i'm here in ireland reading every paper just in case. i will move ahead.he lacies lived in cottage and palace. in 1848 dozens of families left cottage and the adjoining towns of pad ox, dogs town and palace. i find no mentions of evictions in the newspaper. 731 reported people the largest eviction of a town land in one day happened not 20 miles from cottage and palace in april of 1849. the story had one short paragraph about it in the paper. could it be that most evictions did not make it to the newspaper unless someone died? in the news of january 19th 1848, judith was ejected off a small farm by the landlords james and john parker. she wandered in want without shelter and entered her former abode on the 18th of august last. for this forceable possession shes tried and sentenced to 6 months confinement which punishment of and died of natural causes. eventually i find mention of the easterly of conwell evicting tenants in the near by town land. september 13, 1848 the newspaper says on monday last the agent of lord kwanwell attended by sheriff, police and b

market trades seven eight nine ten times ireland's g.d.p. every day you know if the entire country were to fall nobody would notice much there being a catastrophe you know it's now it when i'm in dublin i hear people talking about i anglo irish as if you know it's their mother and their mother would stop loving them and then instead of understanding that i know irish is a whore is a prostitute a prostitute still remember you the next day they don't remember fondly that what you shared with them the day before you know they're just prostitutes or whores but they're in ireland they seem to be wanting to have a relationship with anglo-irish who is not interested in a relationship they just want the money so you're going to generate that goes through their marriage for bike or national settlements and it was a four point seven trillion or very very poor. turnover of products or markets you know. and that's actually. leverage but we're at the airport you know when it's all this money use foreign system and yes it's you know a small number. that's

>> we are certainly very good friends of the republic of ireland and the people of the republic of ireland, it is their choice to sign the treaty and it is their choice to have a referendum on the treaty. it should be respected. >> completely agree about this issue and there is all party support both for the leveson inquiry which needs to get on with its work and proper support for the police inquiry and it is important to make this point. of course there's always a debate about what is right for newspapers to do to get stories in the public interest, but it is hard to think of any circumstances in which it is right for police officers to take money. >> ed miliband? >> could i thank him for that question. on the leveson inquiry, could i ask him to ensure none of his senior ministers do anything to undermine its work and would he accept that the education secretary was ill judged to say last week that the inquiry was having a chilling effect on freedom of expression. will the prime minister dissociate himself from these comments and urge his colleagues, whatever their closeness to particula

these days a unique circumstance a consequence to be seen ireland as a result of the austerity we're seeing similar things to greece or not not house parliament on the scale of greece it's us rose form of greece life. we do have no safety valve emigration which you have for this year of course i mean i don't know piers are we have a bit too many people you know manorama brings up usually with an expert at last week. people working abroad. he were queuing as side door hundreds of thousands of people here if this conference in order to find out that opportunities were brought so that's one to say well who are for our efficiency will abuse registry. the mission suicide increase that the figures are on the increase question mark with your romanist well. yeah it's. people are all isn't lost right but it's interesting i mean i live and work and go to city center and it seems to me to have a hudler for the sort of government it sounds like you know the city center but this person of. course of polar extremes of all it you would know that we're suffering from exhaustion possibly eric session

output numbers in ireland these days a unique circumstance and consequences that we see in ireland as a result of the austerity where are we seeing similar things to greece or not not out on a scale of greece or if it's us old one of greece life's. we do have a safety valve emigration which you asked for a because you were actually come back i mean i don't know three or four other have proposed american people i think the young men are emigrating was huge to the export of that last week. people working abroad on people were queuing inside your own homes if you didn't discover in order to find out that opportunities were brought that's a safety valve or for that politician well that was your strategy three. the mission suicide increase the figures in on the increase question mark the fifth year of your remembers well. yeah people are all different but it's interesting i mean i live and work in the city center and it seems to me to her for the sort of you probably be in government get yourself like you know the city center because parts of that restaurants are full it you wouldn't know

>> we're certainly very good friends of the republic of ireland and the people of the republic of ireland. it is their choice to sign the treaty of fiscal union and it is their choice to have a referendum on that treaty and as in all things, people's views in a referendum should be respected. >> ed miliband! >> mr. speaker, before turning to other matters, does the prime minister agree with me that the allegations by deputy assistant commissioner sue akers at the lev son inquiry about wide spread corrupt behavior by the press and the police are devastating and should have no place in the national institution of our country and does he further agree with me that this underlines the importance both of the police inquiry which must get to the bottom of these allegations without fear and favor and the leveson inquiry, itself? >> completely agree about this issue and there is all party support both for the leveson inquiry which needs to get on with its work and proper support for the police inquiry and it is important to make this point. of course there's always a debate about what is right fo

