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Blazes Boylan

Compiled by Brian Rohan

May 1992

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Sinn Féin Devastated in British Elections The Sinn Féin party suffered its greatest setback ever at the British general election on April 9, with its president, Gerry Adams, losing his West Belfast seat in Parliament. The election, which restored Prime Minister John Major's Conservative Party to power, garnered for Sinn Féin the lowest support from Nationalist voters since … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan

U.S. Lifts Ban on Irish Beef

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February / March 2015

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The U.S. agreed last year to lift the ban on Irish beef. The ban had been in place for 16 years, following a Europe-wide ban in the late 1990s due to an outbreak of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Ireland is the first country in the European Union to regain access to the U.S. beef market and the reaction in Ireland is one of jubilation. “This is a … [Read more...] about U.S. Lifts Ban on Irish Beef