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Apple avoided at least $3.5 billion in US federal taxes in 2011 (Reuters)

Apple avoids paying billions in tax

Apple employs a group of companies located outside the US to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.

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Credible suicide threats are seen as justification for abortion (file)

Ireland publishes life-saving abortions bill

Ireland's government has published a long-awaited bill explaining the law on when life-saving abortions can be performed.

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No 'right to die' for paralysed woman

A paralysed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court has ruled.

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The now-derelict Sisters of Our Lady of Charity Magdalene Laundry in Dublin (AAP)

Apology to Ireland's laundry women

Prime Minister Enda Kenny has given an emotional state apology to the thousands of women who were abused in nun-operated laundries.

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The ABP foods Dalepak Hambleton factory at Leeming Bar industrial estate (Reuters)

'Horseburger' firm blames Polish meat video

The meat company at the centre of Europe's "horseburger" scandal has blamed the contamination of its hamburger patties on meat from Poland.

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Thousands of women and teenage girls were held against their will

Ireland oversaw harsh Catholic laundries video

Ireland's government oversaw workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once held thousands of women and teenage girls in unpaid labor.

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Irish farmers denied drink-driving wish

A license to drive drunk? Some small-town politicians think it's just the tonic for rural Ireland.

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More burgers recalled over horsemeat fears

An Irish meat processor has recalled 10 million burgers from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain amid fears that many could contain horsemeat.

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A worker serves customers in the meat department of a Tesco supermarket (Reuters file)

Horse meat found in supermarket burgers

The Irish food safety watchdog says that it has found traces of horse DNA in burger products sold by some of the country's biggest supermarkets.

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Campaigners in Dublin in November called for changes to Ireland's abortion laws (Reuters file)

Ireland to draft abortion law

Ireland's government pledged Tuesday to pass a law soon that will allow women to receive abortions if continued pregnancy threatens their lives.

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A woman holds a candlelit vigil outside University Hospital Galway in Ireland (Reuters)

More rallies for Irish abortion law reform

Pressure is mounting for the Irish government to change abortion laws, with more activists rallying in Belfast.

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Lunch bites: Your daily news wrap

Novopay faces legal action, Hamas says Israel has opened the ‘gates of hell’ in Gaza, and apparently Bieber wants Selena back…

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Legalising abortion is fiercely debated on both sides in Ireland (Reuters file)

Woman in Ireland denied abortion, dies video

The debate over legalising abortion in Ireland has flared after a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died of blood poisoning.

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Forensic officers search the scene on the M1 motorway in Northern Ireland where David Black was shot (Reuters)

IRA suspected in Nth. Ireland shooting

Suspected IRA die-hards have killed a Northern Ireland prison officer in a gun ambush as he drove to work.

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The Marie Stopes family planning centre will offer the abortion pill

Protests greet first Irish abortion clinic

The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland opened Thursday in Belfast, sparking protests.

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One of the women who told the secrets has spoken with media

Legal Irish battle over IRA tapes video

A legal battle is brewing in Ireland over a collection of audio tapes that contain some of the IRA's deepest secrets.

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People gather at a huge bonfire on the Shankill Road in Belfast as Orange Order members celebrate the 12th of July (AAP)

Catholics riot after Orange march

Irish Catholic militants have attacked riot police in a divided corner of Belfast as the most polarising day on Northern Ireland's calendar reached a typically ugly end - and yet managed, amid the smoke and chaos, to take a few tentative steps toward compromise.

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Floods cause major disruption in Britain, Ireland video

Flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Britain and Ireland have inundated homes, submerged roads and cut off both main railway lines linking England and Scotland.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast (Reuters)

Queen and ex-IRA chief shake hands video

Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander have offered each other the hand of peace.

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The Queen is in Northern Ireland (Reuters)

Queen makes historic Northern Ireland visit video

The Queen is making a historic visit to Northern Ireland as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour.

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