However, although they are a centre-right party, Fianna Fáil use green ( Ireland's national colours ) to represent themselves, the PD's do use blue, but they are economic liberals.

He developed a military strategy that would serve him well throughout his career: the coordinated use of forces on both land and water, including on rivers and along Ireland's coast.

" Ireland's Call " is a song commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union for use at international Rugby Union fixtures.

Firstly, it was the working headquarters of Ireland's major bank, which would need to have an alternative headquarters provided, were the state to use the building for parliamentary purposes ;

During the penal law era of Ireland's history, songs sung in Irish were outlawed, and it is believed that the use of the phrase " Planxty ", followed by the name of the composer, was to disguise the composer's true identity (" Planxty " being logically assumed to be the first name of the composer ), while still giving them credit for the song.

In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin was organised under the name Republican Clubs ( a name that was used to escape a ban, introduced in 1964 under Northern Ireland's Emergency Powers Act ), and the Officials continued to use this name after 1970.

In the early 21st Century, pro-choice groups and commentators have attempted to use St Brigid as an example of a Catholic role model who performed an abortion-Choice Ireland proclaimed her as " Ireland's first abortionist " on her feast day in 2008.

The Gaelic calendar ( also known as the Irish calendar ) is a pre-Christian Celtic system of timekeeping used during Ireland's Gaelic era and still in popular use today to define the beginning and length of the day, the week, the month, the seasons, quarter days, and festivals.

Meteor previously had a national roaming agreement with O < sub > 2 </ sub > Ireland which meant that, only on the western-most areas of Ireland ( where Meteor is still rolling out coverage ), a Meteor customer could use O < sub > 2 </ sub > Ireland's network at no extra charge.

The use of the Church of Ireland's official name antagonised conservative Catholics, who saw Catholicism as being the proper and rightful " church of Ireland ".

For Britain, the act also tidied up use of the title of King of Ireland, following Ireland's declaration as a republic in 1949.

Ireland's official timezone is CET ( UTC + 1 ), but this only applies during the summer ( when areas in Europe that use CET are in CEST ), with clocks being moved back one hour for winter time ( known variously in the country as WET, UTC or GMT ).

Croke Park remained in use for Ireland's Six Nations matches and other major Tests until the completion of the redevelopment at Lansdowne Road.

In 1998 TV3 launch as Ireland's first commercial operator and the first Irish channel to permanently use a DOG in the Left hand corner of the screen.

It is hoped that the new service will make transportation in Northern Ireland's second city a lot easier and will encourage people to make use of Derry's public transport system ; meantime, regional services between Derry and other towns and villages were rebranded as Londonderry Country services, sharing a District Manager with Ulsterbus Foyle.

The low tax rate and Ireland's relaxed transfer pricing rules have also encouraged the use of Ireland in international tax planning, for example the use of the Double Irish arrangement.

O ' Toole has criticised what he sees as negative attitudes towards immigration in Ireland, the state of Ireland's public services, growing inequality during Ireland's economic boom, the Iraq War and the US military's use of Shannon Airport, among many other issues.

Only much later in its history it would be put to use as the premier merchant port and market of Ireland's west coast.

It may have been intended for use by the Royal College of Science, but it soon attracted the attention of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's Dublin Castle administration.

* Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt is convicted in the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court of two terrorist offences, " directing terrorism " and " membership of an illegal organisation ".

* Convicted terrorist, Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt, found guilty yesterday by the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court of " membership of an illegal organisation " and " directing terrorism ", is sentenced to twenty years in prison.

McKevitt was convicted by the Republic of Ireland's non-jury Special Criminal Court on 6 August 2003 of two terrorist offences: " membership of an illegal organisation " ( the Real IRA ) and " directing terrorism " between 29 August 1999 and 23 October 2000.

It is Northern Ireland's first Marine Nature Reserve and is renowned as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Special Scientific Interest, with six National Nature Reserves within its reaches.

The Special Constabulary was disbanded in May 1970, after the Hunt Report, which advised re-shaping Northern Ireland's security forces in a less partisan manner and disarming the police.

Fingal is home to Morton Stadium, Ireland's national athletics stadium and 2003 Special Olympics venue.

