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Same-sex marriage is legalized in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
2021-09-23

U.S. fashion retailer Gap announces that it will be closing all of its 81 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company will continue to provide an online store for British and Irish customers.
2021-06-30

The city of Geneva, Switzerland, sets its minimum wage to CHF23 (US$25) per hour per the results of a September referendum, becoming the highest in the world.
2020-11-1

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Taiwan, making Taiwan the first nation in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage.
2019-05-24

Irish citizens vote in a referendum on the proposed Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 to repeal the 1983 Eighth Amendment constitutional ban on abortion by 66.4% to 33.6%.
2018-05-26

Apple Inc. and Ireland agree on an interim deal to put €13 billion in an escrow fund for the repayment of back taxes, starting early 2018. Still, both parties refute that the alleged "sweetheart" corporate tax deals were illegal. In 2016, the European Commission found that an unfair advantage of €13 billion is to be reimbursed.
2017-12-4

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair cancels 82 Sunday flights as the first step in a six-week program that will eliminate 40 to 50 flights daily to wipe out its crew vacation backlog in order to meet Irish Aviation Authority requirements by the end of this year.
2017-09-16

The counting of votes for yesterday's referendum occurs with the Republic of Ireland becoming the first country to adopt same sex marriage by referendum.
2015-05-23

Ireland becomes the first European nation to be allowed to export beef to the United States since the mad cow disease scare 15 years ago.
2015-01-5

Irish authorities release three of the seven Muslims they detained over an alleged plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. Vilks says he has not been put off the idea of visiting Ireland by the threat.
2010-03-12