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Rugby
Sep 22, 2019
Ireland crushes Scotland in early show of force
World No. 1-ranked Ireland announced itself in dominant style at the 2019 Rugby World Cup with a bruising 27-3 win over Scotland on Sunday.
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SUMO
Sep 19, 2019
Sumo 101: New Otani hotels and sumo
Last Friday, several members of the Ireland rugby team, including Clan Healy and Rory Best, visited Isegahama stable to watch a training session.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2019
Northern Ireland's DUP says there is still time to agree on Brexit border deal
The Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of Parliament support British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government believe a deal can be done in the coming weeks to maintain an open border in Ireland, a senior member said Sunday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 15, 2019
Ireland wary of Brave Blossoms threat, head coach Joe Schmidt says
Ireland wants to take it one match at a time in its Rugby World Cup group stage but has already singled out host Japan as a tough opponent in Pool A, head coach Joe Schmidt said.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 30, 2019
Former captain Brian O'Driscoll backs Irish to end slump before Rugby World Cup
Irish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll believes Japan's players "will be licking their lips" at the prospect of facing an out-of-sorts Ireland at next month's Rugby World Cup, with a first-ever quarterfinal place for the Brave Blossoms the potential reward.
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Rugby
Aug 29, 2019
Uncapped duo to make Wales debuts in warm-up match against Ireland
Prop Rhys Carre and wing Owen Lane will make their international debut for Wales when it hosts Ireland in its penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Cardiff on Saturday, head coach Warren Gatland said on Thursday.
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Rugby
Aug 22, 2019
England's Tom Curry, Sam Underhill to start against Ireland
Tom Curry and Sam Underhill will line up either side of Billy Vunipola in a new-look, highly mobile back row against Ireland on Saturday as England coach Eddie Jones continues to juggle his resources in the team's penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2019
Johnson's opening Brexit bid lands flat with EU leaders
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's demand that the European Union reopen the Brexit divorce deal was rebuffed on Tuesday by the bloc, which said Britain had failed to propose any realistic alternative to an agreed upon insurance policy for the Irish border.
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BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2019
Titanic shipyard Harland and Wolff to file for insolvency
Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, was put into administration on Monday after its bankrupt Norwegian owner failed to find a buyer and calls for its nationalization were rebuffed.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2019
Boris Johnson's Belfast Brexit message leaves Dublin and EU in cold
Boris Johnson went a long way toward cementing his working majority in the U.K. Parliament with a visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday, but did little to break the Brexit impasse with Dublin and Brussels.
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BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2019
Ryanair tells ranks it has 900 more pilots and crew than needed
Ryanair has 500 more pilots and 400 more cabin crew than needed, and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told staff in a video message vimeo.com/350780012/5abde31242.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2019
New U.K. leader Boris Johnson chides 'gloomsters' and vows bold new Brexit deal tough tack with EU
Boris Johnson promised in his first speech as prime minister to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with "no ifs or buts" and warned that if the European Union refused to negotiate then there would be a no-deal Brexit.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2019
Boris Johnson says technology can enable trade deal that breaks Brexit deadlock
Boris Johnson, favored to become Britain's new prime minister, said on Sunday the country could reach a free trade deal to leave the European Union that would remove the need for one of the more problematic parts of a previous agreement.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 29, 2019
Mina Ishihara: Bound for Ireland to make and repair books
Mina Ishihara, 43, first visited Ireland in 1995 when she was a student at Tezukayama Gakuin University in Osaka, her hometown, where she studied English and linguistics. On that trip she visited Galway, a lively cultural city on the west coast of Ireland, partly because the professor who organized the...
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2019
As he arrives, Trump says Brexit will be fine for Ireland
Donald Trump, arriving in Ireland for the first time as U.S. president on Wednesday, sought to reassure the country that Britain's exit from the European Union would work out fine for its near neighbor.
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WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2019
Ireland's Green Party surges in European, local elections, exit poll finds
Support for Ireland's Green Party surged in European and local elections, an exit poll Saturday showed, putting it in line to take its first seats in the European Parliament and make the biggest gains in county and city councils.
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JAPAN / AMBASSADOR VISIT
May 10, 2019
Sporting events and Brexit offer Dublin the chance to grow ties with Tokyo, Irish ambassador says
While Japan and Ireland may view each other as fierce rivals at the Rugby World Cup when they face off in Shizuoka Prefecture in September, Ireland sees the sporting event and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as opportunities to expand contacts — a prelude to further efforts to strengthen bilateral ties that...
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CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2019
The Outcasts: Forty years after their debut, Japan finally beckons
For a small country, Northern Ireland has produced a lot of punk.

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