Ireland in recent years has seen its GDP balloon for reasons unrelated to what its workforce is up to. The unexpected fortune stems not from oil, but from global tax-shifting. Big multinational firms have found this damp corner of Europe a good place to book profits made from their globe-spanning operations.

By Conor Humphries BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -Violence erupted in different parts of Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday, with masked youths starting a fire in a leisure centre but unrest in the primary flashpoint of Ballymena was notably smaller in scale.

Police in Northern Ireland say 17 officers were injured during a second night of anti-immigrant violence in the town of Ballymena.

Riot police were pelted with petrol bombs, masonry and fireworks and nine officers were wounded in the third night of unrest in Northern Ireland, police said on Thursday amid simmering

By Ben Makori LARNE, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -Masked youths in Northern Ireland on Wednesday set fire to a leisure centre that had been sheltering migrant families, but a third night of anti-immigrant violence was smaller in scale in the primary flashpoint of Ballymena.

The West Indies cricket team are back County Tyrone for the first time since their shock defeat to Ireland in 1969.

Demonstrators have pelted police with bricks, bottles and fireworks and set vehicles alight in the Northern Ireland town of Ballymena.

The new changes to Rent Pressure Zones announced this week have 'loopholes that can be abused' by unscrupulous landlords, one renter has said.

Running through the permutations for the final round of group games in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.