If it were windy in Spain but not in Ireland, current would flow in one direction.
In both countries, but particularly in Ireland, there has been savage devaluation of an internal sort - wages and livings standards of workers have been slashed to a far greater extent than in the UK, which has improved the competitiveness of their businesses.
But in Northern Ireland politics is seen as a zero-sum game: if one side gains, it stands to reason that the other must have lost.
This year, for instance, Actavis can expect to pay roughly 28 percent in corporate taxes, but by reincorporating in Ireland, its tax rate will drop to about 17 percent.
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You expect in North Korea, but not in Northern Ireland, that you would be banned from having an opposition and I think it's a shameful indictment of these institutions that they're so ordered.
But appearances in Northern Ireland, where politics are as much about posturing as policy, can be deceptive.
Ed served four years in the Army, including a tour in Northern Ireland, but left in 2002.
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Similar systems exist in Wales and Northern Ireland, but in Scotland personal care is provided free.
Koi Ireland, a society for keepers, has told Susan that thefts like this are unusual in Northern Ireland but pond robberies have become common in England.
The proportion of life spent in good health has increased in England and Wales, but fallen in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Tests are taken at the ages of 8 and 11 in Northern Ireland but are marked within schools and results are not published in "league tables".
The breakdown showed wide disparities across the UK, with unemployment falling in the North East and North West, but rising in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
GCSEs are taken by pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but students in Scotland take Standard Grades.
Each of these entities is registered in Ireland but managed by Apple employees in America.
Some flights have left Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, but airspace in Germany and Ireland remains restricted.
Will they assume leadership roles they would not have pursued but for their year in Ireland?
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However, it is understood he does not live in Ireland but has relatives in, and connections to, the area.
There is still a long way to go for cricket in Ireland but the sport these days is well-run and ambitious.
The Magpies led through Richard Dunne's spectacular own goal after 62 minutes, but Stephen Ireland stroked in a classy equaliser with five minutes remaining.
Lawyers for Barnes argued that the dog had never bitten anyone and had behaved well since being impounded, but in June, Northern Ireland's top court rejected a bid from Barnes to overturn the decision of two lower courts condemning Lennox to death.
Chief Supt Martin said three of the rockets, which he termed "explosively formed projectiles" had previously been seized in Northern Ireland recently, but this was the first in Derry.
That was seized on by the incoming education secretary, Michael Gove, who is abolishing the allowance in England (but not in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).
Paramilitary violence continues at a low level in Northern Ireland, but is being gradually displaced by the process of power-sharing politics, drawing in paramilitary figures who support ceasefires.
Guernsey made a number of changes in the second half but Northern Ireland doubled their lead through Martin Murray's second penalty, after Conor Rosato was again brought down in the area.
Around 1, 000 patients are set-up to do this in Northern Ireland but that figure will grow.
How the mighty would fall is the ultimate never-finished play, but his particularly tragic twists in Ireland.
The company once had the biggest market value in Ireland, but its shares are now trading nearly 80% off their 52-week high.
He was born in Londonderry in Northern Ireland but elected to switch to the Republic after representing the north at Under-16 level.
But in both London and Northern Ireland, the average first-time buyer property remains unaffordable for someone on average earnings in all local authority areas.
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