Despite NTL Ireland turning a profit, in May 2005, NTL sold their Dublin, Galway, and Waterford cable business ( which they had acquired in 1999 for € 825 million from the Irish government ) to UGC Europe for € 325 million — this after having spent in excess of € 100 million on network infrastructure ( i. e. making a gross loss of € 500 million-more than 50 %-over what they paid ).

Despite successes such as the revival of economic growth and the beginnings of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, by the mid-1990s the Conservatives were embroiled in ongoing " sleaze " scandals involving various MPs and even Cabinet Ministers.

Despite the fact that her family had close links to the Church of Ireland, her marriage to a Protestant student caused a rift with her parents, who did not attend her wedding.

Despite affordable and often free land, many arriving newcomers, mostly from Britain and Ireland, found frontier life with the harsh climate difficult, and some of those with the means eventually returned home or went south.

Despite all of Peel's efforts, his reform programs had little effect on the situation in Ireland.

Despite the law, around Halloween and New Year's Eve a large amount of fireworks are set off, many smuggled across the border from Northern Ireland.

Despite the Irish origins of the genre, Celtic metal is not known to be popular in Ireland.

Despite lying in the east of Ireland, Armagh enjoys an Oceanic climate strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream with damp mild winters, and temperate, wet summers.

Despite its small land area, Singapore has a population, economy and armed forces that place it in a similar league to small, but full-fledged nations like New Zealand, Ireland, Israel and the Nordic countries ( i. e., Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden ), rather than semi-dependent microstates.

Despite some progress ( and Chamberlain's statement that they were united on ninety-nine out of a hundred issues ), the problem of Home Rule for Ireland could not be resolved.

Despite its numerical minority, however, the Church of Ireland remained the official state church until it was disestablished on 1 January 1871 by the Liberal government under William Ewart Gladstone.

Despite these translations, the Church of Ireland largely served The Pale and the plantations and failed to win support from the old Hiberno-Norman aristocracy, still less the native Irish, who saw it as an instrument of English occupation.

Despite this the car has become an iconic sports car, including in countries from the Western World ( mainly the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada ).

Despite its limited airplay, it reached No. 16 in the United Kingdom, as well as No. 1 in the Republic of Ireland and No. 1 in Spain.

Despite HarperCollins ' predictions-and, according to Moore, their deliberately limited promotion of the book-the book became enormously popular, becoming the largest-selling nonfiction book for 2002 at such major outlets as Barnes & Noble and Amazon. com, and occupying the # 1 spot in the U. S., the UK ( including being the number one seller on Amazon. co. uk before a British printing was even proposed ), Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere.

Despite its status as an official language, Irish has been reduced to a minority language in Ireland as a result of English rule, as is the case in North and South America where various indigenous languages have been replaced by that of the colonists.

Despite the proximity to the large winter numbers in Great Britain, only very small numbers occur in Ireland and France.

Despite the name, the Annales Cambriae record not only events in Wales, but also events in Ireland, Cornwall, England, Scotland and sometimes further afield, though the focus of the events recorded especially in the later two thirds of the text is Wales.

Despite his dislike of travelling, he toured in Britain, Ireland, and, on five occasions, North America.

Despite a gift of £ 50, 000 in 1916, and receiving Field Marshal ’ s half pay, owning two properties in Ireland which he could not use left French again short of money, although he did not improve matters by staying often at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris.

" Despite its status as an official language, the Irish language has been reduced to a minority language in Ireland as a result of centuries of English rule, as is the case in North America where their indigenous languages have been replaced by that of the colonists.

Despite this, the show in Belfast, Northern Ireland went on and the rest of the tour was completed, which included stops in the UK at Sonisphere Festival and the Kerrang!

Despite the many holes in Bridey's story, it was still a remarkably detailed account of life in 19th century Ireland — information unlikely to have come Virginia Tighe's way.

Despite a popular image of modernity, artificial islands actually have a long history in many parts of the world, dating back to the crannogs of prehistoric Scotland and Ireland, the ceremonial centers of Nan Madol in Micronesia and the still extant floating islands of Lake Titicaca.

Despite being the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland, however, it is not the fourth largest settlement.

