irish jihadist living in Pakistan’s Swat valley says he is preparing to wage war against British and allied troops in Afghanistan. Khalid Kelly, a former altar boy from the Liberties area of Dublin who used to be known as Terry, told The Sunday Times he is undergoing weapons training in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal region in order to fight jihad against the enemies of Islam. His dream is to face a British soldier in combat, although he would “settle” for an American, he said. “I’m already on the path to jihad. I’ve already picked up a gun and done...

A section of Dublin's 900-year-old Viking city wall has been put on public view for the first time at the city council's civic offices on the Southside. When the Viking settlement site -- built in the 10th century AD near Christchurch Cathedral -- was first excavated over 30 years ago it caused huge controversy. The city wall at the time was earmarked for demolition and storage at another site but thousands of people demanded that the historically important area be preserved from a development that was designed to house the Dublin City civic offices. Measuring just under 20 metres in...

A man was jailed today for shining a laser at a passenger plane preparing to land. Hossein Hosseiny briefly illuminated the cockpit of the Dublin to Cardiff aircraft which was carrying 52 people on board on the evening of March 8. The pilot said the actions of the 21-year-old father-to-be from the Countisbury Avenue area of Llanrumney, Cardiff, caused a "momentary loss of concentration" during his approach to the runway due to a "dazzling green light". The incident was reported immediately by the pilot to air traffic control and Hosseiny, a failed asylum seeker from Afghanistan, was arrested soon after...

"Islamic death threat targets U.S. radio host 'We will see his fat rotting torso dumped on the side of the road or in some swamp'" Posted: May 27, 2009 3:24 pm Eastern JERUSALEM – SNIPPET: "The author of the online threat apparently confused Humphries for Rusty Shackleford, the pseudonym used by the proprietor of the popular My Pet JAWA Report website, which focuses on exposing online support of Islamic terrorism." SNIPPET: "Threats tied to pro-al-Qaida website? The registrar information for the "Jew Report" blog with the threat against Humphries is currently private. The author of the blog identifies himself as...

Protestors burn the Israeli flag outside Leinster House during the Ireland Palestine demonstration in Dublin today. Photo: Matt Kavanagh A man attempted to set himself alight at a protest today in Dublin over the continued bombing of Gaza. The man, who appeared visibly distraught, set his arms and shoulders alight before onlookers managed to extinguish the flames. He was not seriously injured. The incident happened at around 1.45pm this afternoon at the Central Bank in Dublin where around 600 people had gathered to protest at Israeli attacks in Gaza. The protest continued without incident to Leinster House and finished this...

A Muslim asylum seeker lost out on an award for volunteer work after indicating that he would not shake hands with the woman who was to present him with the prize. Alinoor Ahmed Sheikh, a Somali based in an asylum hostel in Tralee, was to have been honoured for his work raising funds for Amnesty International at a ceremony last Thursday organised by the Africa Centre in Dublin. The event was designed to highlight the positive work done by refugees and asylum seekers in Irish communities. Five minutes before Benedicta Attoh, a member of the National Consultative Committee on Racism...

‘Witnesses,’ gawkers help Dublin’s Dr Pepper-driven economy live long and

Three Church of Ireland parishes have asked to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church The Irish Catholic newspaper reports this week. The parishes, in counties Down, Tyrone and Laois are members of the 'traditional rite' within the Church of Ireland. The Irish Catholic newspaper, has learnt that the members of these parishes, along with traditional Anglicans from twelve other countries, have signed a letter to the Vatican seeking "full, corporate, sacramental union" with the Catholic Church under the authority of the Pope. The dramatic move would see the entire parish communities received in to the Catholic Church....

An Irish teenager who has fought an ongoing battle to come to Britain for an abortion has been granted permission to travel by the High Court in Dublin. The unnamed 17-year-old, known only as "Miss D" who is four months' pregnant, had previously been denied the right to leave the country by Ireland's Health Service Executive, which had the girl in its care. The authorities pledged to call the police and stop the teenager from undergoing the operation, so the girl went to the High Court in the hope of being granted permission to travel. The unborn child has a...

Dublin will get a new saint in June when Pope Benedict XVI canonizes a Dutch priest who became a much-loved figure in the Irish capital, the city's archdiocese said Friday. Blessed Charles of Mount Argus, who was born John Andrew Houben in Mustergleeen, the Netherlands, in 1821, joined the Passionist order aged 19. He was the fourth of eleven children born to Peter and Johanna Houben. Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who warmly welcomed the news, said Blessed Charles was a much loved figure in the city and around Ireland for his devotion to the sick and healing. He joined the...

