• "It is common practice across Northern Ireland and Great Britain and across the world, we're not asking for special treatment, " he said.

    BBC: Belfast council committee votes to take down Union flag

  • "Rory is in a very, very difficult position and it's a rather unique position because he has played for Ireland and played for Great Britain and Ireland and he has similar allegiances to both, and that's not a normal thing when you consider other countries, " she said.

    BBC: Rory McIlroy

  • "I played golf for Ireland and I played for Great Britain and Ireland, so I've walked out to the Irish national anthem and stood under the Irish flag and I've walked out to the British national anthem and stood under the Union Jack, " she said.

    BBC: Rory McIlroy

  • Adjacent to the white border at the left of the stamp is the coastline of North America, with the words "New York" jutting out into the Atlantic, and adjacent to the border at the right the coastlines of Ireland, Great Britain, and France, with the word "Paris" at the end of a dotted arc that charts the flight path between the two cities.

    NPR: Roth Rewrites History with a 'Plot Against America'

  • Sorenstam is the first woman to win the award since Alison Nicholas in 1997 and the first ever from outside Great Britain and Ireland apart from the Solheim Cup team in 1992.

    BBC: Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam of women's majors

  • The researchers from the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland say their preliminary findings, published in the journal Anaesthesia, should be reassuring for patients.

    BBC: Consciousness during general anaesthesia 'is rare'

  • The photos displayed on ScenicOrNot are sourced from images submitted to Geograph.org.uk a site that collects user generated, geographically representative, photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland.

    BBC: Hunt begins for most scenic spots

  • President Obama and the First Lady will welcome Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and his wife, Samantha Cameron, to the White House for an Official Visit with a State Dinner on March 13-14, 2012.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • In 1902, Edward VII was crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey.

    CNN: Sunday,

  • In Great Britain and Ireland, Stableford accounts for roughly 40% of handicap rounds, and is growing.

    WSJ: Golf Journal: Does the Handicap System Need a Makeover?

  • In 1801, the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland became effective, creating the United Kingdom.

    CNN: Thursday,

  • Loucks, 18, won all three of her matches for the Great Britain and Ireland team in this year's Curtis Cup.

    BBC: Calzaghe scoops BBC Wales honour

  • America will take on Great Britain and Ireland at Royal Aberdeen in the international amateur contest which takes places every two years.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | North East/N Isles | New drive to put golf on the map

  • The 18-year-old did the running repairs himself with a paintbrush to change the offending McILrory on his otherwise impressive Great Britain and Ireland bag.

    BBC: McIlroy magnetism

  • Patient safety could be at risk because senior doctors are working too long, according to a survey from the Association of Surgeons in Great Britain and Ireland.

    BBC: Risk from overworked surgeons

  • Ireland's John Joe Nevin and Great Britain's Luke Campbell will battle for the gold in the bantam 56-kilogram event Saturday night after winning through their respective semifinals.

    CNN: August 10, 2012 -- Updated 2336 GMT (0736 HKT)

  • Ms Madill added that qualifying to play for Great Britain and Ireland was viewed as the "next step" to success because more players were involved in the competitions.

    BBC: Rory McIlroy

  • Until 1977, the Ryder Cup had always been Great Britain and Ireland against the U.S. Ballesteros helped change that, an exciting Spanish talent who challenged golf's long-established world order.

    CNN: Ryder Cup revolutionaries: Seve and Ollie

  • One advantage of the system used in Great Britain and Ireland is that using only occasional rounds for handicapping liberates golfers there to speed through the rest of their matches.

    WSJ: Golf Journal: Does the Handicap System Need a Makeover?

  • The Intensive Care Society, PICS, the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine say there is no single solution to the problem, but make a number of recommendations.

    BBC: Shortage of critical care paediatric beds, doctors warn

  • Boulden, 15, of Llandudno, has risen through the ranks of the Welsh Girls squad and was included in the full Welsh ladies squad for the first time in 2008, also earning selection for the Great Britain and Ireland squad.

    BBC: Williams awarded BBC Wales crown

  • The Welsh contingent in the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team was completed by 400m runner Faye Harding and pole vaulter Paul Walker.

    BBC: SPORT | Athletics | Greene races to Euro hurdles win

  • In his absence, the 32-strong Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for Paris includes Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers and Joel Fearon for the men's 60m sprint.

    BBC: Injured Mark Lewis-Francis facing up to two months out

  • According to the Forestry Commission, outbreaks of the disease, caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea, have been found at 427 sites in across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    BBC: Government to plant 250,000 trees to beat ash dieback

  • It was in 1922 that 26 counties of Ireland gained independence from London following negotiations which led to the other six counties, part of the province of Ulster, remaining in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    BBC: Ireland profile

  • With Cillian Murphy as a refined young rebel who wants complete separation from Great Britain and a socialist revolution in Ireland, and Padraic Delaney as his rough-hewn brother, who is willing to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

    NEWYORKER: The Wind That Shakes the Barley

  • Couple this with the 70, 000 women in Northern Ireland who have travelled to Great Britain since 1967 for terminations and it is very easy to see that new legislation is needed.

    BBC: Irish abortion ban 'violated woman's rights'

  • Sennheiser employs more than 2, 100 people worldwide, and has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA. The company is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries.

    ENGADGET: Sennheiser's Momentum headphones are back in black at CES

  • His colleague Joan O'Hara said it had found that Northern Ireland had more people "further from the workplace" than the rest of Great Britain and this presented "a greater challenge when implementing universal credit".

    BBC: Social Development Committee

  • The Great Britain football team will potentially also feature players from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- though those nations have not supported the concept as they fear it may hurt their independent status.

    CNN: Beckham wants to play at 2012 Olympics

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