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years of roman catholicism in ireland.hat the church in an irish diocese had ignored complaints against 19 priests as recently as 2009. and ireland's prime minister accused the vatican of placing its own interests over and above the protection of children. >> prime minister enda kenny: the revelations of the cloyne report have brought the government, irish catholics, and the vatican to an unprecedented juncture... >> simon: an irish prime minister had never before spoken out against the vatican in public, and enda kenny did it in parliament. >> kenny: ...because, for the first time in this country, a report into child sexual abuse exposes an attempt by the holy see to frustrate an inquiry in a sovereign democratic republic as little as three years ago, not three decades ago. >> simon: the vatican, says patsy mcgarry, also overruled archbishop martin's suggestion that two bishops associated with the scandal step down. >> mcgarry: they sent their letters of resignation to rome and rome would not accept them. >> simon: rome w

yeah it's funny in ireland relationship with his creditors if the idea that if you default you're going to cause an economic collapse and there won't be cash at the a.t.m. machine meanwhile the forex market has jumped to five trillion dollars a day out there is no shortage of liquidity out there if ireland were default on all of its debt it's a basically a pimple in the entire file on the on the on the on the brunt of the global money markets i mean the entire forex market trades seven eight nine ten times ireland's g.d.p. every day you know if the entire country were to fall nobody would notice much there being a catastrophe you know it's when our when i'm in dublin i hear people talking about i have anger or irish as if you know it's their mother and their mother would stop loving them and then instead of understanding that i know irish is a whole other is a prostitute a prostitute still remember you the next day they don't remember fondly that what you shared with them the day before you know they're just prostitutes who are but very in ireland they seem to be wanting to have a relat

and ireland received and needed financial help before. the irish know what is at stake. they also know what it is like to have to tighten their belts. >> i thought you would like it because his stung stuck out. >> a postcard from his sister, she immigrated to new zealand because she could not find work as a nurse in ireland. she is missed by her family, including her mother, kathleen. >> she is gone four years now. we never have once said come home. we can't. come home to what? >> they are having trouble paying their mortgage. kathleen's husband is working only three days a week because of the crisis. if the bank repossesses the house, it will be ironic. the same bank was bailed out using taxpayer's money. >> it was put on the table and we said that is taking off the table or we are walking out. the minister should have said let the euro collapse because we are not paying them >> they stooned lose their home while the bank consist prompt on being rescued. that led the family to join a nearby protest. after sunday mass the residents take to the streets. many people are an

these days and unique circumstance consequences do we see in ireland as a result of the austerity were are we seeing similar things to greece or not not our spot on the scale of greece it's us also form of greece life. we do have to say people of emigration with you after all it's you personally i mean i don't know if your help we have of the people i think you know manorama brings you to the next pope every last week. he who working abroad. he were hewing have cited or hundreds of thousands of people get of this conference in order to find out that opportunities were brought so that's one for safety valve for for a bit of our efficiency. that we've used for this trip. the mission suicide increase that the figures are and it is quite remarkable you'll remember as well arms yeah it's. people are all different walks of life purpose interest and i mean i live and work in the city center and it seems to me to have a suitable for the sort of government of yourself like you know the city center because parsnip you know the pope's and fuller restaurants of all it you would know that resulting

because the headlines for you up next to the kaiser report crunches the numbers in ireland which give the bank is a slap in the face. or this is because the report the global insurrection against banker. the fuse has been lit we haven't seen yet any major coup blooms yet stacy herbert talk to me max and we're seeing it as part of this global insurrection finally the irish apparently are waking up growing anti-tax movement shows irish stoicism wearing thin so this is from the new york times in the saying that the irish have been famously very quiet during all this austerity in order to pay off the anglo irish bondholders the unsecured anglo irish bond holders but they're saying now urged on by promoters of a tax boycott fully eighty five percent of irish homeowners have yet to pay a one hundred thirty dollars property tax that is due march thirty first the latest official figures show that just two hundred twenty five thousand property owners out of one point six million have paid a total of twenty million dollars well short of the more than two hundred million dollars the government w

