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Irish PM urges UK to support peace, stability in Northern Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin called on the British government to work together to support peace and stability in Northern Ireland (NI).

Death toll rises to 9 in explosion at gas station in Ireland village

The death toll in an explosion at a gas station in a small village in northwest Ireland has risen to nine, police said on Saturday, as emergency workers combed piles of rubble for more victims. Irish police said they did not expect to find more survivors from Friday's explosion in Creeslough, County Donegal. Eight people are in hospitals after a blast tore through the Applegreen service station in the community of about 400 people. The search and recovery for further fatalities continues," said the police force, An Garda Siochana. The cause of the blast is under investigation. Emergency responders from Ireland and neighbouring Northern Ireland are involved in what police said was now a search and recovery operation. Sniffer dogs combed the debris, and a mechanical digger lifted piles of rubble from the site. The explosion levelled the gas station building, which holds the main shop and post office for the village, and damaged an adjacent residential building. Irish Prime Minister

UK, Ireland signal new hope of deal to end grinding Brexit trade feud

Britain and Ireland hailed a new spirit of compromise on Friday in a grinding feud over post-Brexit trade rules, expressing hope of making enough progress in the next three weeks to avoid a destabilising new election in Northern Ireland. It comes as new British Prime Minister Liz Truss seeks to improve relations with the UK's neighbours after the country's long, acrimonious divorce from the European Union. UK Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said Britain and the EU were negotiating in good faith and good humour a marked contrast from the bitter tone that has marred relations since the UK voted for Brexit in 2016. Speaking to reporters in London after a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, he said he was very positive about the chances of getting a negotiated solution. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said political leadership is about making things happen and sometimes surprising people, and I think that's what we need to do over the next fe

Fate of last two teams for Women's T20 World Cup to be decided today

Zimbabwe will take on Ireland while Bangladesh will face Thailand here in the decisive Qualifier semifinals with the winner of each T20I booking a ticket to South Africa next year

Tata Consumer appoints David Atkinson to head its UK, Ireland business

Tata Consumer Products (TCP), the FMCG arm of Tata Group, on Thursday announced the appointment of David Atkinson as Senior Vice President and Head of its UK and Ireland business. In his new role as Country Head, Atkinson will be responsible for leading the business and teams in the UK and Ireland, TCP said in a statement. He will be based in London and report to the President of International Business, Gharry Eccles, TCP said, adding that the announcement is in line with its commitment to strengthening business in key international markets. "This includes developing and executing a growth roadmap for the company as well as enhancing operational excellence. Combining its interests in tea and ready-to-drink products, TCP will be focusing on strengthening and growing its three key beverage brands -- Tetley, Good Earth and teapigs in international markets," it added. Atkinson, who comes with over two decades of experience, joined TCP from Hain Daniels Group, where he served as Managin

Hendricks, Markram help South Africa beat Ireland by 21 runs in 1st T20

Half-centuries from Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram helped South Africa beat Ireland by 21 runs on Wednesday in the first of two Twenty20 internationals.

Biocon Biologics' antibody drug unit in Bengaluru gets EU GMP certificate

Approval comes from Irish health regulator, which had flagged some deficiencies in the manufacturing process iin May

Germany, Ireland slam UK govt's move toward overriding Brexit deal

Germany and Ireland have condemned the UK government's move towards unilaterally rewriting parts of the post-Brexit deal with the European Union

IND vs IRE 2nd T20I Highlights: Hooda shines in thrilling win for India

India vs Ireland 2nd T20I Highlights: Deepak Hooda hit a century, his maiden international one and became the fourth Indian to hit a T20I ton as India beat Ireland by four runs to sweep the series 2-0

IND vs IRE Preview: India to test bench strength, Ireland to seek attention

India vs Ireland: The Irish have a golden opportunity to grab the attention of not only the audience, which would be huge, but also of IPL owners as a performance against India never goes unnoticed

Ireland regulator reports manufacturing deficiency at Biocon's plant

Biocon Biologics is a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd

Moscow bars entry of public figures from Norway, Greenland, Ireland

The countermeasures were taken in response to the decisions made by Iceland, Norway and the Danish autonomies of Greenland and the Faroe Islands to join the European Union's sanctions against Russia

Ireland to remove mask wearing rules among other Covid-19 restrictions

As of Monday, more than 3.95 million people in Ireland have been fully vaccinated

Jaishankar meets Irish counterpart at Munich Security Conference

Jaishankar and Schulze discussed the respective development partnership outlook and shared their commitment to promoting green growth and clean tech

Meta, Google face data doomsday as key European Union decision looms

Irish watchdog to rule on data transfer contract terms

Scotland in joint bid to host Euro 2028 with UK and Ireland

While the bid to host Euro 2028 has been launched, the nations have agreed not to submit a bid for the 2030 World Cup

Covid-19 pandemic: Ireland returnee tests positive in West Bengal

The Health department is waiting for the genome sequencing report of the 27-year-old man

Omicron becomes dominant in Ireland, detected in 52% of daily cases

The Irish Department of Health has reported 5,124 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, saying that about 52 per cent of them were due to the Omicron variant.

Infosys BPM to create 250 jobs in Ireland with new delivery centre

The firm started its Ireland operations in Dublin in 2014

Ireland to require negative Covid-19 test result for all arrivals

The Irish government has made a negative Covid-19 test result for all people coming to Ireland mandatory from Friday.