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Ireland's Hugo Keenan, right is congratulated by teammates Ireland's James Lowe, centre, and Ireland's CJ Stander after scoring a try during the Six Nations rugby union match between Italy and Ireland, in the Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

6N: Ireland beats Italy 48-10 to finally get first win

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6N: Ireland seeks smarter rugby at Italy’s expense in Rome

By FOSTER NIUMATA - Associated Press

6N: France hold out Ireland to end 10-year drought in Dublin

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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin speaks as he arrives at the European Council building in Brussels. The Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin seems poised to make a formal apology on behalf of the Irish state, for the deaths of thousands of infants and other abuses in church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies, following inquiry findings due to be published on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021. (John Thys/ Pool FILE via AP)

Irish PM sorry for ‘profound wrong’ of unwed mothers homes

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Experimental Ireland win as Georgia unveils brilliant try

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Mayday for Ireland as England wins with stifling defense

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Ireland's Hugo Keenan, left is tackled by France's Vincent Rattez during the Six Nations rugby union international match between France and Ireland in Paris, France, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France dazzles against Ireland but England wins 6 Nations

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Italy's Carlo Canna fails to stop Ireland's Hugo Keenan as he runs towards the line to score a try during the Six Nations rugby union international match between Ireland and Italy at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (Brian Lawless/Pool via AP)

Ireland leads 6 Nations after dispatching Italy 50-17

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Paul Cadden, owner of the Saba restaurant group poses for a photograph in his restaurant in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Paul Cadden will have to lay off 20 people, but will do whatever is necessary to get through lockdown. With COVID-19 cases on the rise, the government has imposed a tough new lockdown, shutting down non-essential shops, limiting restaurants to takeout service and ordering people to stay within five kilometers (three miles) of their homes for the next six weeks. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Ireland focuses on Christmas as it enters new lockdown

By PETER MORRISON and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 file photo, Irish Parliament member Mairead McGuinness attends a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. EU Commssion President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 that European Parliament heavyweight Mairead McGuinness will become the EU's new financial services commissioner. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

EU appoints McGuinness as new financial services chief

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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 file photo, Shamrock Rovers' goalkeeper Alan Mannus after the Europa League second leg second qualifying round soccer match between Apollon Limassol and Shamrock Rovers at GSP stadium, in Nicosia, Cyprus. Irish soccer is buzzing with one of the biggest clubs in European soccer making its return to the Emerald Isle on Thursday Sept. 17, 2020. AC Milan expects to have Zlatan Ibrahimovic in tow against Shamrock Rovers in Europa League qualifying for its first competitive game on Irish soil since 1975. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Irish eyes on AC Milan’s visit to Shamrock Rovers

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

This Sept. 18, 2015 photo shows Lyle Thompson, Onondaga, of the Iroquois Nationals during the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships on the Onondaga Nation Reservation just south of Syracuse, New York. The Ireland Lacrosse team recently bowed out of the sport's top international tournament to open up a spot for the Iroquois Nationals. It's the latest in a series of gestures between the country and U.S. tribes that date back to 1847, when Choctaw leaders gave $170 to the Irish as their country battled a potato famine that resulted in the death of tens of thousands. Historians estimate today's value of the amount at roughly $5,000. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today via AP)

Friendship between Ireland, tribes lives on in lacrosse

By DALTON WALKER and Indian Country Today - Associated Press

6 Nations plus Fiji, Georgia confirmed in rugby tourney

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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. The European Commission president said Thursday her team could face a reshuffle after the resignation of the Irish trade Commissioner, Phil Hogan, over a controversy involving his questionable adherence to COVID-19 rules. (Francois Walschaerts, Pool Via AP)

EU names Dombrovskis as its new trade chief

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 30, 2019 filer, European Commissioner designate for Trade Phil Hogan answers questions during his hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels. Ireland’s prime minister has been forced to defend the future of his government as criticism mounted over a golf event attended by senior politicians despite a ban on large gatherings designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. The scandal erupted last week amid reports that more than 80 people, including senior members of Martin’s party, Fianna Fael, attended a golf society dinner in Galway on Aug. 19. Former Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary resigned over his attendance, as has Jerry Buttimer, the deputy speaker of the Senate. The government at first asked Phil Hogan, the European Union trade commissioner, to &quot;consider his position’’ after he, too, attended the event, but has given him some space to explain his actions. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

EU trade chief Hogan resigns over COVID rules controversy

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 filer, Prime Minister of Ireland Michael Martin arrives to attend the former Northern Ireland lawmaker and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume's funeral Mass at St Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Ireland’s prime minister has been forced to defend the future of his government as criticism mounted over a golf event attended by senior politicians despite a ban on large gatherings designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

Irish leader forced to defend govt future amid golf scandal

By DANICA KIRKA and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Aug. 26, 2018, file photo, people gather to protest at the site of the former Tuam home for unmarried mothers in County Galway, Ireland. The Vatican has indicated its support for a campaign to exhume the bodies of hundreds of babies who were buried on the grounds of a Catholic-run Irish home for unwed mothers to give them a proper Christian burial. (Niall Carson/PA via AP, file)

Vatican indicates support to exhume babies at Irish home

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 1966 file photo England's Jack Charlton, right, holds the Jules Rimet trophy aloft as he parades it around Wembley with teammate Bobby Moore following their 4-2 win over West Germany. England World Cup winner Jack Charlton has died aged 85 it was announced on Saturday July 11, 2020. (PA via AP)

England World Cup winner Jack Charlton dies at 85

By STEVE DOUGLAS and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Customer Angus Fleming poses with a pint of Guinness in Mary Mac's pub, Dublin, Ireland, as Ireland further eases restrictions with pubs that serve food, restaurants, cafes, hairdressers and barbers among those allowed to reopen following the coronavirus lockdown, Monday June 29, 2020. Life became ever so slightly more normal in Ireland on Monday as some restrictions are eased, with pints being pulled in pubs, locked-down hair having locks trimmed and churches admitted congregants, all for the first time since March. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Kissing of Blarney Stone resumes as Ireland eases lockdown

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic outside his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s loss of UN Security Council seat a blow to Trudeau

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press