DUBLIN: Ireland said yesterday it had appointed a member of the country’s small but growing Muslim community to be its representative on the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). Mazhar Ali Bari replaces former government minister Chris Flood on the ECRI, a body of the Council of Europe. - AFP "I am delighted that Dr Bari has accepted this role," Justice Minister Michael McDowell said in a statement. "He comes to ECRI with a wealth of experience and ideas and I am confident that he will perform his role with the same dedication and energy that he has shown...

An Islamist explosives expert now in a Northern Ireland prison conducted dummy runs for terror attacks at Dublin and Knock ************************************ A convicted al-Qaeda bomb-maker serving a jail sentence in Northern Ireland carried out dummy runs for a potential terrorist plot at Dublin and Knock airports, The Observer can reveal.Last Tuesday the expelled Islamist cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed was seen exhorting young British Muslims in an online broadcast from Beirut to target Dublin because he incorrectly believed US troops used the airport as a transit centre on the way to Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it has emerged that key al-Qaeda...

Irish writers Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett were known to bend the elbow at M.J. O'Neill's, one of several bars featured on the pub crawl. (Photo by Laura T. Ryan) Dublin's a Feast for the Literary Pilgrim BY LAURA T. RYAN   DUBLIN, Ireland -- Even before the wheels of our Aer Lingus jet lifted up off the runway at New York's Kennedy International Airport, Ireland's literary legacy made its presence felt. There, stitched into the upholstery of the seatback in front of me, were the words of Oscar Wilde ("We are all in the gutter, but some of...

Dublin Airport security alert lifted after bomb scare 07/07/2006 - 10:09:05 Operations at Dublin Airport were returning to normal today after the second major security alert in four days. A spokeswoman for Dublin Airport Authority confirmed shortly after 10am that the scare had ended. Airlines agreed a plan to resume check-in and flights. “All security staff are entering the building first, followed by operating airport and airline staff next,” said the spokeswoman. “Passengers who already have boarding cards will be asked to re-enter next, then those passengers who have tickets to travel today will re-enter,” she said. Only passengers with...

A group of Afghans are staging a sit-in at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. The group of around 30 have been at the Cathedral since earlier this afternoon. It is understood those involved in the protest are failed asylum seekers facing deportation. Advertisement They have said they were planning to go on hunger strike. Gardaí say they are demanding to speak to officials at the Department of Justice.

See for example this thread first. It wasn't Ben and Jerry's plans for their new ice cream called "Black and Tan" to raise such a stink. (In Ireland, I think the name conjures dead football fans.)

'Oh, gosh, no!" said Joan Finkel, a Dublin Jew, when asked if she wears green on St. Patrick's Day. Neither does she paint a shamrock — a symbol of the Trinity — on her face, as many St. Patrick's Day paraders do. In fact, when asked about what Irish Jews do on March 17, the day Ireland celebrates its patron saint, Finkel was fairly unequivocal. "Not a lot," she said. Today, approximately 1,000 Jews live in greater Dublin, 500 in the rest of the Republic of Ireland and 350 in Northern Ireland, mostly around Belfast. There are six synagogues in...

Dublin repeals English laws designed to curb the Irish By Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent (Filed: 13/03/2006) The draconian laws the English imposed on Ireland to keep the natives at bay are to be repealed hundreds of years after they were first put on the Statute Book. Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, has finally got round to dealing with more than 2,000 pieces of legislation drawn up by colonial parliaments following the 12th century, Norman invasion of his country. The revision programme will see the removal of ancient acts banning the Gaelic language, prohibiting the English from fraternising with the...

Around 300 protestors, who opposed the planned loyalist 'Love Ulster' march, have clashed with gardaí in Dublin city centre. Rocks, bottles, planks of wood and firecrackers were thrown as gardaí, photographers and journalists came under attack. The Garda Riot Squad are still in attendance and a total of 37 people have been arrested. They are being held at Store Street and Pearse Street garda stations. Fourteen people, including six gardaí, have been injured and are being treated in hospital. Skirmishes were reported on O'Connell Bridge and Aston Quay and there was a stand-off for a time on Fleet Street. Loyalist...

