Bloomberg Hosts First Ireland Economic Summit

As Ireland is close to holding a referendum on the European fiscal treaty introducing strict deficit rules and spending restrictions for governments, the Bloomberg Ireland Economic

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsNoonan: Rejecting EU treaty dangerous for Ireland

DUBLIN (AP) - Irish voters would be playing a dangerous game with their country's economic future if they reject the European Union fiscal treaty in a referendum this month, Finance Minister Michael Noonan warned Wednesday.

Irish face Arctic winds, hail storms, frost and heavy rain this May

Instead of soaring summer temperatures, Ireland is bracing itself for hail storms and frost, forecasters have said. A mid-May frost is on the way as Ireland’s national weather service warns the country will be experiencing four seasons of weather in one week.

Weather: Latest Forecast For UK

A cold start to Wednesday across the UK but also a sunny start, turning cloudier towards this afternoon from the north west, mostly for Scotland, Ireland and northern England.

Ireland's best places to live

The Irish Times is on the hunt for Ireland’s nicest neck-of-the-woods, and invites you to nominate your favourite. It can be a town, suburb, village or remote spot – anywhere that, despite all the problems our little nation is going through, you feel supremely lucky to have landed in. The reason could be the neighbours, social life, scenery, the facilities or none or all of these.

Ireland breathes sigh of relief as tortoise found.

A 100-year-old Tortoise who went missing from Rathgar caused a stir on twitter with the hashtag #rathgartortoise has been found.