Scotland's and Northern Ireland's licensing laws have long been more flexible, allowing local authorities to set pub opening and closing times.

An early Houghton goal in Ireland's opening game against England was enough to clinch a 1 – 0 win.

Finally, the demand from Ireland's migrant workers, principally those from Eastern Europe, has resulted in a large number of new routes opening to destinations in the European Union accession states.

Pending the construction of the new building parliament met in two locations, in Belfast City Hall, where the state opening of the first parliament by King George V took place in on 21 June 1921, and in the nearby Presbyterian Church in Ireland's Assembly's College.

The opening of the Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway ( E & BR ) in 1868 connected Bundoran railway station with Ireland's growing railway network and made the town more accessible from Belfast, Dublin and other population centres on the east and north-east coasts of Ireland.

His return to form saw him regain the fly-half spot in Ireland's opening 2010 Six Nations Championship game against Italy and against France, but he was placed back on the bench for the remaining three games.

He joined Brian O ' Driscoll as Ireland's all-time caps leader ( with 117 ) when he came on against Wales on 5 February 2012, during Ireland's opening 2012 Six Nations match.

Henry Purcell's fantasias are the last Baroque representatives of the breed, although Walter Willson Cobbett, in the opening decades of the 20th century, attempted to resurrect something of this style via a competition, to which works like William Hurlstone's, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs's, John Ireland's, Herbert Howells's, and Frank Bridge's Phantasie trios and quartets owe their existence ( Howes and Bashford, 2001 ), as does Benjamin Britten's Phantasy in F minor for string quintet written in 1932, the same year in which he also composed a Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings ( Brett et al.

Westminster Bank opened the UK's first drive-through bank in Liverpool in 1959, soon followed by Ulster Bank opening Ireland's first in 1961 at Finaghy.

In 2009 Omniplex, announced the opening of Ireland's first exclusively digital cinema complex in Rathmines, Dublin.

The R148 road is one of Ireland's regional roads which was classified following the opening of a by-passed national primary road.

During Ireland's next game, against Mexico, Charlton had a pitch-side argument with a linesman who was preventing substitute John Aldridge from taking the pitch.

In the wake of Ireland's game against England at Croke Park in the 2007 Six Nations championship, commentators in the Irish media talked about how powerful the rendition of the anthem was: " Amhrán na bhFiann " and " Ireland's Call " were belted out with such hair-raising intensity that men and women were crying as they sang.

The first game to be played under these lights at Croke Park was a National Football League Division One match between Dublin and Tyrone on 3 February 2007 with Tyrone winning in front of a capacity crowd of over 81, 000 – which remains a record attendance for a National League game, with Ireland's Six Nations match with France following on 11 February.

Following discussions between Mal Meninga and Ireland's Niel Wood ( this was actually a game of touch football as final preparation for the Nines Tournament which started the next day ), an unofficial ' test ' was organised between Ireland and the World Champions, Australia on 20 February 1996.

In CCE, they surpass Northern Ireland's Crusaders Belfast ( The 11-0 home game against Northern Ireland's team is still the biggest margin of victory in the history of the European Cup ), but fail against Atlético Madrid ( 0-2 and 2-2 ), the team of Capon, Irueta, Heredia and Ayala.

Ireland's first home game was also against England in the same year held at the Leinster Cricket Club in Rathmines as Lansdowne Road was deemed unsuitable.

Ireland's final game of the Six Nations, and the last ever game at Croke Park, was against Scotland.

Ireland's next game was against New Zealand Maori.

Ireland's next game, and last of the Summer Tests, was against Australia which they lost 22 – 15.

Ireland's next game was against Samoa, which they won 20 – 10.

Ireland's third game of the 2010 Autumn Tests was against New Zealand, which the All-Blacks won 18 – 38.

Ireland's final game of the 2010 Autumn Tests was against Argentina, which Ireland won 29 – 9.

Ireland's final game was against England, who were chasing their first Grand Slam in eight years.

Ireland's second game, away to France, was called off due to a frozen pitch.

Ireland's third game was the re-arranged fixture against France at the Stade de France, which was drawn 17-17.

Ireland's final 2012 Six Nations game was away to England, which the hosts won 30-9, meaning Ireland finished third overall with two wins, one draw and two defeats.

With Ireland's friendly game against Italy in the run up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup scheduled to be held in Belfast, there were calls for " God Save the Queen " to be used alongside " Ireland's Call " but this was turned down by the IRFU with the explanation given that both Ireland's Call and Amhrán na bhFiann are only played together in Dublin, and that outside of the Republic, Ireland's Call is exclusively used.

The company was formed in 1992 by Barry Flanagan, and was reported to have launched " Ireland's first mass-market Internet service " in January 1994.

Peter became a financial advisor and in 1990 he was elected President of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Ireland's largest sporting and cultural organisation, in which role he served between 1991 – 1994.

However, the increasing militarisation of Irish politics was overshadowed soon after by the outbreak of a larger conflict — the First World War — and Ireland's involvement in the conflict.

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His grandfather had served with the Royal Engineers in World War I, and settled in Cork and then Kerry afterwards where he worked with the Post Office creating Ireland's telephone network.

This tends to come to a head during each Rugby World Cup – the only time the Irish team plays a succession of matches away from home, and hence, when " Ireland's Call " is most prominently used.

* February 27 – Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan sets a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3: 49. 78 at East Rutherford in New Jersey

A new constitution in 1937 removed many of the links with Britain established under the Treaty and Ireland's neutrality in the Second World War demonstrated its independence in foreign policy matters from Britain.

As minister he chaired the European Union Council of Trade Ministers during Ireland's six-month Presidency of the European Council as well as co-chairing a round of the World Trade Organization talks in 1996.

The Irish Volunteer movement was divided over the attitude of their leadership to Ireland's involvement in World War I.

* The Outsiders – Exposing the Secretive World of Ireland's Travellers Chapters 4 and 5 ( ISBN 978-1-903582-67-1 ) by Eamon Dillon, published Nov 2006 by Merlin Publishing

During Ireland's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, he became a critic of Giovanni Trappatoni's style of play and managerial decisions.

Northern Ireland's best World Cup performance was in their first appearance in the finals, the 1958 World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals after beating Czechoslovakia 2 – 1 in the play-off.

With over 7, 500 registered students, it is Ireland's smallest, yet fastest growing university .< ref > NUI Maynooth > Communications Office < Press Release In 2009, NUI Maynooth was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.

Keane was Ireland's top scorer at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, with three goals plus a converted penalty in the shoot-out with Spain.

Keane was selected by Mick McCarthy as part of the Republic of Ireland squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, scoring three goals in Ireland's four games.

Miss World 2002, Azra Akın of Turkey crowned her successor Rosanna Davison of Ireland, the daughter of popular musician Chris de Burgh, claiming Ireland's first major beauty pageant title.

In 2001, Latvia manager Gary Johnson resigned after failing to beat San Marino in a World Cup qualifier ; The Republic of Ireland's 2 – 1 win in February 2007 ( due to a last-second goal ) resulted in scathing press criticism.

In Mexico he appeared in all of Northern Ireland's matches, scoring a consolation against Spain, but the team where unable to match the heights they had reached at the 1982 World Cup.

After returning from the Mexico World Cup, many of Northern Ireland's star players retired or were at least in the veteran stage.

Ireland's highest ever position in the IRB World Rankings is third, which they reached in 2003 and 2006.