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[1/5] Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on stage during the Carthage Jazz Festival in Tunis April 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File PhotoDUBLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart-topping hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead. 'PROTEST SINGER'Sinead Marie Bernadette O'Connor was born in the affluent Dublin suburb of Glenageary on December 8, 1966. O'Connor converted to Islam in 2018 and changed her name to Shuhada Sadaqat, though continued to perform under the name Sinead O'Connor.

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CNN —Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, who became as well known for her remarkable music as her personal struggles, has died, according to RTE, Ireland’s public broadcaster. 1 in 1990, buoyed by the music video which featured O’Connor, with close-cropped hair and a dark turtleneck. In recent years, O’Connor was open about her struggle with addiction and mental health, and detailed her experience in her 2021 memoir “Rememberings.”Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor performing in Dublin in 2003. Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor at her home in County Wicklow, Republic Of Ireland in 2012. “Really sorry to hear of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor,” Varadkar wrote on Twitter.

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☆ Singer Sinead O'Connor dies aged 56, Irish media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sinead O'Connor on stage at the Olympic Ballroom, 04/03/1988 (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collecton). (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, known for topping the charts around the world with the 1990 song "Nothing Compares 2 U", has died at the age of 56, Irish national broadcaster RTE quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time," RTE quoted a statement from the singer's family as saying. Brash and outspoken — her shaved head, pained expression, and shapeless wardrobe a direct challenge to popular culture's long-prevailing notions of femininity and sexuality – O'Connor changed the image of women in music in the early 1990s.

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, NLI, Sinead, Brash, – O'Connor, Prince Organizations: Independent Newspapers, Independent News, Media, Irish, RTE, YouTube

☆ Sinead O’Connor, Evocative and Outspoken Singer, Is Dead at 56
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Joe Coscarelli | More About Joe Coscarelli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sinead O’Connor, the outspoken Irish singer-songwriter best known for her strong, evocative voice, as showcased on her biggest hit, a breathy rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” as well as for her political provocations onstage and off, has died. Her family announced the death in a statement, according to the BBC and the Irish public broadcaster RTE. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead,” the statement said. Recognizable by her wide eyes and shaved head, Ms. O’Connor released 10 studio albums, beginning with the alternative hit “The Lion and the Cobra” in 1987. 1 hit and MTV staple, won a Grammy Award for best alternative music performance — although Ms. O’Connor boycotted the ceremony, in 1991, citing what she called the show’s excessive commercialism.

Persons: Sinead O’Connor, Sinead, “, ”, O’Connor Organizations: BBC, Irish, RTE, MTV

[1/5] Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on stage during the Carthage Jazz Festival in Tunis April 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File PhotoDUBLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart topping hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family as saying on Wednesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead. However, it was track six on the follow-up album, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got", that catapulted O'Connor to global fame. O'Connor converted to Islam in 2018 and changed her name to Shuhada Sadaqat, though continued to perform under the name Sinead O'Connor.

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☆ Ireland confident Quinn will be fit for Canada World Cup clash
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Philip O'Connor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 24 (Reuters) - Ireland coach Vera Pauw said that she expects Louise Quinn to be fit for her side's World Cup Group B clash with Canada on Wednesday as the defensive lynchpin continues to recover from a knock picked up in their 1-0 defeat by Australia. The 33-year-old centre-back arrived in Perth wearing a protective boot on her left foot, and she began Monday's training session separate from the rest of the squad as Pauw prepared them for the clash with Canada. "We need to see how that goes, but we are confident she can play," Pauw told Ireland's RTE in an TV interview. "We were really hoping for this result and that's how it came out, so the group is open again and there's everything to play for," she said. Reporting by Philip O'Connor Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vera Pauw, Louise Quinn, Pauw, Ireland's, Philip O'Connor, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Canada, Australia, Ireland's RTE, Thomson Locations: Ireland, Perth, Australia, Nigeria

