Ansbacher scam. This was brought to light when an inquiry into the affairs of businessman Ben Dunne discovered payments of more than £1 million to Mr Haughey. Ansbacher The Ansbacher (Caymen) was the biggest financial and political scandal to hit Ireland. It started in the early 1970s when Des Traynor‚ the late financial advisor to former
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Republic of Ireland? Ireland’s decision to join the European Union has had quite an impact on the county. Firstly it provided the Republic with a stage on which to assert its independence from Britain‚ which it relied upon (almost to fault) too heavily for trade. Having said this‚ many believe that it put the final nail in the coffin of the Ireland in which De Valera had envisaged‚ that being the God-fearing rural people who eschewed the excess of materialism. This is because it made Ireland much more
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RICH I was alone. I sat on the concrete table in the schoolyard of the local school in Annestown. My parents and I had finally settled in Annestown‚ Ireland. I was an only child‚ and had no friends in this town‚ which made me very lonely. Let me start from the beginning. I am Caitlin Conchubair‚ which is my maiden name. Most people know me as Caitlin O’Connor‚ though. Early last year‚ my parents and I had ancestral DNA tests done to find out where we were from. Once we got them back‚ we discovered
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Before the fight for independence‚ Ireland had been a part of England for nearly half a millennium. However‚ for more than 400 of those years the Irish were discriminated against for their religion and culture. In fact‚ in the Statutes of Kilkenny‚ English colonists were prohibited from becoming “too Irish.” The Irish were viewed as uncivilized and were forced into serfdom with the arrival of English colonists. Catholics also faced extreme discrimination and lacked the most basic rights. This caused
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Samantha Jones Professor Ford Anthropology 103 30 November 2009 The people of Ballybran parish are located in southwest Kerry‚ which is in Ireland. All there is in this small rural county town is a school‚ chapel‚ cemetery‚ three pubs‚ some good shops‚ the forge‚ a guest house‚ two graveyards and three churches that are in ruins. (Scheper-hughes ‚19) It is a small rural village and doesn’t have a lot of tutorist attractions. The people of Ballybran are very long‚ lean‚ and finally sculptured
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is considered as a superpower and as a safe haven of full of opportunities. Consequently‚ a majority of immigrants come to this country looking for a new beginning and a better future‚ at the same time risking their lives on the way. At the moment‚ migrants might seem to be out of news in the British public life. The question is: whether the immigration is a problem or not? Historically‚ immigrants had no difficulties in entering the country
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While there were a number of reasons for members of clubs affiliated to the GAA in Dublin‚ there were also many reasons for members not to become involved. One of the most obvious reasons for not becoming involved in this insurrection was that‚ in 1913 at the time of the Volunteers split‚ many had joined the National Volunteers and the British war effort in Europe rather than remain with the Irish Volunteers and be part of the armed insurrection. William Nolan also notes that while Dublin city and
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The beginning of this article talks about the life or Rosemary Lawlor and her family as they are struggling to survive the discrimination against Catholicism in Northern Ireland. The Lawlor’s lived a very uneasy life‚ because they did not know when they would have to move again to avoid the conflicts that were arising between the Protestants and Catholics. Eventually‚ the conflicts rose so greatly that the Lawlor’s had to plan a secret getaway from the newly purchased house to an all Catholic neighborhood
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4. When Ireland began to industrialize in the 1960s and 1970s‚ why did it mostly occur in rural Ireland and what were the consequences for the rural residents? Ireland went through industrial transformation in the period of the 1960s and 1970s. This essay will argue that the changes were felt more and had a greater impact on rural Ireland. Using documentary evidence and primary sources of information this essay will show that these changes affected areas such as‚ economy‚ families‚ rural communities
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and writing. There are many orders of monks. There is the Benedictines‚ the Cistercians and the Augustinians. Most of us follow the Rule of St. Benedict. The Rule of Benedict provides a guide to prayer‚ work and study. When us monks first came to Ireland we founded many monasteries in many different places. Examples of such monasteries are Mellifont Abbey‚ Co. Louth and Jerpoint Abbey‚ Co. Kilkenny. The layout‚ or plan of our monasteries are different from the early Christian monasteries. But our
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