Despite the numerical advantage of the Persians, the hoplites proved devastatingly effective against the more lightly armed Persian infantry, routing the wings before turning in on the centre of the Persian line.

Despite the recession of the late 1950s, the company sold $ 94, 000 worth of these modules during 1958 alone, turning a profit at the end of its first year.

Despite his imperial claims, Frederick's rule was a major turning point towards the disintegration of a central rule in the Empire.

Despite opposing the United States in favour of the Sandanistas on the country's northern border, stern warnings against the US Bay of Pigs invasion, along with repelling Nicaraguan dictator Somoza's invasion after turning to the Organization of American States, and border disputes with Nicaragua, Costa Rica has held firmly to its belief against ever having a military.

Despite the losses, the Manufactory served as a playground of innovation, both in turning a large amount of cotton, but also developing the water-powered milling structure used in Slater's Mill.

Despite his efforts to keep her placated with periodic doses of veterinary anesthetic, his mother starts murdering other townspeople, turning them into zombies.

" Despite the last few years of frustration of the Four Lovers, this proved to be the turning point of the group: on a handshake between keyboardist / composer Bob Gaudio and lead singer Frankie Valli, the Four Seasons Partnership was formed.

Despite this setback, which included a fitness report that stated " in an emergency he is liable to lose his head ", Arnold made a commitment to remain in the service, turning down an offer of the presidency of the soon-to-be operating Pan American Airways, which he had helped bring into being.

Despite the massive seppuku of the Hōjō clan, the Hōjō clan subsisted by the sacrifice of Fūma shinobi clan turning attention on itself to save some descendants.

Despite the numerical advantage of the Persians, the hoplites proved devastatingly effective against the more lightly armed Persian infantry, routing the wings before turning in on the centre of the Persian line.

Despite turning away from the style of popular alternative rock, major labels began to show significant interest in Uncle Tupelo after March 16 – 20, 1992 was released.

Despite being located midway between Celtic and Rangers, Queen's Park's long resistance to professionalism has resulted in not having competed in the same division as them for long periods of time, and thus turning to rivals in lower divisions, such as Partick Thistle, Clyde and Albion Rovers.

Despite the bet, Jericho continued his relationship with Stratus, which ultimately resulted in Christian and Jericho turning on each other.

Despite an impressive beginning, with 3, 600 turning out for the first home game against the London Racers, crowds would not be consistent and it soon became apparent that ice hockey at the busiest indoor venue in Europe would no longer be viable with the season's average attendance being just 2, 150 per game, falling far short of the rumoured number of 3, 000 needed to cover costs.

Despite turning down the contract, Okafor maintained that he indeed wanted to remain with the Bobcats.

Despite apparently dying, Allison was recovered by the Covenant and nursed back to health, turning up in the third season.

Despite making the Coppa Italia final in 2003 with Roma, he moved to Milan after turning down a move to Japan with Yokohama F. Marinos.

Despite the heavy fog, Commodore Watson ordered all ships to travel in close formation and, turning too soon, went aground.

Despite his size, he displayed solid defense, being adept at scooping throws out of the dirt and excellent quickness turning the 3-6-3 double play.

" Despite his much smaller net worth, he openly refused to request a payout, even turning down a $ 1. 5 million settlement offer from Simpson's dad.

Despite not being technically related to the Smythe's and Madison's creations, when Spider-Man refits all the Octobots confiscated from Doctor Octopus and kept in the New York Police Precinct to carry an antidote able to reverse the mutations turning all the New York population into Man-Spiders, he humorously renames them his own Spider-Slayers.

Despite turning away from the Lecompton " Breckinridge " faction, Downey failed to gain the nomination of the Anti-Lecompton " Unionist " Democrats during the state Democratic convention.

Despite Jack's instructions to leave Little Jack to self-soothe by himself, Greg cannot bear to listen to Little Jack's cries and tends to the boy to cheer him up, turning the television on, acting funny and inadvertently teaching Little Jack to say " asshole ".

Despite Silius ' poor reputation, classical scholars with their renewed interest in later Imperial epic seem to be finally turning their attentions to Silius ' poetry.