Michael O’Leary is focused on Ryanair growth and tackling the GovernmentTHOSE hoping that Ryanair’s outspoken chief executive Michael O’Leary will go quietly into retirement are in for a surprise. While the headlines suggested that 2008 would see his departure, O’Leary has other ideas. “In 2008 I will have done 20 years in Ryanair, I will be 47. I think it is getting closer to the day when I am going to go. Is it going to be 2008? No. It might be 2007 or it might be 2009. I will go when it is a natural time for me to...

There was outrage last night after an Islamic fundamentalist said Ireland was a "legitimate" target for a terrorist attack. Lawyer Anjem Choudary, who is under police surveillance in Britain, made the comments shortly after arriving in Dublin for a debate in Trinity College. His remarks are being studied by gardai with a view to possible prosecution for incitement to hatred. Politicians called for him to be banned from public platforms in Ireland. Choudary claimed Ireland was a legitimate target for a terror attack because of the Government's decision to allow US troops to refuel at Shannon Airport. "If you are...

Police officers in New York shocked by the lack of protection for gardaí are offering to send over their spare anti-stab vests. The issue came to the forefront in July after two young gardaí were stabbed, one critically, when they entered a house in Raheny in Dublin. The offer of anti-stab vests has been made by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA), which represents 27,000 officers in the New York Police Department (NYPD). In a letter to the Garda Representative Association (GRA), its president Patrick Lynch said he had been saddened to learn of the stabbing of the two gardaí. "I...

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Less armed, less freeBy Richard MundayPublished June 7, 2005 A week in which the French and Dutch "No" votes to the European Unionconstitution rocked the whole project of European unification and left its future uncertain ended with a bizarre twist. On Sunday, in famously neutral, non-EU, non-European Economic Area Switzerland, the people voted by a 53-precent referendum majority to accept the Schengen and Dublin agreements. It was a move which, in the assessment of the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels, now renders Switzerland a "virtual member" of the European Union.     It was not a...

The human rights group, Amnesty International, has called for an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding this morning's attempted robbery in Lusk, Co Dublin. Two men were shot dead after Gardaí engaged armed raiders during the attempted robbery at a post office. The men have been named as 33-year-old Colm Griffin from Canon Lillis Avenue in Dublin and 24-year-old Eric Hopkins from Lower Rutland Street in Dublin. It is believed the men arrived at the scene just after 8am in stolen cars with false number plates. Gardaí had had the post office under surveillance. It is understood the men were...

Charles Pasqua, a former French minister of interior, has emerged as one of the highest-ranking targets of the widening investigations into the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. United Nations, US and French investigators are examining Iraqi documents that show officials in Baghdad were instructed to transfer his lucrative oil allocations to an offshore company, to shield him from criticism. Mr Pasqua's alleged role has emerged as inquiries turn to the role of foreign governments in the corruption within the humanitarian aid programme. France and Russia, which opposed the 2003 invasion, have long been accused in the US of being too close to...

On the surface there would seem to be little to unite the Aryan racialists of the neo-Nazi movement with the terrorists of radical Islam. To the neo-Nazis, Muslims are almost all members of ``inferior`` races; and to the Islamic terrorists, the neo-Nazis are almost without exception either atheists or members of fringe quasi-Christian sects. But the reality is that there has been close cooperation between Muslim extremists and Fascists ever since the founding of the Nazi movement in the 1920`s. For all of their differences, Muslim extremists and Nazis have always been united by a common group of beliefs and...

Gardai investigating the headless torso murder in Dublin are expected to meet English police who have experience of cult religion ritual killing. Detectives said this weekend that the remains of the man found on the Royal Canal last Wednesday had “the hallmarks'‘ of a ritual killing. Sources said they were confident the man, believed to be a west African in his 20s, will be identified by matching his fingerprints with a set from an immigrant database established in 2002. At a press conference yesterday, the Garda displayed socks and underwear from the body in an effort to establish the identity....

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -- The United States has demanded that the IRA disband after the guerrilla group's astonishing offer to shoot the killers of a murdered Northern Ireland Catholic man. "It's time for the IRA to go out of business," U.S. special envoy Mitchell Reiss said Wednesday. For the IRA's political ally Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland's biggest Irish nationalist party, the U.S. demand was yet another blow to its democratic credentials. Reiss told BBC radio: "It's time for Sinn Fein to be able to say explicitly, without ambiguity, without ambivalence, that criminality will not be tolerated. "You can't sign...

he Dublin Airport Authority has voiced regret after an ambulance waiting for a seriously injured patient was clamped by airport police. The privately-run ambulance was clamped on Saturday despite being parked in a section reserved for emergency crews. An airport spokeswoman said the incident was "deeply regrettable" and promised a policy review. Paramedics had to use a cash machine to pay for the clamp's removal. Their boss said the clamping was "mind-blowing". The airport said it would refund the clamping charge of 63 euros (£43; $82). Spokeswoman Siobhan Moore said police had clamped the ambulance because it had remained for...