and the european central bank under the terms of ireland's bailout deal with it it had to have. one given day of payment due i know irish would coincide with some tax obligation and the people simply are throwing up their vomiting in their in their mind they can accept this are they going to be the first country to throw a major banking troika under the bus one of the peasants as some of them are calling themselves is quoted as saying i've never heard of bondholders or speculators or billions of euros in debts but i know all about them now i also believe the government is lying to me when it says it will be used for local services and that's one thing everyone i've met agrees on whether they've paid this or not so they know that the taxes that they are paying it's now taxation without representation they know that it's just a siphon to transfer wealth to an outside body of bankers right this is what's going on all over the world but wealth is being transferred to the bankers but there laurel and you've got this fascinating concurrence these two events happening simultaneously so

that is bank of ireland. attractive because i think the irish economy is going to come back. most people do not think that ireland is anything other than going to tip back down into a severe recession. i disagree. people are very thrifty. i'm going there in may. this is the highest population in europe. i think it's a big mistake. >> lots of tech companies operating in ireland as well. >> yes. this country may be -- and this would be the play other than crh, an aggregate company. i think that ireland should not be written off. it would be a big mistake. >> yes, we got it down 3% as well as european banks. i want to head over to brian sullivan at the podium. >> that's right. the opening bell is just a few minutes away and ireland's prime minister edna kelly is going to ring that bell. it's another big day of trading. it's apple all day today along with ireland. my bad irish accent and more coming up right after this. there's nothing worse introducing gold choice. the freedom you can only get from hertz to keep

, there's a incentive to move your factory to ireland. >> why isn't everybody in ireland?th chuckle] >> almost everybody is in ireland, all the pharmaceutical companies, all the high-tech companies. you're stupid if you're not in ireland. >> we noticed that you have an awful lot of companies in ireland. >> yes, we do. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight companies in ireland. >> mm-hmm. we do what makes sense to the shareholders. we go where there are incentives in countries that say, "we want you here. we're gonna give you tax advantages. we want you to add jobs here." et cetera. we can no longer, in america, say, "this is how we do it; therefore, you must do it." we've got to change, or we're gonna get left behind. >> an increasingly popular way particularly pharmaceutical and high-tech companies like google avoid paying the 35% is to shift their patents, computer code, pill formulas, even logos from their u.s. bases to their outposts in low-tax countries. >> 100 years ago, if a company would want to relocate, you'd have to pick up the factory, machinery, mo

with us now one of ireland's best known television hosts. here's the author of "jkf in ireland." this huge tabloid star. you have a tabloid named tubbs. >> that's the nickname. it's because of my weight problem they had just had to go with tubs, my lack of it. the show is called the late late show, it's 50 years old in may. i wasn't there from the beginning, somebody else did it first. we have our own johnny carson and somebody else did it for 10 years and i'm doing it the last two or three years. it's great fun. it's an institution in ireland. >> it must be difficult in ireland to find people willing to talk, though. >> fish in a barrel. fish in a barrel. lock and load. >> we're seeing video, you've got tony blair one moment, the next sinead o'conner. >> and whoever else is in town. >> gordon brown? >> we had martin sheen last week, jerry springer the week before. >> good get. >> yeah. the story of his background in germany in world war ii is fascinating. look at me doing my job. that's how we roll. if i can get a job in television, anyone can do it. >> so we've established you'

unfortunately, back in me ireland, not everything is so festive. it seems that the high exchange rate between the euro and the danish krone is causing sky-high prices for one of denmark's hot exports to ireland, danish sperm. ( laughter ) you see, the irish import all their sperm from denmark, rather than produce their own because of their lack of regulation for donating sperm and because in ireland, no one's allowed to move their hands. ( laughter ) ( applause ) well i am not-- ( applause ) i am not-- i am not going to sit here while the isle needs me. that's why i'm proud to introduce my new brand for man's seed for the ireland market. stephen colbert formula four o'one, fresh from my barney stone. tipo the morning to you, the tip, of course, the most sensitive part. i'm glad to help out my fellow irish and this weekend i will be tearing it up at the local traditional irish pundit gathering at o'hanrahan's. i play the boren, hannity played tin whistle, oh, reilly step dances, and chris matthews is on the potato. i always wrestle with how to honor

