The economic history of Éire (Ireland and occupied Ireland)
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- U.S. Has Own Agenda for Northern
Ireland
- By William Pomeroy, People's Weekly
World, 24 June 1995. A three day conference on Trade
and lnvestment held in Washington has exposed the purpose of
U.S. maneuverings in regard to Northern Ireland. It provided
the venue for the first meeting between a leader of the
northern Irish republican movement and a top ranking
official of the British government.
- Ireland throws off vestiges of its colonial
past
- By William Pomeroy, People's Weekly
World, 29 March 1997. British people were stunned at
the end of January by the publication of a study by a
parliamentary economics research body showing that the
Republic of Ireland has now leaped ahead of Britain in
national income per person.
- Is This As Good As It Gets?
- By Aileen O'Carroll, Workers Soldarity,
March 1999. The Celtic Tiger is special. Where has this
economic success come from? Much of it is due to the
Tiger's ability to attract foreign investment. While
Irish industry still sells mostly to the Irish market, the
percentage which is being exported is rising.
- Shipyard's anger over lost
contract
- BBC News Online, Friday 10 March
2000. Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard has
criticised Northern Ireland government departments after
losing a major contract. a deal for a new multi-million
pound liner had gone to a yard in France. The deal for a new
multi-million pound liner had gone to a yard in France,
which could cost 1700 jobs.
- Intel Irish fab expansion hits snag
- By Andrew Thomas, Irish Register, 25 August
2000. Intel's plan for a expansion of its Ireland plant
is facing protests from environmentalists. While it would
create 1000 additional jobs, locals are objecting to
pollution from the semiconductor manufacturing process