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In 2008, Ireland had the highest birth rate ( 18. 1 per 1, 000 ), lowest death rate ( 6. 1 per 1, 000 ) and highest net-migration rate ( 14. 1 per 1, 000 ) in the entire European Union – and the largest population growth rate ( 4. 4 %) in the 27-member bloc as a result.
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* Patterson, James G. In the Wake of the Great Rebellion: Republican, Agrarianism and Banditry in Ireland After 1798 ( 2008 )
In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.
Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).
* The 2008 documentary film called Frederick Douglass and the White Negro tells the story of Frederick Douglass in Ireland and the relationship between African Americans and Irish Americans during the American Civil War.
This ban was fought by the various governing bodies of shooting sports in Ireland, with the end result as of 2011 that air and smallbore pistols may still be licenced in Ireland, but all centerfire pistols not licenced prior to 17 November 2008 cannot be licenced.
Since the 2008 onset of the Irish economic and banking crisis, however, the country's economy has suffered, and since then Ireland has experienced net emigration once again.
Even more unique is that Ireland has been experiencing a baby boom in 2008 and surrounding years, with increasing birth rates and overall fertility rates.
( 2008 ) Great Castles of Britain & Ireland.
Ireland supported a UN commission of inquiry and international level monitoring of the situation in Burma after 2008, as part of their efforts to support the Burmese people in their struggle for democracy and human rights.
* Tower, Cork, Republic of Ireland, ( 2008 – 2011 )
* U2 Tower, Dublin, Ireland ( 2008 – 2011 ) ( competition won ) ( construction postponed )
As of 2008 there are 53 countries associated with TWIF, among which are Scotland, Ireland, England, India, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United States. In the United States schools and summercamps ymca and boy scouts of america use PowerPull tug of war ropes because of the safety that they provide in all aspects of the game
In 2008, Ian Thompson Jr. became the first driver from Northern Ireland to win the Brisca F2 Stock Car World title since 1972 when he took the honours at Bristol in 2008.
Tricky's 2008 studio album, Knowle West Boy, was released in the UK and Ireland in July 2008 and September 2008 in the U. S. The first single was " Council Estate ".
On May 7, 2008, Waits announced the Glitter and Doom Tour starting in June 2008, touring cities in the southern United States and subsequently announced a series of dates in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
This record was broken in 2008 by Polish explorer Artur Kozłowski on a dive in Pollatoomary in Ireland.
* May 2 – Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland ( d. 2008 )
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This thought had originated due to the idea that sign language hinders the development of an oral language in deaf children ( Mayberry, 2008 ).
* 2008 – A EuroCity express train en-route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.
The Falcons had the NFL's second best winning percentage at home during the period of 2008 to 2010 with a. 833 percentage.
On December 9, 2008, Atari announced that it had acquired Cryptic Studios, an MMORPG developer.
sc Heerenveen managed to do the same in 2008 – 09, though their away victory at Feyenoord was a KNVB Cup match ( Heerenveen had drawn 2 – 2 at De Kuip in the Eredivisie match ).
The development of the chemistry of alkaloids was accelerated by the emergence of spectroscopic and chromatographic methods in the 20th century, so that by 2008 more than 12, 000 alkaloids had been identified.
On August 22, 2008, Aon announced that it had acquired London-based Benfield Group.
In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been “ crystalised ” by Nigel Lawson's book An Appeal to Reason, before stating in 2009 that " There is no climate change, hasn ’ t anybody looked out of their window recently?
Both Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility had announced that they would observe the same shutdown guidelines as in the United States, and decommissioned their AMPS networks in 2008.
It had been hoped that patient adherence to antipsychotics would be higher with the atypicals, but a 2008 review found that the data have failed to substantiate the notion that novel antipsychotic drug use leads to improved medication compliance and favorable clinical outcomes.
By expanding the conditions for which they were indicated, Astrazeneca's Seroquel and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa had become the biggest selling antipsychotics in 2008 with global sales of $ 5. 5 billion and $ 5. 4 billion respectively.
" He had the touch ," Frazetta said of Capp in 2008.
In Flanders, VRT channels Een, Ketnet / Canvas ) had a combined market share of 40. 0 % in 2008, VMMa channels ( VTM, 2BE and JIM ) 27. 27 %, SBS Belgium channels ( VT4 and Vijf TV ) 10. 91 % and Media ad Infinitum ( Vitaya and Vitaliteit ) 3, 64 %.
