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Police find explosive device on bus in Ireland (AP)

AP – Police and Army officials say an explosive device found on a bus has been “made safe” in advance of Queen Elizabeth II’s arrival in Dublin Tuesday.

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Poll: Ireland heads for new govt led by Fine Gael (AP)

Election workers count votes in Ireland's parliamentary election in Castlebar, Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. The opposition Fine Gael party appears poised to lead Ireland's next government as an exit poll released Saturday showed the party far ahead, while the long-dominant Fianna Fail party seemed headed for its worst result ever.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP – A tidal wave of public anger has swept Ireland’s opposition Fine Gael party to the brink of power and crushed the party that took the country to the edge of bankruptcy, an exit poll indicated Saturday.


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Cables show Ireland irked Vatican on sovereignty (AP)

CHANGES RELEASE SATURDAY TO PUBLISHED SATURDAY  FILE - An  aerial view of the Vatican with St. Peter's Basilica is seen in this 2003 file photo made available Friday Feb. 4, 2005. Newly released, confidential U.S. diplomatic cables published Saturday Dec. 11, 2010 indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the investigation of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri - File)AP – Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that the Vatican felt “offended” that Ireland failed to respect Holy See “sovereignty” by asking high-ranking churchmen to answer questions from an Irish government commission probing decades of sex abuse of minors by clergy.


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Cables show Ireland ceded to Vatican pressure (AP)

CHANGES RELEASE SATURDAY TO PUBLISHED SATURDAY  FILE - An  aerial view of the Vatican with St. Peter's Basilica is seen in this 2003 file photo made available Friday Feb. 4, 2005. Newly released, confidential U.S. diplomatic cables published Saturday Dec. 11, 2010 indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the investigation of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri - File)AP – Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the government probe of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy in the predominantly Catholic nation.


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Cables indicate Ireland ceded to Vatican pressure (AP)

Attorney General Eric Holder walks to the podium to speak at the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) summit meeting at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Holder says he is hopeful that the people responsible for the WikiLeaks disclosures of classified information are brought to justice. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP – Newly released, confidential U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that Ireland caved in to Vatican pressure to grant immunity to church officials in the investigation of decades of sex abuse by Irish clergy.


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EU agrees on $89 billion bailout loan for Ireland (AP)

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan arrives for a round table of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Finance ministers from the eurozone and the EU are meet in Brussels Sunday to agree on a financial aid assistance package for Ireland. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP – European Union nations agreed to give euro67.5 billion ($89.4 billion) in bailout loans to Ireland on Sunday to help the debt-struck country weather its banking crisis, and sketched out new rules for future emergencies in an effort to restore faith in the euro currency.


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EU approves $113 billion bailout for Ireland (AP)

**ALTERNATIVE CROP OF DR103** A riot police runs as a patrol police car burns during riots in Barcelona on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP – EU governments have approved an euro85 billion ($113 billion) bailout deal for Ireland.


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