Shawn Pogatchnik

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Loyalist protestors, some of them carrying British flags, gather as councillors debate whether or not to keep the flag flying at City Hall, outside City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. A Protestant mob stormed into the grounds of Belfast City Hall and clashed with police after the councilâs Catholic majority voted to remove the British flag from the building for most of the year. Authorities say two police officers and a security guard were wounded during Monday nightâs melee in the parking lot of the city hall. (AP Photo/PA, Paul Faith) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE

Mob storms Belfast City Hall over UK flag vote

Shawn Pogatchnik · December 4, 2012 12:26 am

An Indian man and Irish woman light candles as abortion rights protesters march through central Dublin Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, demanding that Ireland's government create a law defining when abortions can be performed to save a woman's life. Ireland has been shocked by the death of Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist who died of blood poisoning after being denied an abortion in a Dublin hospital last month. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Thousands march for abortion rights in Ireland

Shawn Pogatchnik · November 17, 2012 5:00 am

A general view of Galway University Hospital, Ireland Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012 where Savita Halappanavar, a dentist aged 31, who was 17 weeks pregnant , died after suffering a miscarriage and septicaemia on on Sunday, Oct. 21. Her case highlighted the legal limbo in which pregnant women facing severe health problems can find themselves in predominantly Catholic Ireland.The woman's husband claimed she had complained of being in agonising pain while in Galway University Hospital. He has said that doctors refused to carry out a medical termination because the foetus's heartbeat was present. (AP Photo/PA)

Ireland probes death of ill abortion-seeker

Shawn Pogatchnik · November 14, 2012 5:00 am

New IRA faction claims Northern Ireland killing

New IRA faction claims Northern Ireland killing

Shawn Pogatchnik · November 12, 2012 9:20 pm

Ryanair raises outlook as profits rise 10 pct

Ryanair raises outlook as profits rise 10 pct

Shawn Pogatchnik · November 5, 2012 10:18 am

Sinn Fein official charged with IRA membership

Sinn Fein official charged with IRA membership

Shawn Pogatchnik · November 2, 2012 5:36 pm

A protester opposed to abortion holds a placard outside the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, 18, 2012. The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland has opened in Belfast, sparking protests by Christian conservatives from both the Catholic and Protestant sides of Northern Ireland's divide. The Marie Stopes center plans to offer the abortion pill to women less than nine weeks pregnant _ but only if doctors determine they're at risk of death or long-term health damage from their pregnancy. That's the law in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, where abortion is otherwise illegal. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Protests as Ireland’s 1st abortion clinic opens

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 18, 2012 4:00 am

Belfast to open Ireland’s 1st abortion clinic

Belfast to open Ireland’s 1st abortion clinic

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 11, 2012 4:53 pm

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Navy quarterback Trey Miller ran for just 16 yards on 20 carries as the Irish forced the Mids to abandon their running game.

Irish feel right at home in win over Midshipmen

Shawn Pogatchnik · September 1, 2012 4:00 am

Olympics’ Africa Village closes in row over bills

Olympics’ Africa Village closes in row over bills

Shawn Pogatchnik · August 9, 2012 6:28 pm

Queen tours Olympic Park after debut as Bond Girl

Shawn Pogatchnik · July 28, 2012 4:00 am

Irish sell long-term bonds for 1st time in 2 years

Irish sell long-term bonds for 1st time in 2 years

Shawn Pogatchnik · July 26, 2012 6:06 pm