DUBLIN, Ohio -- The building housing Cardinal Health Inc.'s world headquarters was evacuated Monday morning after unknown chemicals were released inside. Chopper 4 NBC 4 reported that a gel-like substance was found on telephones, computer keyboards, and chairs inside the building's third floor. Several people reportedly drove themselves to hospitals, NBC 4 reported. Two of the people reportedly had symptoms of rashes on their arms. At least 12 others were being evaluated, NBC 4 reported. Watch NBC 4 and refresh nbc4i.com for additional information.

IF ANYONE is still wondering why the Left is waiting for power eight decades after de Valera said Labour must wait, the anti-Bush demonstration in Dublin on Friday would have provided the answer. Nothing symbolised the asinine nature of the protests more aptly than the final destination of Government Buildings. Smart idea? Not really. On Friday evenings, Government Buildings is as empty as the minds of those who howled, heckled and assaulted the air outside. At least attending the march had one positive consequence. Sometimes we have bad thoughts that the vindictive psychopathic nature of untrammeled capitalism might tempt us...

<p>A motorist was injured Friday when a window of her car exploded as she drove on a stretch of Interstate 580 in the East Bay where a sniper is suspected of firing shots at five other vehicles this week, the California Highway Patrol said.</p>

<p>LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two suspected prominent al Qaeda operatives have been arrested at Lahore Airport and will be handed over to the United States.</p> <p>The two men, who were about to leave for Dublin on a Qatar Airways flight, were captured by Pakistani authorities on Tuesday after U.S. officials provided information about them, intelligence officials said.</p>

Running to standstill 08/09/03 00:00 By Niamh Connolly The Luas Age: Long overdue Appearance: An unsightly mess on Dublin's streets Newsworthiness: Luas contractors AMB JV want another €50 million to complete the project by 2004 It was a visionary plan conceived to resolve Dublin's traffic problems. Fine Gael senator Therese Ridge called it the longest pregnancy ever in 1997. "I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever witness the birth," Ridge said. Fást-forward to 2003, and the country is still pondering its arrival. The timetable for delivery has slipped from 2001 to 2003, then to summer 2004, and may now stretch...

Remains of Viking warrior uncovered in Dublin Tuesday, 12-Aug-2003 9:37AM Story from AFP Copyright 2003 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) DUBLIN, Aug 12 (AFP) - Archaeologists said Tuesday they had uncovered the remains of a Viking warrior during excavations on a building site in the Irish capital. A skeleton was found with an iron shield and what appeared to be a dagger in a shallow grave near the centre of Dublin, according to archaeologist Linzi Simpson. The site is near the ninth century settlement of Dubh Linn, a Gaelic phrase denoting "black pool", from which Dublin gets its name. "It...

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) _ The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, whose network of theological schools once exported priests worldwide, closed another hallowed institution Thursday, leaving just a single seminary in this predominantly Catholic country. The directors of St. Patrick's College in Thurles, County Tipperary in southwest Ireland said that their few remaining seminarians would transfer immediately to the church's flagship seminary, Maynooth College near Dublin, which is struggling to produce enough priests for the next generation of Irish Catholics. St. Patrick's closing, along with others, is indicative of a declining observance of the Catholic faith in Ireland and growing public...

Al-Qaida operation uncovered in Dublin An FBI team has found documents in Dublin linking Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in connection with the September 11 attacks, to an al-Qaida cell in Ireland. The documents allegedly also link him to one of Osama bin Laden's money men. US investigators have told Fox News there is mounting evidence of an al-Qaida presence in Ireland that has gone largely unmentioned. Numerous US government sources have told them a lengthy investigation involving British, Irish, and American agents has been under way at a mosque outside Dublin. Dozens of people in the Irish capital...

<p>ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An FBI counterterrorism team has found documents in Dublin, Ireland, linking Zacarias Moussaoui to an Al Qaeda cell there and one of Usama bin Laden's money men, Fox News has learned.</p> <p>U.S. investigators say there is mounting evidence of an Al Qaeda presence in Ireland that has to this point gone largely unmentioned.</p>