Sentence examples for ireland countries from inspiring English sources

PARIS — Across Europe, from profligate Greece to newly strait-laced Ireland, countries are promising deep, painful cuts in public spending even as they face the likelihood of a new recession.

Scotland might, indeed, be as viably independent as Denmark, Finland or Ireland, countries of comparable size and wealth.But experience elsewhere in Europe suggests that devolution has proved widely popular without generally leading to secession; indeed, it can help to hold a country together.

PANIC FACTOR: 5/5 IRELAND Ireland was long one of Europe's poorest countries, with high unemployment, a dearth of foreign investment and a skills shortage.

(Adds Ireland to countries saying applications must be made on their soil).

IRELAND, says the country's finance minister, Brian Lenihan, does not need a bail-out from the European Union, the IMF or anyone else, and it has not asked for one.

The bodies charged with negotiations in the absence of direct government contact will meet on Wednesday June 11th to discuss the matter.For background see article IRELAND, the only country legally bound to do so, holds a referendum on the EU reform treaty drawn up at Lisbon last year on Thursday June 12th.

IRELAND became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum on Saturday.

Northern Ireland is the only country in the UK not to have introduced same-sex marriage after a vote in April 2014.

WHO BUYS IN IRELAND Foreign buyers in Ireland generally come from Britain and other Western European countries, said Kerstin Fenelon, a real estate agent for Savills Ireland in Dublin.

If you're not on a tight budget, familiarize yourself with Ireland's Blue Book (irelands-blue-book.ie), a register of dozens of distinctive, elegant country inns.

That would make Ireland the first European Union country to take de facto control of all of its most important banks.