July 13 (Reuters) - High river temperatures that look set to restrict power output at two French nuclear plants that use river water to cool reactors may trigger increased fossil fuel-fired power output elsewhere due to Europe's extensive regional power trading. French power system in hot waterIn turn, any increased output from fossil fuel-fired power plants will likely lift regional power sector emissions, undermining regional efforts to accelerate cuts to all forms of industrial pollution. France is also Europe's second largest electricity generator behind Germany, producing roughly 470 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2022, compared to Germany's 582TWh, and 324TWh by Europe's third largest generator, the United Kingdom. France's high proportion of non-emitting nuclear power means that its power sector has by far the lowest carbon intensity of any major European economy, averaging around 85 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour of electricity produced. That compares to more than 385 grams in Germany, 257 in the United Kingdom, and 300 for Europe as a whole, Ember data shows.

Persons: Germany's 582TWh, Gavin Maguire, Jamie Freed Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, EDF, RTE, Reuters, Thomson Locations: France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Ember, Europe, Belgium, Luxembourg

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - The closure of the Tara zinc mine in Ireland tells you how far the price of the galvanising metal has fallen over the last year. The closure is unlikely to alleviate the immediate over-supply of zinc concentrates but it is a sharp reminder for the market that the zinc price is teetering on the edge of the mining production cost curve. LME zinc price, stocks and spreadsTARA'S PERFECT STORMTara Mines, based in County Meath, is "currently cash flow negative due to a combination of factors including operational challenges, a decline in the price of zinc, high energy prices and general cost inflation", Boliden said. "The zinc market seems to be very volatile at the moment," Nystrom said, which is an understatement given the scale of the price collapse over the last 15 months. But Tara's suspension is a wake-up call that after a year of worrying about smelters, zinc traders need to start worrying about zinc mines as well.

Persons: Tara, Boliden, Mines, Gunnar Nystrom, Ireland's, " Nystrom, Morgan Stanley, Barbara Lewis Organizations: London Metal Exchange, Ireland's RTE, Shanghai Metal Markets, Fastmarkets, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ireland, County Meath, Europe, China, Shanghai, London

☆ France braces for power demand surge driven by EVs, alternative fuels
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

To meet that goal, electricity is needed both to power the electric vehicles (EVs) and the battery plants automakers need to produce them. Over the decade to 2035, RTE projects an average of 350 TWh of nuclear power availability per year. Nuclear energy has typically supplied around 70% of France's supply and will remain dominant, but renewable supplies will also increase. New onshore wind and solar power are expected to dominate renewable growth until 2030. Offshore wind power is expected to overtake as the leading source of growth between 2030 and 2035.

Persons: Forrest Crellin, Barbara Lewis Organizations: RTE, European Union, Thomson Locations: France, Europe, Ukraine

☆ Party City is planning to close over 30 stores across the country — here's the full list
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Party City says it's closing over 30 stores after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Cartersville: Cartersville Crossing, 451 East Main St.IowaWaterloo: Crossroads Commons Shopping Center, 1415 Flammang Dr.IllinoisBradley: Bradley Commons, 2060 N. State Rte. 20Felch Street Shopping Center, 3050 Beeline Rd., Ste. L12East Hills Shopping Center, 3702 Frederick Ave., Ste. K2Five Points Shopping Center, 4101 Hwy.

☆ Where to watch Real Madrid vs. Man City live stream for free online from anywhere
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Brendan Griffiths | Senior Commerce Director | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Looking for the latest information on where to watch a Real Madrid vs. Man City live stream for free tonight? How to watch Real Madrid vs. Man City online from anywhereA VPN is the best way to get around geo-restrictions and is a viable option for today's game. Where to watch Real Madrid vs. Man City in CanadaSoccer fans in Canada will need to stump up some extra cash to enjoy a Champions League live stream of Real Madrid vs. Man City tonight, as DAZN Canada holds the local viewing rights. Real Madrid vs. Man City free live streamThere are several free options available today. How to watch Real Madrid vs. Man City with a VPNSign up for a VPN if you don't have one.