The island of Ireland's Eye, part of the Special Area of Conservation, lies about a kilometre north of Howth harbour, with Lambay Island some 5 km further to the north.

* Diplock courts — Northern Ireland's equivalent of the Special Criminal Court

* Special Criminal Court: Republic of Ireland's equivalent of the Diplock courts

The Four Courts () in Dublin is Ireland's main courts building.

One historian who was in the PRO section of the Four Courts at the time of the bombing, Charles McNeill, is reported as diving for cover and bringing an important manuscript with him in the act that destroyed most other written records of Ireland's British rulers.

Paying ground rents is still considered by some to be an unresolved part of Ireland's history as a part of the United Kingdom ; the Irish Government itself pays ground rents for iconic public buildings including Government Buildings, the Four Courts, Dublin Castle and the Botanic Gardens.

Graham Hassell writes, " he intrusion of Pozzo and Lucky [...] seems like nothing more than a metaphor for Ireland's view of mainland Britain, where society has ever been blighted by a greedy ruling élite keeping the working classes passive and ignorant by whatever means.

Other states however, make their Prime minister a central and dominant figure within the cabinet system ; Ireland's Taoiseach, for example, alone can decide when to seek a parliamentary dissolution, in contrast to other countries where this is a cabinet decision, with the Prime Minister just one member voting on the suggestion.

He at first rented land that later became the Home for Aged Men, and then in 1847 bought 11 acres of land where the Albany-Watervliet Turnpike ( today Broadway ) met the road going to Ireland's Corners ( today Loudonville ), that road is today called Menand Road.

Cosgrave outlined the three principles of his foreign policy to the Dail in June, 1956, the first was adherence to the principles of the UN Charter, the second was independence and non-alignment, but the third made clear where Ireland's sympathies lay: " to do whatever we can as a member of the UN to preserve the Christian civilisation of which we are a part and with that end in view to support whenever possible those powers principally responsible for the defence of the free world in their resistance to the spread of communist power and influence.

This led to a crunch tie with hosts Italy in the quarter-final, where Ireland's first ever appearance in the finals came to an end, losing 1 – 0.

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.

The display in the picture is located on the dais where the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's throne was placed.

Radio Ulster carries a daily programme in Irish and there is an Irish language section on BBC Northern Ireland's pages, where reference is made to " BBC Thuaisceart Éireann ".

It was there where he met the young pianist Alan Rowlands who would be Ireland's choice to record his complete piano music.

* Ireland's long history of international investment and long-established commercial relationships, trade agreements and tax treaties with European Union member states, the United States and other countries where Accenture does business

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.

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.

* Enterprise Ireland's Innovation Partnership scheme where the Institute has teamed up with local companies to conduct R & D to improve processes and procedures

" Mr Howlin said Ireland's was facing a profound and complex economic crisis " where we are fighting a battle on three fronts-mass unemployment, a major failure in banking, and a fiscal crisis ".

One of the main sights of Dublin is Croke Park, where Ireland's national games of Gaelic football and hurling may be seen.

Of Northern Ireland's five main parties, only the Ulster Unionist Party and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland have historically had a significant organisation and support in the constituency, though the Democratic Unionist Party has recently started to gain a foothold where it hitherto was near non-existent.

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.

• DylanFest on the Lough, Ireland's only annual festival of Bob Dylan music, takes place in Moville where bands from all over Europe and visitors from all over the world congregate to play and hear Bob Dylan music.

The traditional home of Irish rugby is Lansdowne Road in Dublin, where most of Ireland's home matches were held.

In this context the phrase has definitely positive connotations, as for example in James Joyce's Ulysses where it is suggested Don Quixote is Spain's national epic while Ireland's remains as yet unwritten: They remind one of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

Ronnie appeared on Ireland's The Late Late Show on the 15 December 2006 along with Phil Coulter, where he discussed his recent health scares.

The distinction of being Ireland's most southerly point belongs to nearby Brow Head, from where Guglielmo Marconi experimented with transatlantic radio signals at the beginning of the 20th century.

Ireland's first synagogue was founded in 1660 near Dublin Castle, and Ballybough Cemetery the first Jewish cemetery was founded in the early eighteenth century in the Fairview district of Dublin, where there was a small Jewish colony.