Matches are played in purpose-built arenas, with the capital cities of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland hosting the Cardiff Devils, Belfast Giants and Edinburgh Capitals before audiences of between 5, 000 to 8, 000 partisan fans.

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It is not the intention of European policy makers that capital controls would form part of resolving banks, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are all in the process of resolving banks with no capital controls.

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The affected volume was discovered upon arrival in the Australian capital on a flight from the Republic of Ireland.

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Mattias Ljungman of Atomico Ventures was in Ireland last October as part of an international tour by his venture capital firm seeking new investments in start-ups and early-stage businesses.

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For the first time, up to 8, 000 visitors from around the world were due to march in a "People's Parade" on Sunday, when Ireland's capital city also intends hold its usual procession of bands and pageantry.

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Bank of Ireland blamed the rising cost of providing these mortgages and new rules on the amount of capital it must hold in reserve.

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And uncertainty around Greece and their ability to pay their debts runs on -- in the capital markets -- on the debt that many of these southern European countries have been facing, as well as Ireland and Portugal.

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