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Irish nannies offered $100,000 salaries and life of luxury in Russia (IrishCentral)

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:15:01 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish nannies have been offered a $100,000 plus wage packet to live in luxury in Russia.

Our honeymoon, cruising the Baltic sea and landing in Russia -- Not all the sharks are in the water as we discover (IrishCentral)

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:01:12 PDT

Daithi O Se and his bride RitaNot alone is this an Atlantic crossing this week folks it is also a Baltic Sea crossing After been fleeced in Amsterdam last week we headed north, up the North Sea It was an overnight trip, I had one of the best night’s sleeps in ages whereas herself twisted and turned all the wayOld fellas where I come from used to say sleeping while at sea was like being in your mother womb, moving over and back READ MORE

Russia seeks Irish construction workers amidst massive $3 trillion boom (IrishCentral)

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:02:24 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Russian authorities plan a major bid to woo Irish construction workers and firms to Moscow, starting with a major job fair later this year.

UEFA Euro 2012: Weak group presents chance of a lifetime - Poland, Greece, Russia and Czech Republic (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:46:08 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writer

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Would President Mitt Romney give Russia space? (IrishCentral)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:15:12 PDT

The hot mic incident that caught President Obama asking Russian President Medvedev for space, has many in the American space industry saying the same thing They want space back from the Russians and feel President Obama has ceded that frontier to them The Russians brag, saying they own space and can arbitrarily charge us whatever they want to bring our Astronauts to the Space Station The Russians are correct, America has no manned space flight program and it seems, there is not one on the horizon under the Obama administration READ MORE

Robert Pattinson looks sultry and sexy on Russia’s ‘GQ’ front cover - PHOTO (IrishCentral)

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:31:50 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Looking gorgeous as usual, Robert Pattinson is gracing the cover of this month’s Russian GQ magazine.

Ireland lead Andorra 2-0 at half time, Russia defeat Slovakia 1-0 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:30:11 PDT

Ireland raced into a 2-0 lead against Andorra after just twenty minutes with goals from Kevin Doyle and Aiden McGeady Teh score stayed the same until half time It means that Ireland will easily pickup the vital three point in Andorra and will almost certainly enter the game in Dublin on Tuesday against Armenia needing a draw to qualify for a play off for a European final placeThat is because Russia won 1-0 with an own goal by a Slovakia defender in Slovakia This put them in the driving seat to get automatic qualification with only lowly Andorra at home to beat on Tuesday night READ MORE

Sports Digest: European Championship playoff hopes alive after Russia Draw with Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:55:59 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland can still make the European Championship playoffs after a scoreless draw in Moscow on Tuesday night -- and if they do they will have to thank Richard Dunne and Shay Given.

Ireland pull off miracle draw against Russia 0-0 in European Championship (IrishCentral)

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:25:13 PDT

Led by an incredible display by Richard Dunne and a marvelous exhibit of goalkeeping by Shay Given, (pictured) Ireland somehow managed a 0-0 draw against Russia in Moscow on TuesdayRussia had several open goal chances but missed them all while Ireland had only one good shot on goal the entire 90 minutesHowever, Richard Dunne in particular and Shay Given played powerfully to keep Ireland in the hunt for a place in the European Nations finals next summerThe draw leaves Ireland two points behind Russia with two games to play Slovakia is the other team in the group challenging Ireland and with one team to qualify automatically and one to reach a playoff for a final place Ireland still stands a chance READ MORE

Trapattoni adamant that Ireland can win against Euro group leaders Russia (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:03:35 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Giovanni Trapattoni has insisted his team can win in Russia – but they’ll have to do it without West Brom striker Shane Long.

2,500 tonnes of Irish potatoes shipped to Russia (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:47:28 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Russia threatens retaliation after diplomat is expelled (IrishCentral)

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:11:15 PST

By: Vincent O'Dowd

After the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Dublin yesterday, The Kremlin, on Wednesday, via Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said: "This is an unfounded and unfriendly act, which of course will not go without a corresponding reaction."

FIFA, the U.K, Russia and the World Cup bids: $25 million doesn't get you much these days (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:00:20 PST

It has been a few days now since FIFA’s considerably shocking decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia over, amongst others, England and a joint Spanish/Portuguese bidWith the smoke clearing and the dust settling, what stands out most is the incredible arrogance FIFA is displaying in light of the overwhelming evidence against it in terms of serious corruptionFirst off, the below is only going to tackle the 2018 World Cup in detail, don’t even get us started on 2022, which was awarded to Qatar How FIFA came to the decision to award this hallowed tournament to a country that has serious questions to answer in terms of human rights abuses is a mystery (slavery, for example, is pretty much encouraged amongst the Qatari elite) READ MORE

Russia and Qatar win while English and USA lose in 2018 / 2022 World Cup venues (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:01:16 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The FIFA executive committee have announced, in Zurich, that Russia will host the 2018 World Cup winning out over Britain, Spain/Portugal and Holland/Belgium. They also announced that U.S.A. has lost out to Qatar who will host the 2022 event.

Russian spies in Irish passport scandal honored by Russia (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:11:12 PDT

By: BARRY J WHYTE

Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, awarded Russia’s highest honors to the spies who were discovered living and working under false Irish identities in the U.S. recently.

Trapattoni rejects criticism Irish team played too cautiously in Russia loss (IrishCentral)

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:25:08 PDT

Irish manager Giovanni Trapattoni has rejected criticism that his side played too cautiously in his side's 3-2 defeat by Russia on Friday "In 30 years I've had many good results and bad results It is more difficult to analyse things beforehand If I said I had foreseen the exact situations we ended up in, you wouldn't believe me READ MORE

'From Russia with Love' drama as new stolen Irish passport turns up (IrishCentral)

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:36:32 PDT

By: JAMES O’BRIEN

A real life ‘From Russia with Love’ story has developed around another Irish passport stolen by Russian spies for use in the U.S.

Russia stayed strong against Ireland winning 3-2 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:10:09 PDT

After dominating the first half and clearly the better team, Russia were caught off guard in the second half when Ireland came back with two goals but they maintained their composure, scored another goal leading them to victory over the Republic of Ireland in the Euro 2010 qualifierThe game took place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday Goals in the first half came from Alan Dzagoev and Alexander Kerzhakov and in the second half from Roman ShirokovWanting more than anything to get back in the game the Irish responded with a penalty from Robbie Keane and another goal from Shane Long READ MORE

Russian spies will be traded for U.S. spies in Russia report (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:15 PDT

A deal to return ten Russian spies to Russia is in the works according to The New York TimesA leading American spy being held in a Russian jail is expected to be freed in Vienna tomorrowIgor Sutyagin was jailed for fifteen years for passing nuclear secrets to the CIA in 2004Several other American spies are expected to be released also READ MORE

Ireland to face Russia, Slovakia, Armenia in European Championships 2012 qualifying (IrishCentral)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:00:56 PST

By: SEAN O'SHEA

Following today’s draw for the qualifying stages, Ireland is in Group B of the European Championships. The country will play against Russia, Slovakia, FYR Macedonia, Armenia, and Andorra, according to RTE.