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            <title><![CDATA[What Happens Next After Irish Election Deadlock: Guide]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bankers No Longer Embarrassed to Work at AIB, CEO Byrne Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:32:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AIB Profit Soars as Irish Election Weighs on State Share Sale]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 08:50:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish PM Kenny Fights for Political Survival]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Enda Kenny, Ireland&apos;s prime minister, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 45th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 21-24. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg  *** Local Caption *** Enda Kenny</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Happens Next After Irish Election Deadlock: Guide]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:18:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish Politicians Start Coalition Dance as Moody's Watches on]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish Bonds May Fall as Election Produces No Clear Winner]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish Grand Alliance Sparring Begins as Kenny to Win Most Seats]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, Fine Gael party leader, talks to the media at the vote count for the general election in Castlebar, in Ireland, on February 27, 2016. Voters punished Ireland&apos;s coalition government and boosted smaller parties in the first election since emerging from a bailout programme, exit polls showed the prospect of weeks of uncertainty in the eurozone country. / AFP / PAUL FAITH        (Photo credit should read PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biggest Irish Parties Signal Ready for First Grand Coalition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 23:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny (Centre Back Facing) addresses the media after voting at the St Anthony&apos;s Primary School in Castlebar, western Ireland, on February 26, 2016, during a general election.Voting got under way in Ireland on Friday in an election which could see it become the latest eurozone country to face political instability as anger against hardship and austerity erodes support for traditional parties. / AFP / PAUL FAITH        (Photo credit should read PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[RBS Irish Unit to Start Returning Capital to Parent This Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:25:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland's Bond Market Darling Faces Election-Day Judgment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Enda Kenny opens Credit Suisse trading floor in Dublin. Photographer: Robbie Reynolds/Credit Suisse</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland Heads to First Election After Bailout Exit: Guide]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Irish voters go to the polls on Friday, choosing who will run the country for the first time since exiting an international bailout in 2013. Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who leads the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government, is seeking to become the 1st leader of his party to win a second consecutive term.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:22:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Bank Collapse Shines Light on Risks in Irish Shadows]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland Sees Dividend Next Year as 2015 Profit Soars]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish Bankers Remain Target for Politicians Before Election]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish Coalition Faces Losses as Kenny Regrets `Whingers' Remark]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2016 14:47:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland May Be Heading for Grand Coalition, Alan Dukes Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Irish Sells 10-Year Bond at Record-Low Yield as Election Nears]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:57:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Murder, AK-47s and Drug Wars: Irish Election Just Livened Up]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland's Kenny to Fall `Well Short' of Majority, Cantor Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
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