☆ Where's Trump? Not in either Manhattan courtrooms where his hush-money and rape cases awaited him Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Laura Italiano | Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump golfed in Ireland rather than attend two significant Manhattan court cases docketed Thursday. He continued to skip the E. Jean Carroll rape-defamation case now wrapping in federal court. "I will probably attend," he told reporters of the Carroll trial. When Irish reporters asked Trump why he wasn't attending his Manhattan civil trial, he responded, "Because we have a longstanding agreement to come here." When one reporter asked whether he was showing "disrespect" to the court, Trump walked away.

☆ Trump given until Sunday morning to change his mind about possible surprise testimony in E. Jean Carroll case
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump told reporters in Ireland that he'll 'probably' attend his Manhattan civil rape trial. A judge has given Trump until Sunday morning to change his mind and decide to take the stand. Trump won't be coming to court to testify, Tacopina told the judge. "A few minutes before I came into court this morning," Tacopina answered. "And I think it's a disgrace," Trump told reporters, "that it's allowed to happen, false accusations against a rich guy, or in my case against a famous, rich and political person."

☆ Britain hands Northern Ireland 'difficult decisions' in budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Britain set out a budget for Northern Ireland on Thursday that gave the region two years to repay an overspend from the last 12 months but warned "difficult decisions" will be needed with funding set to remain flat year-on-year. Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing government for over a year due to a dispute about post-Brexit trade rules, leaving Britain's minister for the region to set a budget and civil servants to make the subsequent spending decisions. "This will provide some protection to front line public services in Northern Ireland from having to take the most severe reductions. However, difficult decisions remain in order to live within the funding available," he said in a statement. "Any idea that putting in a punishing budget to Northern Ireland is going to bully the DUP to get back sooner is for the birds, absolute nonsense," DUP lawmaker Emma Little-Pengelly told national broadcaster RTE.

☆ Irish government staff advised to remove TikTok from work devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DUBLIN, April 21 (Reuters) - The state body responsible for advising the Irish government on cyber security recommended on Friday that staff at government departments and state agencies not use Chinese-owned video app TikTok on official devices. A number of Western countries including Britain, the U.S. and other European Union member states have barred TikTok over security concerns. The issue here rather is what we can’t rule out is happening," NCSC director Richard Browne told national broadcaster RTE. TikTok runs a number of its European operations from Dublin, including data privacy and protection. It announced last month that it would open a second data centre in Ireland and reduce the transfer of data outside of the EU.

☆ Where to watch Chelsea vs. Real Madrid live stream for free online
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Brendan Griffiths | Senior Commerce Director | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

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☆ Fact Check-Flag on Joe Biden’s limousine en route to Dublin Castle was Irish, not Italian
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In livestream footage uploaded by RTE News via Twitter, the orange of the Irish flag can be seen as the motorcade entered the Dublin Castle complex (timestamp: 30.51s) (here). A spokesperson for the White House also told Reuters that the flag on Biden’s limousine was Irish. A Reuters livestream shows an Irish flag attached to Biden’s vehicle earlier that day when the U.S. President visited Leinster House to address Irish politicians (timestamp: 15.21s and 15.36s) (bit.ly/3UDuSYf). Other photos captured throughout the visit taken in Ireland and showing an Irish flag attached to Biden’s vehicle can be seen on Reuters Pictures (here), (here). An Irish flag was attached to Biden’s vehicle in Dublin on April 13, not an Italian flag.

☆ Ryanair does not expect major disruption due to Boeing issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

DUBLIN, April 17 (Reuters) - Ryanair (RYA.I) does not expect to see major disruption this summer on account of Boeing's (BA.N) decision to halt deliveries of 737 MAX jets over quality issues, a senior executive told Irish broadcaster RTE on Monday. The Irish airline in a statement on Friday said it was assessing with Boeing how the issue, related to certain components made by one of the U.S. firm's main suppliers, would impact the 24 737 aircraft which are scheduled for delivery in the remainder of April, May and June. "We don’t anticipate any major disruption this summer," Eddie Wilson, the head the largest airline in the Ryanair Group, Ryanair DAC, told RTE television. Writing by Conor Humphries, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

BALLINA, Ireland, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday was set to wrap up his nostalgic three-day tour to Ireland, the longest ever by an U.S. leader, with a rally in the West of Ireland hometown of his great-great-great-grandfather. Biden started his tour on Wednesday in Belfast on a more serious note by urging political leaders there to restore their powersharing government. Biden will address a crowd in front of St Muredach's Cathedral, whose construction Blewitt was involved with in the 1820s. "It is a homecoming for him," said Joe Blewitt, a distant cousin of Biden's. Ahead of the visit the town was being decorated with U.S. flags, bunting and cardboard cutouts of Biden peering out of windows.