In 2008 Bulgaria had 204 airports, 127 of which had paved runways.
On July 9, 2008, Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton posted a video to YouTube claiming that they had discovered the body of a dead Sasquatch in a forest in northern Georgia.
Bartók, who had made some recordings in Hungary, also recorded for Columbia Records after he came to the US ; many of these recordings ( some with Bartók's own spoken introductions ) were later issued on LP and CD ( Bartók 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 2003, 2007, 2008 ).
The fourth revamp, which happened with the issue dated 18 October 2008 had been the most major revamp to date.
The government took no action, and handed the final parts of Bakassi over to Cameroon on 14 August 2008 as planned, but a Federal High Court had stated this should be delayed until all accommodations for resettled Bakassians had been settled ; the government did not seem to plan to heed this court order, and did set the necessary mechanisms into motion to override it.
According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies in 2008, Canada had 69 companies in the list, ranking 5th next to France.
As of 2008, the country had an estimated 987 km of gauge track.
In total, there were 34 airports in 2008, only 10 of which had paved runways.
As of September 2008, only one law remained to be approved, but was delayed because it had a faulty procedure for approval.
By 2008, numerous service areas and petrol stations had been constructed along all Croatian motorways.
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Such rates cannot be sustained, but despite reaching 26. 4 % in 2005 ( second highest GDP growth in the world in 2005 only to Equatorial Guinea ), and 2006 over 34. 6 % ( world highest ), in 2008 dropped to 10. 8 %, and dropped further to 9. 3 % in 2009.
* 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at, at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
Just a few weeks later, Le bassin aux nymphéas ( from the water lilies series ) sold at Christie's 24 June 2008 auction in London, lot 19, for £ 36, 500, 000 ($ 71, 892, 376. 34 ) ( hammer price ) or £ 40, 921, 250 ($ 80, 451, 178 ) with fees, nearly doubling the record for the artist and representing one of the top 20 highest prices paid for a painting at the time.
Inflation rate up to January 2008 was located about 1. 14 %, the highest recorded in the last year, according to Government.
The highest available speed through ADSL technologies was upgraded to 8MB in download in February 2008 and then to 24MB later that year.
Food prices rose 4 % in the United States in 2007, the highest increase since 1990, and are expected to climb as much again in 2008.
In 2008, the city had the 17th highest average income in Italy.
Harvey Mudd today still maintains the highest rate of science and engineering Ph. D. production among all undergraduate colleges and second highest ( Caltech ranks second and MIT third ) compared to all universities and colleges, according to a 2008 report by the National Science Foundation.
In 2008, Jersey ’ s Gross National Income per capita was amongst the highest in the
Nonetheless, with a total worldwide gross of $ 891 million, it stands as the most commercially successful film in the series and Dunst's highest grossing film to the end of 2008.
During the 2008 – 09 season Liverpool achieved 86 points, its highest Premier League points total, and finished as runners up to Manchester United.
Demonstratively, Highway 7 between Fredericton and Saint John, which has one of the highest frequencies of moose collisions in the province, did not have these fences until 2008, although it was and continues to be extremely well signed.
* 2008 – Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90, 000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in 9 decades.
The 2008 Finals saw a rematch of the league's highest profile rivalry, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, with the Celtics prevailing, for their league leading 17th championship, thanks to their new big three of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett.
The highest predicted spring tide between 2008 and 2026 at that location will be on 29 September 2015.
Peru's real GDP growth in 2007 ( 8. 3 %) was the largest in Latin America and in 2008 was an outstanding 9. 8 %, the highest in the world.
The biggest of those reach above 30 meters in length ; for example, the highest palm in 2008 was 33. 39 meters high.
Limbaugh is among the highest paid people in U. S. media, signing a contract in 2008 for $ 400 million through 2016.
In 2008, each Swiss citizen ran on average 2, 422 km by rail, which makes them the highest rail users.
In 2008, the National Post and the Ottawa Citizen recognized UNB as being among the top three comprehensive research universities in Canada for the highest percentage growth of research income across a five-year period.
A resin used for making non-wrinkle shirts releases formaldehyde, which could cause contact dermatitis for some people ; no disclosure requirements exist, and in 2008 the U. S. Government Accountability Office tested formaldehyde in clothing and found that generally the highest levels were in non-wrinkle shirts and pants.
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