ireland: four days that changed a president." the world, ever. the planet earth. >> i love it. >> yes. nice to be here. >> you, too. >> this lovely lady is from newtown, connecticut. how many pints of guiness are consumed internationally on st. patrick's day? 10 million? 12 million? 13 million? or 15 million? >> oh, gosh. i'll say 15. >> oh, no, i'm so glad you got that wrong! >> oh, yes, the kathie lee cd. the correct answer, ryan, is actually? >> 13 million which is generally how many i'd have on a saturday night, but on st. patrick's week, we change that. i'm sorry she got the wrong answer. guinness is very popular. they say in ireland there's both eating and drinking it. >> a meal. >> we consider it a meal. look at me. i'm well nourished. >> back across to cath. >> this lovely young lady is from texas. she's all dressed up for a party. a leprechaun is actually an irish what? a shoe maker? banker? magician? or a thief? >> a banker. >> did you say banker? you are adorable, and you are a proud owner of a new kathie lee cd. >> ye

at the same time northern ireland did not and for 24 years, they had an expansion in ireland twice the rate of europe. three times the rate of northern ireland. we've seen it in real life. if anybody's going to argue against real life. em pir cal evidence shows and if we lower to 15% in the state, the growth we get would more than make up for whatever this quote, unquote, cut was because we would get higher raises, higher revenues and higher income to the employees, because they would be paid more. >> i don't know, david. if you look at the country that has lowered its tax rates the most over the last ten years, it's greece. and i don't think we want to-- >> and that's greece. >> and i mean, come on. >> not addressing the revenue side, that's for sure. and it can maintain their, their citizenry and their social welfare. but, that said, i don't think much changes with the nominal rate going down, we are all on consensus that, whether it's republicans or democrats and it's going to come down 25, 28. that's a target. but i think what we have to address with the loopholes, that are incenti

there is an old latin name for ireland. when learning the language, many people have a chance to connect with something from their past. most people would come to my classes are either a parent that is from ireland or they know that their ancestors are from ireland and their name might be an irish name. there is some much irish words that are actually english. the word whiskey, blarney. -- there are many irish words that are used in english. the word whiskey, blarney. at the end of the six week course, we will go out and celebrate. this is what language learning is about, being able to take it outside and use it in a basic level. i look forward to st. patrick's day, to celebrate all things irish. whether it is going to some houses or having dinner together, those of the things that i enjoy. >> the efforts to keep the irish language thriving. that brings today's show to a close but remember you can find constant updates on our website. from all of us here at "bbc america" have a good weekend. >> make sense of international n

are from ireland. they are name may be an irish name. for them classes are an opportunity to connect with the identity. there's so much irish around us and in english, slang words and words we use, like the word galore, whiskey, these are irish words sofment we use some irish words without knowing it. >> students who are learning meet at the six-week course we will go out and celebrate and chat in a social environment. this is what language learning is about. be being able to take it outside the classroom and use it at a basic be level. >> i look forward to st. patrick's day. celebration of all things irish. >> we will be going to houses and having dinner. those are the thing izz enjoy. no one is going too crazy. maybe somewhere they are but that's not always the case. >> lots of glasses will be raised for the first-ever player in the history of the sport to score 100 international centuries. he's done it at the age of 38, achieving the feat in this one-day game against bangladesh. he been stuck in 33

there is not anything like this in ireland, but some process is needed. could you c.b. ira taking part in something? >> yes, very much so. >> even if that was painful? >> conflict at the end of the day, very, very painful things. >> but the devil is in the details. nobody wants to see its members publicly named and blamed, and there is strong opposition. amnesty for those who inflicted violence. it means discussions like this, part of a much longer process aimed at creating trust and for the first time in irish history the possibility of a shared memory. >> the causes. the belfast agreement. >> their last stop, where nelson mandela and others were imprisoned. here, the cells where men spent decades of their lives but yet emerged with a message of reconciliation. this is a great journey. old enemies working together to try to find an answer to question that divides politicians and confounds governments. the victims of violence, the truth of the past. the answer to that question may be some time coming. but it is central to creating an enduring freedom. bbc news. >> and e

