Several thousand people have gathered on Saturday in the Republic of Ireland to demand changes to the country’s abortion law, following the death of Savita Halappanavar.
The largest demonstrations took place in Dublin (photo, from dailymail.co.uk) where more than 4,000 people marched to the Irish parliament for a candle-lit vigil and held one minute silence. In Galway, where Mrs Halappanavar lived, more than 1,000 gathered for a vigil in Eyre Square, and some 60 members of the Indian community rallied outside the hospital and held two minutes of silent prayers. (more…)
A newly revealed letter (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) shows that in 1997, a Vatican department advised Ireland’s Catholic bishops not to report priests suspected of child abuse to the police, but to handle them within church. 
The European Union’s Lisbon Treaty is back on track, with the Irish voters who approved the 27-nation bloc’s plans for reform.
More attacks are being launched in Northern Ireland by Irish Republican Army, than at any time in recent years. Besides, they are increasingly trying to kill police officers, said international experts in a report published Monday.
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Gathering in Luxembourg, European Union foreign ministers will talk on how to respond to the Irish rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty. 
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