now they want to make up for lost time. >> it is only the second time the republic of ireland have qualified for the european championship, and fans everywhere are proud that they have gotten this far. >> it is a tremendous achievement for a company like -- country like ireland to qualify for the championship. >> there are no big-name players, but 20 of the 23 strong squad play in what many consider the world's top league -- the english premier league. and they have got no shortage of experience for club and country. and the captain, now age 31, has been scoring goals for ireland since he was a teenager. >> we have almost no major international stars, but we have many good, strong players, and we are well organized. >> one of the most successful coaches in world football, he took charge of ireland four years ago, but it will be a struggle to get out of a tough group. we give ireland a score of three out of six, and with the backing of the irish fans, anything is possible. >> we will be back after a short break. >> stick around. >> what is so powerful that it can make you overcome your greate

continental congress on we take a look out the republic of ireland today in our continuing series on euro twenty twelve hopefuls. sagal supreme slovak peter sagan makes it for stage wins from for this year the tour of california the united states most prestigious cycling event. and ice breaker we catch up with the swedish coach aiming to do what's never been done before when russia on a limb pick curling medal. but we begin with ice hockey where team rush hour into their six straight ice hockey world championship semifinal the red machine donning norway in stockholm nowhere near a straightforward this is some analysts had predicted though the winner well two winners in fact for two was the final score coming from three all comediennes alexy yemen and nikolai sure dave in the third period meaning for two was the final score d. or into the semi though the first team to make the last four stages was still fuck it the underdogs fighting back to beat a limping champions kind of a four three following after encounter leader team usa and coos finland meet to sweden on the czech republic. foo

continental time to take a look at the republic of ireland today in our continuing series on euro twelve hopeful. stage wins from four this year at the tour of california the united states most prestigious cycling event. on the ice breaker we catch up with the swedish coach to do what's never been done before when russia curling. we begin with ice hockey where team russia just began their quest to reach a six string of ice hockey world championship semifinal the red machine taking on norway in stockholm. in the global arena and it remains scoreless big favorites to progress in the quarterfinals one team already into the semi. the underdogs fighting back to be the limping champions fourth following an epic encounter later team usa and coos finland meet us to sweden on the czech republic. football on liverpool are on the lookout for a new manager after sucking kenny dalglish on wednesday the decision comes after the club's worst premier league finish an eighteen years though dog leashes former reds teammate alan hansen believes it's clear where improvement is needed. they always say that w

above in their euro twenty twelve qualifying group also had a warm up game over the weekend the republic of ireland beating bosnia after dominating through it in dublin it was no second half on the introduction of aiden mcgeady for damien duff but the irish really began to play the sport talk moscow player a constant men's desertion the amount of the much is false but brought about the winner west brom's shane long the nottingham seventy seven minutes into ensured giovanni trapattoni uncouth unbeaten streak stretches to thirteen give us. the legacy of barcelona manager pep guardiola just got a little loftier at the couple and easing past athletic bilbao in the cup of the final to send their monitor packing with a total of fourteen titles and truth guardiola as last march in charge was all but finished before it really got going at all pedro the man opening the scoring just two and a half minutes into the contest. messi of course then double the lead seventeen minutes later increasing his season's goal tally turn on preset that that seventy three in all competitions that drew would a third goal for

meanwhile spot at moscow's aiden mcgeady helped the republic of ireland to a one zero win over bosnia the twenty six year old was a constant menace for the visitors after being introduced to half time and it was the man of the match is cross that books about the winner shane long nottingham seventy seven minutes aim to ensure giovanni trapattoni side and i want basin and thirty games this. well mcgeady meanwhile wasn't on hand to attend the end of season russian premier league awards ceremony the irishman one of thirty three players named in the best squad but it was any midfield ego dennis off who received the biggest prize his rival from the capital to number attacker alexander cochrane was recognised meanwhile with the best new player award it wasn't a surprise that the other main awards were given to russian champions as an eight as mentioned midfielder any soft top vote for the best player of the campaign another central midfielder from the club should a cough was named the most effective player nicklaus number of belgium the best foreign player while another player from the st p