Ambassador to the United Kingdom Jane Hartley greet U.S. President Joe Biden next to Joe Kennedy upon Biden's arrival at RAF Aldergrove airbase in County Antrim, Northern Ireland April 11, 2023. Ahern said he knew from experience that "knocking heads together" did not usually work in Northern Ireland and that Biden should point out the obvious case that, in any democracy, institutions of parliament were essential. Biden will travel later on Wednesday to County Louth - midway between Belfast and Dublin - where his great-grandfather was born. Biden will meet relatives from another side of his family in the western county of Mayo on Friday. Writing by Padraic Halpin; Additional reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by Peter Graff and Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden heads to Northern Ireland at delicate political juncture
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Conor Humphries | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

BELFAST, April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast on Tuesday at a delicate political time in Northern Ireland as he helps mark the 25-year anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed there. Biden was expected to meet representatives from five Northern Irish parties in advance of his speech at Ulster University but was not planning to pressure them, a senior administration official said. Biden, who will float the possibility of closer investment ties between the U.S. and Northern Ireland to try to encourage an end to the impasse, clashed with the British government at times during the Brexit talks, drawing a rebuke from the DUP. Britain's MI5 intelligence agency recently increased the threat level in Northern Ireland from domestic terrorism to "severe" - meaning an attack is highly likely. "Since (Jonh F.) Kennedy there hasn't been as Irish American a president as Joe Biden and we're really looking forward to welcoming him home," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday.

☆ Irish PM seeks to restore Northern Ireland power-sharing within months
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DUBLIN, April 9 (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar pledged on Sunday to intensify efforts with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland and hopes to break the deadlock there in the next few months. London has said it will not renegotiate any part of its the new agreement. The latest suspension of the assembly is casting a shadow over Monday's 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Northern Ireland on Tuesday to mark the peace accord that ended three decades of bloodshed. Power-sharing has collapsed a number of times for different reasons since its introduction as part of the peace deal, each time being restored after long political talks.

☆ Ireland to consult public on military neutrality in wake of Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Padraic Halpin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The international security environment has changed significantly over the last year. "Ireland's commitment to a rules-based international order and our traditional policy of military neutrality do not inure us from the need to respond to this new reality." The forum will hear from security, defence and foreign policy experts, as well as political representatives, civil society, academics and other relevant bodies. Martin told national broadcaster RTE that there is "no preconceived outcome" to the discussions and that the government has no plans to change its policy of military neutrality. Critics say the policy, and the country's low level of spending on defence, leaves it dependent on the good will of allies.

☆ Bill Clinton says he feels 'terrible' for pushing a 1994 agreement with Russia that resulted in Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Azmi Haroun | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bill Clinton expressed regret for his role in a 1994 agreement between Russia, Ukraine and the US. The agreement saw Ukraine give up nuclear weapons left over from the fall of the Soviet Union. Clinton said that if Ukraine still had the weapons, Russia would not have invaded. "I feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons," Clinton said. "A great deal had to do with the risks of proliferation and the challenges of keeping nuclear weapons secure," Miles said.

MADRID/PARIS/STOCKHOLM, March 2 (Reuters) - France and Spain are poised to announce a breakthrough this week in a long-running impasse over hefty costs of what would be their first undersea electricity link, a minister and sources in both countries told Reuters. That was due to unforeseen seabed instability on the French side that required costly re-routing, and rising costs of raw materials. Spain is a growing producer of renewable energy that it exports to France and it wants its neighbour to pay most of the extra costs. That had led to disagreement amid wider tensions between them about pipeline connections and protectionism. Spanish sources said the go-ahead would likely mean that France, whose nuclear power industry has been beset by problems, finally agreed to pay more.

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