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Dancers from around the world show off at Irish Dancing Championships

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 Loknath DasAround, at, Championships, Dancers, Dancing, From, Irish, Off, show, The, World

Dancers from around the world will stomp the floorboards and leap into the air as they show off their best moves at Dublin’s World Irish Dancing Championships this week. The April 9-16 event draws some 5,000 performers from Ireland and overseas, including from both the Irish diaspora in places like the United States and Australia as well as less likely countries such as Russia and Japan. Contestants range in age from eight to 30, according to the organizers. Excitement was palpable backstage on Tuesday as performers warmed up for the…

EU Regulators Want More Info on Apple’s Irish Tax Deal

March 17, 2016 SrijitaApple's, Deal, EU, Info, Irish, More, On, Regulators, Tax, Want

European Union antitrust regulators have asked Ireland to provide further details on the country’s tax deal with Apple before deciding whether this constitutes illegal state aid to the iPhone maker. The European Commission, which has been investigating the Apple deal for more than two years, said on Wednesday that Irish authorities had not responded fully to an earlier query. “Ireland did not reply in full to the Commission’s last request for information, which is why the Commission has sent a reminder to Ireland to request the missing data,” Commission spokesman…