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...under the law. If convicted, he could face expulsion, a long prison term or even the death penalty. RESIGNATION RESCINDED. By MARY ROBINSON, 56, human rights chief of the United Nations, bowing to pressure from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan; in Nairobi, Kenya. Robinson, an outspoken former President of Ireland, said she would stay an extra 12 months despite a lack of funds that prompted her to step down...
Over 2,000 workers in Guinness’s Ireland plants plan to strike this Thursday for an undetermined amount of time. The motivation for the strike is the impending closure of the plant in Dundalk, Co Louth; according to union leaders, the closure of one of the company’s oldest plants will leave 147 people without jobs. If production halts, the supplies of stout and other brews made by the company are expected to run out by the end of April...
Across the Atlantic, I found many that shared my affinity. In Ireland, I learned that there is an art to ordering, to pouring, to drinking, to counting the rings of foam on the inside of the glass. Guinness isn’t just a beer any more than Harvard is just a university; it has become a cultural icon. On any given night, in any given pub with any given selection of brews, more than half the people over 18 had a pint of the black stuff in front of them and foam on their upper...
...labor strike goes long enough, the face of the Irish pub could be totally transformed. Sales of stout in Ireland have dropped slightly in the last year (according to U.S. News and World Report), a change that could be attributed to a growing population of successful young adults who scorn the old-school brew. In the pubs I visited during my trip there, the glasses of younger people did have a noticeably lighter hue, and the popularity of Budweiser in this legendary land of ale made me shudder...
...recent strike actions in Ireland (including teachers and Aer Lingus employees), this one is gaining the most international attention. Seven months of talks between trade unions and plant owners have been fruitless, and suddenly a local plant closing is not the only thing at stake in this conversation. Guinness and Ireland are inextricably linked, and the idea of pubs without homegrown stout could mean a serious blow to national identity...