Three families, the Ryans, the Fitzgeralds, and the Cullens, sometimes called the Irish Mafia, helped develop the town, especially in the postwar era.

NEWYORKER: Fussbudget

Some hardliners, especially in the European Parliament, accused Irish voters of ingratitude after years of EU subsidies.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

And I would see lots of different Irish musicians all around the world, especially in Europe, isolated in different orchestras.

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Because the government knows that 25 percent of all cigarettes in Ireland are smuggled in already and cannot stop this classic expression of Irish anarchy, especially if it keeps adding profit potential for entrepreneurs of the streets.

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If anything that I or the United States was able to do was helpful -- especially because of our historic ties to Great Britain and because of the enormous number of Irish Americans we have and the feeling we have for the Irish and their troubles -- then, I'm very grateful.

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The Irish News editorial has been seen as a shift in tone for the newspaper, especially coming on a day when the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Belfast trying for political progress.

BBC: Policing: newspaper's call to nationalists

The cast is honored by the presence of Benicio Del Toro, first seen in the garb of a Hasidic Jew, and especially by Brad Pitt, who plays what is rumored to be an Irish Gypsy, although no one, least of all the other characters, can decipher what he has to say.

NEWYORKER: Snatch