GERMANY is behaving like the euro is a pain in the ass to it, that it has received little or no reward for adopting it as its currency, that it wishes that it never gave up its Deutschmark as its own prized currency and that, now that it is stuck with the euro, it will be damned if it is going to have to pick up the tab for the fecklessness of other European nations (including us).
Brendan O’Brien
Twenty years and a giant leap of faith from amateurism to professional rugby have elapsed since David Irwin last laced up his boots.
The latest EU Fiscal Treaty poll has revealed a small shift towards voting No among undecided voters, but not enough to defeat the proposal.
The Government was last night frantically trying to get its campaign for a yes vote in the May 31 referendum back on track after a potentially disastrous gaffe by a senior minister who said there could be re-run if the fiscal treaty is rejected.
The M8 has now fully reopened following an oil spill earlier today.
Two officials at IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) have brought a High Court challenge over a customer's private prosecution against them for alleged deception.
Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg pocketed more than a billion US dollars today after one of the biggest ever US stock market flotations.
The UN nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organisation to resume probing Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.
Justin Rose piled on the agony for Darren Clarke with a 6&4 drubbing at the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain today.
Chelsea caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo is “very hopeful” Gary Cahill and David Luiz will be fit to start Chelsea’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
Fitch ratings agency has downgraded five Greek banks, a day after giving the crisis-hit nation the lowest possible grade for a country that is not in default.
The socialite, reality TV star, and actress Kim Kardashian is best known for her enormous breasts, a controversial sex video, and for having two sisters and two half-sisters whose first names all begin with the letter K.
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