![]() |
![]() | The country’s experience in converting to renewable power shows rapid progress is achievable, but also highlights the price. |
| ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | | The downgrade followed similar moves by other rating agencies, and was a setback to the country’s attempt to pull out of an economic slump. |
|
![]() |
![]() | | Ireland further underlined its claim to be the leading cricketing nation outside the 10 that have full test status when it retained the championship of the I.C.C.'s world league Division One. |
| ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | Before he became pope, Benedict XVI held a position that had authority over abuse cases but did not assert it for many years. |
|
![]() |
![]() | After adopting austerity measures two years ago, the economic downturn has only grown worse. |
| ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | | The move came as the airline industry renewed its calls for the European Union to develop more precise criteria for determining no-fly zones. |
|
![]() |
![]() | | A top Irish finance official criticized the soaring borrowing costs many European governments are facing and played down any comparison of Ireland’s financial situation to that of Greece. |
| ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | | Fear that debt crisis will spread is engulfing Europe as Greece inches closer to brink of financial collapse; ratings agency Standard & Poor's cuts Greece's debt to junk level, warning that bondholders could face losses up to 50 percent of their holdings in restructuring; investors wonder if Portugal, Spain and even Ireland face similar fate, with Portugal also enduring two-notch downgrade; moves push up interest rates that Portugal must pay on its 10-year bonds, and Spain's costs rise too; inv... |
|
![]() |
![]() | | Stock indexes continued to fall Wednesday as investors wondered if Portugal, Spain and even Ireland may not be able to borrow the funds they need to finance their government spending. |
| ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | | The archbishop of Canterbury described the Catholic Church in Ireland as “losing all credibility” because of its handling of the crisis over cases of abuse by priests. |
|