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**FILE** A demonstrator holds a banner reading in Spanish "Bankia is a wild animal" during a demonstration June 2, 2012, next to a Bankia bank branch in Barcelona. (Associated Press)

Spain’s ailing banks threaten country’s finances

By Alan Clendenning - Associated Press

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny takes a glass of apple juice at the Bord Bia Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on June 1, 2012. Referendum officials compiling unofficial results say Ireland's voters have decided to ratify the European Union's deficit-fighting treaty with "yes" votes reaching nearly 60 percent. (Associated Press)

Irish say yes to EU pact, now seek EU growth deal

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

In Dublin, a huge banner depicting Ireland's being bled dry by austerity calls for a "no" vote in the referendum on the European Union's fiscal treaty. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Ireland voting on Europe’s deficit-fighting treaty

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

In Dublin, a huge banner depicting Ireland's being bled dry by austerity calls for a "no" vote in the referendum on the European Union's fiscal treaty. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Irish premier appeals to voters to approve to EU treaty

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Irish Cardinal Sean Brady listens to reporters' questions at the end of a press conference at the offices of Vatican Radio on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Irish cardinal won’t quit over abuse cover-up row

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

Economy Briefs: Google fires back at FCC on investigation

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Irish artist Louis le Brocquy dies in Dublin at 95

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

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A woman walks past a closed store in Madrid on Saturday. Spain is back in the center of the eurozone debt crisis as the interest rate on its government bonds rose Monday to their highest level since December, a sign that investors are becoming more concerned about the country's ability to afford its debts.

Spain’s borrowing costs take worrisome jump

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Some thousands of demonstrators march through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, Saturday March 31, 2012, during protests against Ireland's new property tax. Ireland faces a public revolt as more than 1 million of Ireland's 1.6 million households have failed to pay the new property tax. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

Ireland faces popular revolt over new property tax

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press

** FILE ** Worshippers attend Mass at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, after an expert commission reported that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin had covered up decades of child abuse by priests because bishops wanted to protect the church's reputation at the expense of victims. (AP Photo/Press Association, Niall Carson)

Vatican praises Irish church for steps against sex abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

** File ** President Obama drinks a Guinness at the Dubliner Restaurant and Pub on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama marks St. Patrick’s Day with pint in a pub

By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

Irish hacking suspect freed in wake of FBI sting

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

Irish block murder suspect’s extradition to France

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn addresses the media Feb. 23, 2012, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The 17-nation eurozone economy will suffer a modest recession this year despite recent signs of stabilization, particularly in financial markets, the European Union's executive branch said Thursday. (Associated Press)

EU expects eurozone to suffer mild recession

By Gabriele Steinhauser and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Briefly: Europe

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights

By KARL RITTER and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Solar storm expected to fire up northern lights

By KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROM - Associated Press

Pat Troy, owner of Ireland's Own restaurant and pub, remembers that President Reagan had corned beef and cabbage along with a beer when he visited the pub in 1988. Mr. Troy's book, "I Have a Story to Tell," is the product of decades of experiences as an Irish immigrant and businessman. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Stories pour from Virginia pub owner at Ireland’s Own

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Dolphins fire Tony Sparano as coach

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press