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Sombre start as new leader faces era of austerity
Incoming PM to test flexibility of hefty restrictions imposed by Euro bail-out
Six more earthquake victims named
Police today released the names of six more people who died in Christchurch's February 22, magnitude 6.3 earthquake, while Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced 110 schools in the region will have reopened by next week.
Banks just too big to fail? Iceland shows otherwise
Decision to let banks go under looks smarter by the day, in contrast to Ireland's costly bailout, reports Yalman Onaran.
Ireland: House of horrors
Strokestown Park's gracious delights front a grim attraction, writes Graham Reid.
Cricket: Black Caps start with warmup win
New Zealand settled into their World Cup campaign with a 32-run win over Ireland in their opening warmup game at Nagpur yesterday.
Top 10 spots to propose
United States news organisation CNN International has released its top 10 places to propose to a loved one on Valentine's Day.
Six Nations preview: Ireland
An ageing side, past its sell-by date? Or one with enough talent to be able to raise one last hurrah in 2011, Rugby World Cup year?
Dublin: A grand old Irish occasion
Pamela Wade gets swept up in the magic of a game that unifies a nation.
All Blacks: French factor still unknown
The Six Nations rugby tournament kicks off on Saturday morning (NZT) with an unprecedented Friday night match. Paul Lewis figures that's not all that is different in Rugby World Cup year.
Greens walk out of doomed Irish coalition
The Dublin political world was in ferment yesterday as the junior partner in the doomed administration pulled its ministers out of government.
The one that got away from Rick Stein
Nathan Outlaw has overtaken Britain's best-known fish chef and his former mentor - at least in the culinary stakes.
Irish PM wins party leadership vote
PM Brian Cowen won a confidence vote yesterday in his leadership of Ireland's Fianna Fail Party.
U2's Adam Clayton secretly became a father
The bassist - who was previously engaged to supermodel Naomi Campbell and later split from Susie Smith, his girlfriend of 10 years, months before they were due to marry - had a son with an unnamed French woman early last year.
Tightening the continent's belt by several notches
Finance ministers from the eurozone are meeting to consider the issue of bailouts for debt-ridden countries.
Rugby: Howlett arrested in Ireland - report
Former All Blacks star Doug Howlett was arrested by Irish police on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly at his Christmas party night out with his Munster teammates.
Time to get back to basics (+recipe)
Ireland's 'gourmet grande dame', Darina Allen, fills in the cooking gaps that may have passed us by.
Bailout fund hint highlights tensions
The Belgian Finance Minister has hinted that the €750 billion ($1.3 trillion) EU bailout fund could be increased, in a further sign of the confusion and discord over the best way to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis.
Eurozone fears spread to Italy
Ireland's €85 billion bailout has failed to end the crisis of confidence gripping the eurozone.