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From The Score Euro 2012

Hugo Viana called up by Portugal for Euro 2012

8 hours ago 147 Views No Comments

Braga midfielder rejoins the squad after five-year absence.

# portugal - Yesterday’s News

From The Score Old Buddy

Euro 2012: Ronaldo shocked by Ferdinand exclusion

Yesterday, 11:46 AM 331 Views No Comments

Ferdinand’s former teammate still rates the 33-year-old as England’s best centre half.

# portugal - Monday 21 May, 2012

From The Score Countdown This post contains videos

18 days to Euro 2012: England’s penalty woes

Mon, 2:40 PM 243 Views No Comments

What is it about them and shootouts?

# portugal - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

From The Score Controversial

Bento springs surprises in Portugal Euro 2012 squad

15/05/12 272 Views No Comments

The manager has chosen to omit Besiktas midfielder Manuel Fernandes from the travelling party.

# portugal - Thursday 10 May, 2012

From The Score Take A Bow This post contains videos

WATCH: Surfer breaks the World Record for largest wave ever ridden

10/05/12 610 Views 1 Comment

Garret McNamara’s achievement took place off the coast of Nazare, Portugal.

# portugal - Tuesday 8 May, 2012

From The Score Countdown This post contains videos

31 days to Euro 2012: Poborsky’s stunning lob sinks Portugal

08/05/12 369 Views No Comments

It was a piece of individual brilliance that led Manchester United to fork out £3.5m for the Czech midfielder.

# portugal - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

Madeleine

British police believe Madeleine McCann could still be alive

25/04/12 20,731 Views 93 Comments

Officers from the Metropolitan Police say they are looking to have the investigation into the girl’s disappearance nearly five years ago reopened. One detective said that they were working off the possibility that Madeleine could still be alive as a new age progression photo was released today.

# portugal - Friday 13 April, 2012

Fiscal Compact

Two down, 23 to go: Portugal second country to ratify Fiscal Compact

13/04/12 3,032 Views 9 Comments

Portugal’s parliament ratifies the treaty with a huge majority, following Greece in signing up to the new treaty.

# portugal - Monday 9 April, 2012

From The Score Getting Shirty

Open thread: which is your favourite kit at Euro 2012?

09/04/12 60,829 Views 22 Comments

We’ve got a soft spot for the Sweden away strip and Italy’s retro home jersey…

# portugal - Sunday 1 April, 2012

Unpaid Bills

Reilly defends Hogan’s ‘€4k of unpaid service charges on Portugal holiday home’

01/04/12 11,897 Views 173 Comments

Hogan owes over €4,000 in unpaid service charges on a holiday home in Portugal, the Sunday Independent reports today.

# portugal - Saturday 31 March, 2012

From The Score Two's Company This post contains videos

Country Club Chaos: Ronnie challenges Rafa to football-tennis battle

31/03/12 672 Views No Comments

Wonder what the starched, white-clad members thought when Cristiano unveiled his new take on the traditional tennis shoe

# portugal - Thursday 29 March, 2012

From The Score Road To Poland

‘Richard is as brave as a lion. If he was only 80%, I’d bring him’ – McGrath

29/03/12 778 Views 1 Comment

One Irish defensive hero has been emphasising the importance of having another at the European championships this summer.

# portugal - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

From The Score Minute-by-Minute

As it happened: Benfica v Chelsea, Champions League

27/03/12 4,361 Views 3 Comments

We went kick by kick as Roberto Di Matteo brought his side to Lisbon for what was an intriguing Champions League quarter-final.

# portugal - Friday 16 March, 2012

From The Score March On Munich

‘It doesn’t matter who you get’ says Chelsea chief after Euro draw

16/03/12 267 Views No Comments

Ron Gourlay wouldn’t have thought that if the Blues has drawn Barca and not Benfica this morning.

# portugal - Friday 24 February, 2012

From The Score Real Deal

‘You never know, my friend’ – Ronaldo doesn’t rule out Manchester United return

24/02/12 876 Views 4 Comments

He hasn’t gone away you know.

# portugal - Thursday 16 February, 2012

From The Score Liveblog

As it happened: Porto v Manchester City, Europa League

16/02/12 6,744 Views 3 Comments

Thursday nights, Channel 5 etc. Exciting.

# portugal - Monday 6 February, 2012

From The Score Take A Bow This post contains videos

WATCH: Ex-Newcastle midfielder Hugo Viana scores from his own half

06/02/12 419 Views No Comments

The Portuguese international scored a sublime effort over the weekend.

# portugal - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

Portugal

Protesters gather after Portuguese president bemoans €120k pension

31/01/12 2,260 Views 15 Comments

Protesters gathered outside the president’s residence in Lisbon this week to ironically donate small change after he said he would struggle to live on €10,000 a month.

# portugal - Sunday 29 January, 2012

Family History

Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy

29/01/12 4,192 Views 8 Comments

Researchers say the discovery in the 2,200-year-old mummy is the second oldest known case of prostate cancer.

# portugal - Tuesday 17 January, 2012

From Business ETC Portugal

Bailed-out Portugal unveils labour reforms

17/01/12 1,616 Views 5 Comments

Outdated labour practices were among the factors blamed for a decade of slender growth and mounting debts that compelled Portugal to take a €78 billion financial rescue package last year.

# portugal - Thursday 29 December, 2011

From Business ETC Review 2011 This post contains images

Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario – 2011: the year in money

29/12/11 1,301 Views 5 Comments

2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.

