/tags/ireland Ireland en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:35:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-10/protestants-catholics-clash-in-belfast-dozens-hurt More than 50 police were injured as they tried to prevent clashes between Protestants and supporters of the Irish Republican Army. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:35:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-10/protestants-catholics-clash-in-belfast-dozens-hurt Scott Neuman /npr-news/2013-07-25/teen-passengers-rescued-as-tall-ship-sinks-off-irish-coast The young sailors aboard the Astrid were on a training cruise and part of a 50-ship flotilla promoting tourism to Ireland. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:32:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-07-25/teen-passengers-rescued-as-tall-ship-sinks-off-irish-coast Scott Neuman /2013-07-19/pitch-drop-worse-than-watching-paint-dry Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have some long awaited test results: After 69 years, they have captured on video a drop of pitch, also known as bitumen or asphalt. The experiment proves pitch is a liquid. Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:33:00 GMT /2013-07-19/pitch-drop-worse-than-watching-paint-dry /2013-07-13/troubles-linger-in-shadow-dancer The new film from the director of Man on Wire and Project Nim, James Marsh, is a fiction film about the period toward the end of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It stars Clive Owen and up-and-comer Andrea Riseborough. Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:00:00 GMT /2013-07-13/troubles-linger-in-shadow-dancer Pat Dowell /npr-news/2013-06-17/obama-begins-european-trip-with-g-8-summit-in-ireland Syria's civil war is expected to be a central issue as the U.S. president meets with the world's other major powers. Obama's decision last week to send weapons to the Syrian rebels is supported by Britain and France, but not by Russia. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:26:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-06-17/obama-begins-european-trip-with-g-8-summit-in-ireland Scott Horsley /2013-06-17/in-nevilles-thrillers-belfasts-violent-past-still-burns The capital of Northern Ireland is no longer the city of snipers that it was before the Good Friday Agreement, but novelist Stuart Neville still draws inspiration from the decades of violence. In The Ghosts of Belfast, he examines the shattered life of an IRA killer in the aftermath of The Troubles. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:57:00 GMT /2013-06-17/in-nevilles-thrillers-belfasts-violent-past-still-burns Noah Adams /2013-06-04/mccanns-transatlantic-crosses-fiction-and-fact-ireland-and-u-s Novelist Colum McCann decided to write about the ties that bind his homeland, Ireland, with the United States, where he now lives. But he wanted to stay far away from cliches about being Irish-American. The result? His new novel, featuring historical figures searching for freedom, adventure and peace. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:52:16 GMT /2013-06-04/mccanns-transatlantic-crosses-fiction-and-fact-ireland-and-u-s Lynn Neary /npr-news/2013-05-24/james-joyce-coin-troversy-reportedly-could-have-been-averted Irish banking officials should have known there were problems with the controversial 10-euro coin commemorating James Joyce, according to Ireland's RTE °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ. The coin misquotes the author's Ulysses, and bears an image of Joyce that his estate did not approve. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-05-24/james-joyce-coin-troversy-reportedly-could-have-been-averted Bill Chappell /npr-news/2013-05-22/how-genomics-solved-the-mystery-of-irelands-great-famine Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they didn't know which strain was the culprit. But they do now, thanks to the genes in some 19th century potato samples. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-05-22/how-genomics-solved-the-mystery-of-irelands-great-famine Lydia Zuraw /npr-news/2013-05-22/why-apple-and-lots-of-other-companies-wound-up-in-ireland It goes back to a single page in a report written decades ago by U.S. consultants, and funded by the U.S. State Department. Wed, 22 May 2013 07:07:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-05-22/why-apple-and-lots-of-other-companies-wound-up-in-ireland Zoe Chace