. >> now voteing is under way in the republic of ireland on the referendum on the fiscal pact, the treaty aims to bring in tough rules to keep deficits low. we go to dublin. ruth, there's an awful lot riding on this, isn't there? >> certainly there is. and in ireland this has been the center of a great deal of debate. there's been a yes and a no campaign and they have had quite a while to put forth their stalls. this is a deficit-busting treaty. it aims to keep government deficits low and budgets nice and balanced and under control across europe. certainly here in ireland there's been a lot of debate about very complex things, structural deficits, for example have been debated here and on television and radio. people are getting ready to vote and mulling over what they have heard. but ireland doesn't have a veto. that's very important. ireland had a vote in the lisbon treaty. but this only needs 12 of the 17 euro zone members to sign up to it in order for it to be ratified. so a no-vote here, if that happens, wouldn't derail the project. >> am i right that ireland is the only country putt

continental coming to and we take a look out the republic of ireland today in our continuing series on euro twenty twelve hopeful. sagal supreme peter sagan makes it for stage wins from for this year the tour of california the united states most prestigious cycling event. and ice breaker we catch up with a swedish coach aiming to do what's never been done before when rush on a limb picked curling metal. we begin with ice hockey were a team rusher into their six straight ice hockey world championship semifinal the red machine donning norway in stockholm tied to further this in the first third but then russia went to taiwan in the third scoring three on answered goals the score five two up the final buzzer so that means they are in to the semi finals the first team meanwhile to make those semi faqir the underdogs fighting back to beat a limp dick champions kind of four three following an epic encounter team usa and call whose finland meets us to sweden and the czech republic. football on liverpool are on the lookout for a new manager after sucking kenny dog leash on whedon's the decision

played so much since the world cup and has only played once thing in the last year meanwhile republic of ireland manager giovanni trapattoni says this summer's tournament is a great opportunity for the country ireland haven't qualified for the european championship since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and haven't been in any major tournament since the world cup in two thousand and two but it's by being in a group with holders space in two thousand and six world champions italy and croatia the italian believes his men can reach the knockout stages because the ninety minutes never say never in the sort of possible. eighteen game or you must believe it is possible also to go over to first a group in. india would have. now one tournament that has reached the knockout stages is the ice hockey world championship in finland and sweden all four quarterfinal matches are taking place on thursday reigning olympic champions canada and slovakia are in action slovakia stormed into a two no late in the first period although canada have pulled one there into the second period in that one later russia ta

meanwhile republic of ireland manager giovanni trapattoni says this summer's tournament is a great opportunity for the country i would haven't qualified for the european championship since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and haven't been in any major tournament since the world cup in two thousand and two but it's by being in a group with older spain two thousand and six world champions italy and croatia the italian believes his men can reach the knockout stages because the ninety minutes never say never possible. or you must believe. these boys you will also have to go over the first group. in the order. now we've reached the knockout stages of the ice hockey world championship in finland in sweden all four quarterfinal match is take place later on thursday reigning olympic champions canada. stop then russia will take on no way co-host and defending champions finland take on the usa finally last year's runners up sweden play the czech republic. of the hardwood now away in the n.b.a. boston have taken a two one lead in the best of seven series against philadelphia in the eastern conferen

irish sort of answering that charge that they're not good citizens, and so they do make the claim supporting a republic in ireland is consistent with being a good republican citizen in the united states. other questions? does this make sense? we talked about on tuesday this idea of invented traditions and that's what's going on here. this is the st. patrick's day parade is a relatively new phenomenon in new york. you had parades by basically catholic churches on st. patrick's day going back to the late 18th century and tended to be a number of small parades by different churches in different parts of town. the first sort of all new york single st. patrick's day parade is 1848, just after you start to see the influx of the irish so it is a firly new tradition, the idea of a single irish march on this date. >> did the parade originate in ireland or in -- >> it is an irish custom as well, but it takes on particular meanings in the american context. joseph. >> is this parade organized by tammany as well? >> no, it is organized by the ancient order of hibernians, the fraternal group. by the time you get to the 1870s a

of the question. >> can i hit that real quick? >> please. >> northern ireland peace process in my book, that's the answer. northern ireland was finally resolved when the irish republic quit giving made, comfort and safe haven to the ira. the same thing has to be done in pakistan with the isi. if you are not in the process, taliban are not in the process, you atake the process. so i agree with that premise. we have to find a path back to reconciling the taliban. so we got find a path it reconcile this. we can do it but obviously pakistan has to be the most critical piece of the puzzle to push it forward. >> jack jacobs, is there any part of military strategy that says engaging in strategic murder n and assassination of identified insurgeant targets is the best path towards inclusive political reconciliation? is there any history that shows where aerial drones and special forces and the identification and murder of specific individuals is beneficial towards that northern ireland path that tony is talking about? >> well, the british did it successfully in malaysia. i think that worked. you need a concentrated program. if you are going to win anything, if you are going