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Report: Suitcase with bomb parts found

... help “in foiling the London terror plot.” In Wales, police said they had not ruled out a link between the arrest Friday of a 47-year-old man and 44-year-old woman on suspicion of terrorism at Holyhead Port — terminus for ferries to Ireland ...

The world’s best biking tour vacations

Enjoy the charm of Western Ireland's Gaellic road signs, thatched roof cottages and rolling green fields, many of which are dotted with stone walls and grazing lambs. Instead of touring vineyards, you'll stop at village pubs to drink pints of ...

5Top: Actresses who could be the next Jodie Foster

Ronan, a 13-year-old raised in Ireland, is quickly gathering the attention of high-level filmmakers, including “Lord of the Rings” master Peter Jackson, who cast her for the leading role in his highly awaited adaptation of best seller “The ...

Bonehead Biz: Pet tricks or treats

Diageo plans to test Guinness Red on drinkers in British pubs in the coming months but has no plans to launch it more widely, either at home in Ireland or in about 150 other countries where Guinness is sold. Too bad. Here across the pond we were ...

Chris Matthews

Matthews covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa and the Good Friday Peace Talks in Northern Ireland. In 1997 and 1998, his digging in the National Archives produced a series of San Francisco Examiner ...