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In order to finance their armed campaigns during the Troubles (1969–1998), both Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitaries engaged in numerous fundraising activities within Ireland and the United Kingdom, such as bank robbery, extortion, drug trafficking, bootleg recording, racketeering, and legitimate businesses such as social clubs, taxi companies, and retail shops.
In 1984 An IRA arms shipment is seized on the fishing boat Marita Ann by the Irish Navy. Men jailed in the US and Ireland. Seven tons of arms, ammunition and explosives procured by the Winter Hill Gang in Boston, US. In 1985 The FBI foils another IRA bid to buy small arms in Colorado. An Irishman is deported.
Fairtrade Ireland is the Irish member of FLO International, which unites 23 Fairtrade producer and labelling initiatives across Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand . The organisation, which is registered as a charity, awards a consumer label, the Fairtrade Certification Mark, to products which meet ...
The Irish National Land League ( Irish: Conradh na Talún ), also known as the Land League, was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which organised tenant farmers in their resistance to exactions of landowners. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on.
It was the first anime style commercial film ever aired in the UK and Ireland. Sponsorship. Murphy's Irish Stout is the main sponsor of the Cork Athletic Union League, an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from County Cork. They were also the title sponsor of the Irish Open golf tournament from 1994 to 2002.
Tayto Snacks is a crisps and popcorn manufacturer in Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy in May 1954 [1] [2] and owned by German snack food company Intersnack. [3] It owns several brands, including its leading product of Tayto Crisps for which it invented the first flavoured crisp production process. [4] The first seasoned crisps produced were ...
The Caffrey brewing family first brewed beer in Dublin in the late 18th century, about thirty years after the Guinness Brewery was founded. They too sited their brewery on the River Liffey, a few hundred yards east of the Guinness site. Caffrey's Irish Ale was re-launched in 1994 and marketed as a beer which combined features from other types ...
Anglo Irish Bank Sean Quinn Companies Act Nationalisation Banking Supreme Court Contract. Quinn v Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Ltd (In Special Liquidation) & ors [2015] IESC 29, [1] [2016] 1 IR 1 is a reported Irish Supreme Court case decision. This case involved businessman Sean Quinn and his Family in their dealings with Anglo Irish Bank ...