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Girl in Ireland Returned to Roma Family After DNA Test
Oops, here’s your kid back!
Europe’s Roma Face ‘Witch-Hunt’ After Reports of Child-Snatching
A recent spate of cases involving members of the Roma community and allegations of child-snatching has shone an uncomfortable spotlight on Europe’s attitudes and treatment of the Roma, and what some are calling a …
Another Blonde Girl Removed From Roma Family
Second girl found in Roma camps this month to raise suspicion
Prize-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74
He was called the ‘most important Irish poet since Yeats’
Irish Prime Minister Apologizes for Forced Labor in Magdalene Laundries
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has issued an official apology on behalf of the Irish state for its involvement in the Magdalene Laundries from 1922 to 1996
The Magdalene Laundries: Irish Report Exposes a National Shame
They were the forgotten women of Ireland, kept under lock and key, forced to clean and sew, and to wash away the sins of their previous life while never being paid a penny. Some stayed months, others years. Some never left. They …
Why the Europeans Don’t Really Want an E.U. Budget Deal
Three months after failing to reach agreements on whether to slash or bolster the E.U. budget, leaders gather in Brussels to find their positions still far apart
Belfast’s Flag Protests Stir Up Troubles Old and New
For nearly seven weeks, protesters wrapped in British flags have taken to Belfast’s streets. Anger has erupted in the Northern Ireland capital ever since a group of city-council politicians decided on Dec. 3 to restrict the …
Westerners Kidnapped in North Africa — but Is France the Real Target?
Less than a week into France’s military intervention against Islamist militias in Mali, evidence builds confirming French concerns that their country has become the main focus of jihadi terrorist activity
Ireland’s Historic Abortion Shift and the Tragedy That Shadowed It
The death of Savita Halappanavar intensified Ireland’s abortion debate. Her husband shares her story with TIME
After Pregnant Woman’s Death, Protesters Rally Against Irish Abortion Law
The tragic case of Savita Halappanavar, who died at a hospital after doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy, is attracting worldwide attention, concern–and anger
Ireland Abortion Scandal: Death of a Pregnant Woman Prompts Soul-Searching
The death of an Indian woman who was allegedly refused an abortion even though her life appeared to her and her husband to be in danger has prompted Irish abortion rights activists to protest in several cities around the …