MUM'S FLIGHT OF LOVE; Briege prepares to fight Romanian authorities to... 

The Mirror (London, England);  November 19, 2001 ; 787 words...bring the child back to Ireland for good. He said: Mihaela will return to Romania...Hughes is offering Mihaela in Ireland but I love Mihaela and would love to have...authorities, even if it means Mihaela going back to Ireland. But Elena said: If...

Change of heart means Mihaela can stay.(News) 

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  August 28, 2001 ; 344 words...been brought to Ireland for urgent medical...12 hours after Mihaela Porumbaru was taken...that I can keep Mihaela here is just fantastic...widowed, found Mihaela in an orphanage...to take her to Ireland for treatment and...adopt her. She said Mihaela needed to see a...she could stay ...

MIHAELA'S TEARS AS SHE GOES BACK HOME; Tug-of-love child returns to... 

The Mirror (London, England);  November 23, 2001 ; 420 words...Hughes, a tearful Mihaela initially said she wanted to return to Ireland. But Mrs Gherase...agreed to allow Mihaela to stay in Ireland for medical tests...Mrs Gherase said Mihaela's return was the...kept it for her. Mihaela has grown a lot...months she was in Ireland. She has ...

If this little girl goes back to Romania she'll die.. I can't allow that... 

The Mirror (London, England);  August 27, 2001 ; 593 words...social worker, who has brought Mihaela to Ireland several times, did not know...the first of four visits to Ireland. Mihaela stays with Briege and her...to get an assurance that Mihaela could remain in Ireland. He said: We need to put...

CHEERS MIHAELA; Family celebrates as orphan is told she can stay in... 

The Mirror (London, England);  August 28, 2001 ; 787 words...her in her adopted land. Mihaela's return ticket was dated...afterwards. The mix-up meant Mihaela was back in Dundalk two...would allow her to remain in Ireland. Shortly before 6pm the...Mary Hanafin to keep her in Ireland. Briege added: She has learned...because I had to part with Mihaela. ...

Didn't we feel good about rescuing poor little Mihaela?(Comment) 

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  September 14, 2001 ; 564 words...of four-year-old Mihaela Porumbaru, paralysed...waist down, touched Ireland earlier this month...A misprint in Mihaela's plane ticket meant she would stay in Ireland for another two...who accompanied Mihaela to Ireland, Alina Stancu...

Indoor Bowls: Clean sweep for Ireland.(Sport) 

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  March 27, 2000 ; Mills, Alex; 708 words... IRELAND swept the boards in the World short mat bowls championship...of a clean sweep. Nevertheless, it couldn't stop another Ireland final - with Campbell and McSloy taking the honours. The...though the Irish lost a count of five on the 12th end. Ireland were pipped for a place in the final by the English ...

Tears of joy flow as orphan can stay ; 'A miracle' as Mihaela re-united... 

Belfast Telegraph;  August 28, 2001 ; Staff Reporter; 385 words...authorities said little Mihaela Porumbaru could stay in Ireland with her foster...the family that Mihaela was in Ireland on a tourist visa...believed she was in Ireland on a medical visa...medical condition. Mihaela has no opportunity...

Red tape fiasco cost Mihaela a new life; BUNGLING BUREAUCRATS DIDN'T CHECK... 

The Mirror (London, England);  December 21, 2001 ; 606 words...a holiday in Ireland, she did not...Romania as planned. Mihaela remained instead...trafficked to Ireland by bogus legal...seekers. But Mihaela's case and those...available in Ireland. But it later emerged that Mihaela had been living...

CUSTODY ROW GIRL FINDS LOVING HOME; Mihaela will stay with her foster... 

The Mirror (London, England);  June 3, 2002 ; 307 words...a lucky child. Mihaela hit the headlines...when she came to Ireland for a two-week...to keep her in Ireland and to adopt her...later emerged that Mihaela, who was abandoned...misinformed to allow Mihaela to stay in Ireland for so long. She...

Shamrocks for a savvy shipmate Casey often spoke of Ireland's glory -- and... 

The Boston Globe;  November 15, 1998 ; Paul Langner, Globe Staff; 787 words... TRALEE, Ireland -- It was 40 years ago this spring in...Hawaii, that I had my first encounter with Ireland. A man who had never been there told me...legend under it. "Erin go Bragh" meant "Ireland forever" Casey said, and counseled me...

Ireland: Ireland and the World 

Countries of the World;  Embassy of Ireland, Washington DC; 787 words... 00-00-0000 Ireland and the World INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Ireland in its Constitution affirms its attachment to the ideal...morality. In line with the provisions of the Constitution Ireland' s foreign policy is based on a conviction that Ireland...

The Changing Face(s) of Ireland. 

Policy Studies Journal;  December 22, 2000 ; Crotty, William; 787 words... The Ireland of Old and the Ireland of Today Ireland is a study in contrasts, or so it might seem to those more familiar--or fascinated--with its past than its present. There is the Ireland of legend and song, the Ireland that produced W. B. Yeats...

Little birth-stay girl; PARTY FUN AS MIHAELA, 5, FIGHTS TO LIVE IN... 

The Mirror (London, England);  November 8, 2001 ; 512 words...the five-year-old back. If Mihaela returns to Romania she will...her again. Black-haired Mihaela was abandoned at birth and...was originally brought to Ireland for treatment, with the...back. Briege was told that Mihaela must return home until bosses...birthday gifts; PIECE OF CAKE; Mihaela ...

Secrets of the Celtic tiger: act two; Ireland achieved a stunning economic... 

Issues in Science and Technology;  June 22, 2005 ; Harris, William C.; 787 words... Ireland's brilliant catch-up strategy of the 1990s offers important...that want to build a modern technology-based economy. But Ireland is not growing complacent. It knows that a decade of steady...recruiting foreign investment hardly guarantees future results. Ireland is now supporting R & D activities ...