Shawn Pogatchnik

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Catholics, Protestants honor Paisley in Belfast

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 19, 2014 3:54 pm

FILE - A Monday, May 12, 2014 photo from files showing Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams arriving for the launch of his party's EU manifesto in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Adams has denied new accusations that he concealed child-abuse crimes within his own secretive movement, this time allegedly committed by a Belfast officer of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Mairia Cahill, a member of one of Belfast's top IRA families, appeared alongside a former foreign minister Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at Ireland's parliament to accuse Adams of conspiring to suppress her reports of being raped by the IRA commander from Adams' home district in 1997, when she was 16. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

Sinn Fein chief Adams accused of IRA rape cover-up

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 16, 2014 8:54 pm

Talks to save Northern Ireland power-sharing begin

Talks to save Northern Ireland power-sharing begin

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 16, 2014 9:12 am

EU orders Ryanair to repay aid to German airport

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 15, 2014 2:36 pm

Irish Finance minister Michael Noonan waves to the media, during a photocall at government buildings, in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Oct. 14 2014. Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin unveiled a 2015 budget Tuesday expected to contain around 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in income tax breaks and spending increases, ending a seven-budget run that slashed 30 billion euros from the economy. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Irish unveil growth budget, end 6 years’ austerity

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 14, 2014 5:01 pm

Sinn Fein ties Irish government party for 1st time

Sinn Fein ties Irish government party for 1st time

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 9, 2014 4:58 pm

Ireland sells bonds at record-low yield

Ireland sells bonds at record-low yield

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 9, 2014 1:14 pm

Irish central bank hikes growth outlook

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 3, 2014 1:44 pm

Ireland unit seeking secret IRA graves finds body

Ireland unit seeking secret IRA graves finds body

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 1, 2014 12:37 pm

In this photo taken on Sept. 21, 2014, passengers exit a Ryanair flight at Dublin Airport. Ryanair says it plans to carry an extra 1 million passengers this year and has raised its profits outlook on the back of wide-ranging service improvements that have boosted sales and filled more aircraft. The Dublin-based carrier told its annual general meeting Thursday that it plans to carry 87 million passengers in this fiscal year, better than its previous forecast of 86 million, and record net profits at or close to 650 million euros ($825 million), the top of its previously guided range. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Ryanair shares rise as airline raises outlook

Shawn Pogatchnik · September 25, 2014 3:03 pm

School pupils joke with each other as they leave a polling station, as anyone aged over 16 can vote in the Scottish independence referendum, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Scots held the fate of the United Kingdom in their hands Thursday as they voted in a referendum on becoming an independent state, deciding whether to unravel a marriage with England that built an empire but has increasingly been felt by many Scots as stifling and one-sided. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Scottish teens proud, passionate about voting

Shawn Pogatchnik · September 20, 2014 1:41 pm

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and NO campaigner in Scotland's Independence Referendum meets pupils at Kelty Primary school in Kelty Scotland Friday Sept. 19, 2014. Voters in Scotland resoundingly rejected independence in a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. But No does not mean a return to the status quo. The referendum led to promises of further powers for each of the four nations in the United Kingdom _ a pledge that will change the country forever. (AP Photo/Garry F McHarg/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Brown credited with turning Scot independence tide

Shawn Pogatchnik · September 20, 2014 11:39 am