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Berlin braces for Paddy's Day invasion
festival

Berlin braces for Paddy's Day invasion

On Sunday March 15th at 2 pm, the streets of Berlin's Kreuzberg district will turn green as the city's Irish community invites one and all to become their honorary countrymen for St Patrick's Day.
Expat's family battles for answers four years on
Crime

Expat's family battles for answers four years on

In 2010 an Irish computer engineer was found dead in his apartment in Baden-Württemberg. Four years on, his family are still pressing the German justice system for answers. They feel badly let down by police who they say have refused to examine evidence of foul play.
'Naive' Germany can't overcome the Irish
Football

'Naive' Germany can't overcome the Irish

Germany's coach Joachim Löw has described his side as "naive" after the world champions drew 1-1 with Ireland on Tuesday night in their Euro 2016 qualifier- It is their worst ever start to a qualification campaign.
Merkel has 'contempt' for scoffing Irish bankers
Ireland

Merkel has 'contempt' for scoffing Irish bankers

Angela Merkel reacted with unusual passion to recently disclosed phone calls made in 2008 between Irish bankers in which they mocked Germany's efforts to save the euro and sang "Deutschland Über Alles". Merkel said she had only "contempt" for them.
Germans to go green for St. Patrick's Day
Berlin

Germans to go green for St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day, when Irish people celebrate the patron saint responsible for introducing Christianity and supposedly banishing snakes while he was at it, has spread far beyond Irish shores to become a worldwide festival.
German FM: Be more like the hard-working Irish
Berlin

German FM: Be more like the hard-working Irish

Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said his country aimed to be the first ailing euro nation to exit a bailout programme as his German counterpart hailed Ireland as "an excellent example" of what "hard work" can achieve.