# portugal - Saturday 10 December, 2011

Eurozone

Irish remain generally positive towards the euro – CNN poll

10/12/11 2,287 Views 27 Comments

The poll carried out this week found that over half of Irish people believed it had been a good move for Ireland to join the euro.

# portugal - Tuesday 6 December, 2011

McCann

Britain’s Madeleine McCann review team travels to Spain

06/12/11 2,578 Views 2 Comments

Detectives investigating McCann’s disappearance four years ago met with Spanish authorities recently following reports the child was taken to Barcelona.

# portugal - Thursday 1 December, 2011

From The Score Luck Of The Draw

Counting chickens: here’s all you need to know about Ireland’s 12 potential Euro 2012 opponents

01/12/11 4,077 Views 14 Comments

Who can Ireland get in tomorrow’s draw? How will they fare if they do get them? Find out in our brief review of each team that we may or may not face.

# portugal - Thursday 17 November, 2011

Fugitive

Portugal court refuses to send US fugitive home

17/11/11 3,385 Views 9 Comments

The US fugitive, discovered in a sleepy Portuguese hamlet after 41 years, will not be extradited by the country after a judge ruled that the statute of limitations for his crime has expired.

# portugal - Tuesday 15 November, 2011

From The Score Meanwhile...

Here’s what happened in the other qualifiers tonight…

15/11/11 451 Views No Comments

The Portugal, the Czech Republic and Croatia join European giants like Ireland in the finals after tonight’s action.

From The Score Crunch Time

The Finals countdown: how the other ties are shaping up

15/11/11 290 Views No Comments

While we’re all busy gloating about Ireland’s imminent qualification, six other European countries are experiencing varying degrees of anxiety about their Euro 2012 fate.

# portugal - Friday 11 November, 2011

From The Score Game On

Crunch time: here’s everything you need to know about the OTHER Euro 2012 play-offs

11/11/11 181 Views No Comments

There’s a few games besides the one in Tallinn tonight you know? Here’s our verdict.

# portugal - Wednesday 9 November, 2011

From The Daily Edge Ride The Wave This post contains videos

WATCH: Surfer rides amazing 90 foot wave – a new world record?

09/11/11 818 Views No Comments

Hawaiian Garrett McNamara rode the mammoth wave in Portugal yesterday.

# portugal - Friday 14 October, 2011

From The Score COYBIG This post contains videos

Mission possible: 3 ways for Ireland to safely negotiate the play-offs

14/10/11 456 Views 1 Comment

How Trap’s men can overcome the one team lying between them and Euro 2012 qualification.

# portugal - Wednesday 12 October, 2011

From The Score Eastbound And Down

Confirmed: Ireland seeded in Euro 2012 playoffs

12/10/11 949 Views 7 Comments

UEFA do the paperwork and put to bed any niggling doubts: the Boys in Green are in the top pool for tomorrow’s draw.

# portugal - Friday 7 October, 2011

From The Score Qualified Success

Euro 2012 state of play: who needs what

07/10/11 452 Views No Comments

With two match rounds left, there’s still an awful lot to play for in all of the Euro 2012 qualifying groups. Miguel Delaney looks through the pools to outline who needs what

From Business ETC Downgrade

UK and Portuguese banks downgraded by Moody’s

07/10/11 414 Views 14 Comments

Twelve banks in the UK and nine in Portugal have been downgraded after Moody’s reassessed the financial institutions’ support environment.

# portugal - Monday 3 October, 2011

Fugitive

US fugitive’s wife thought jail break story was ‘just a boast’

03/10/11 637 Views No Comments

The wife of a convicted murderer wanted after escaping from a US prison and for allegedly hijacking a plane says she never quite believed he had broken out of prison.

# portugal - Wednesday 28 September, 2011

Caught This post contains videos

Fugitive plane hijacker George Wright traced to picturesque Portuguese village

28/09/11 546 Views 1 Comment

The former Black Liberation Army member who hijacked a Delta Airlines flight in 1972 had been on the run for nearly 40 years. He was found living a seemingly idyllic lifestyle in Portugal

Fugitive

US fugitive discovered in Portugal hamlet

28/09/11 381 Views 3 Comments

An America fugitive who carried out one of the most high-profile and brazen hijackings in US history has been discovered living in a idyllic Portugese hamlet – 30 years after he absconded.

# portugal - Tuesday 13 September, 2011

From Business ETC Portugal

IMF review: Portugal set for next part of bailout funding

13/09/11 140 Views 3 Comments

The IMF says Portugal is on track to meet its end-of-August targets under its €78 billion bailout programme.

# portugal - Wednesday 7 September, 2011

From Business ETC Bailout Case

German court to rule on legality of Greek bailout

07/09/11 199 Views No Comments

A bailout was later agreed for Ireland and Portugal but was it legal under German and EU law? A court decides today.

# portugal - Tuesday 6 September, 2011

Portugal 06/09/11

FOUR IRISH WOMEN on holidays in Portugal are receiving consular assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs after being robbed early yesterday morning. It is understood money, passports and phones were stolen from the women, who are staying in the popular Algarve region. No physical injuries were reported in the incident and it is understood the women will stay on to finish their trip.

# portugal - Friday 5 August, 2011

From Business ETC Markets

US jobs news – and ECB intervention – puts brakes on stock market crash

05/08/11 464 Views 5 Comments

The Dow Jones and the Nasdaq are in positive territory as European markets managed to reverse some of their earlier losses.

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A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

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