are from ireland. they recognize the language and the heritage. there are so many irish words in english like galore, whiskey, balarney. students who are learning irish , we will go out after the class and celebrate and we will chat in a social environment. this is what language learning is about, to use this in a basic level. i am looking forward to st. patrick's day and the celebration of all things irish. going to some houses, having dinner together. those kinds of things that i enjoy. >> -- has become the first player to score 100 international. everyone knew that he would eventually reach the unprecedented landmark. that does not detract in any way from how brilliant he truly is. he made his debut as a 16-year- old in 1989. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance t

i met donald payne many times, both in washington and in ireland. he was always very interested in ireland. sited the north before the cessations in the mid 1990's. donled was very supportive of the irish peace process from the beginning and was a regular participant in briefings which i and other visitors gave to political leaders on capitol hill. was also a frequent member of congressnal delegations that visited ireland. donald was also the -- in short strand which he visited at a time when efforts were being made to force controversial marches through these districts. his experience as a civil rights campaigner resonated withis audience in west belfast when he ske there during the west belfast field on the issue of equality and anti-discrimination legislation , during the mcbaseline principles, he remarked, i and other members of the congressional black caucus can easily identify with catholic minorities. i recognize many similarities and how they are treated without people here were treated. donald was a thoughtful, he was a generous, well-infor

that's what happened to me once when i went to ireland i staid at a b and b. there are a zillion every other house is a b and b. i hit on the one b and beshgs where the owner said, your last name is to bein i know where all the to beins came to ireland. i said, i'm all ears. this poem goes into that and the last part is a translation from an irish song, the ring. >> i followed the winding coast road back from cove airny moore and her brother cast in branz at the center entrance head of a line at elis island looking as though they a choired dreksz in their own country. dim passage through american wait and coffinship the figures of a prior generation real to swells and sound effects each swollen in the ache of crossing. my father's ship united states streaming to the harbor, the way it steamed in the narrows below the rising towers of the bridge. above the keys, saint coalmans resided over the dock where my mother's mother waited and my father's forefather disappeared like vermon in the fields they flooded home. i can tell you where the to beins first landed th

>> i don't believe you can say that in greece and ireland and portugal. once you get to that point, there's really no choice, no alternative available to them except to do this mix of very tough reforms across the board. the other countries in europe have a bit more time and space to bring a bit more care and balance to the path. of course, greece and ireland and portugal are very small economies aggregate in that context. what hurts the united states is the risk of a longer period of weak economic growth in the major economies in europe. that's why it's so important that as they've calmed the financial tensions across europe, that they're able to shift some of the attention, some of the focus in europe to broader strategies that would make growth stronger across the continent. >> and your overall assessment, their chances for recovery, why are they perhaps less optimistic or you're less optimistic or more optimisticing abouting what europe faces versus the u.s. >> the fundamental reality of europe is this is going to take a very long time for them to wor

there's an old latin name for ireland. it begins with an h. through learning the language, many people have a chance to connect with something from their past. most people come to my class es have a parent from our land or know that their ancestors are from ireland. for them, because our opportunity to connect with the identity and that part of their heritage. this is so much irish around us and in english. whiskey, blarney, these are irish words. we use irish words without knowing. students who are learning irish meet after class. we will go out and celebrate in a social environment. this is a wetland -- this is about what language learning is about, taking an outside the classroom at a basic level. it is a celebration of all things irish. we will be going to some houses, having dinner together. those are the things i enjoy. no one is going crazy. maybe some were they are, but that is always the case. >> we have just learned the name of the army staff sgt who is the suspect of killing 16 afghanistan people. the suspect is army staff sergeant

and ireland, celebrating the st. pat's day in grand style. in the big parade for st. patrick's in dublin. 500,000 people packing ireland's city for the festivities. and back here at home president obama celebrating his irish heritage and having a pint with peter heely in the center there and the pub owner in ireland. andi irish are not the only ones to be ready for a party. locals are celebrating not st. patrick but st. joseph with parades and giant wooden displays. amy kellogg has more. >> it is a events and centers around the paper machee figures that are put in fantastical displays and marks st. joseph's day. that is a patron saint of capenders and they used to mack a ritual bonfire of all of the left over junk. timber and stuff like that and they would burn. and now they send it up in flames when the party is over. >> it is a rousing ringing in of spring. fireworks ignite the siesta in valencia. they do it all on a smaller scale. all a crackling prelude to the end of the right. burning of the fya. much larger life and flower scenes and sa

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