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Loarre Castle Loarre Castle is a Romanesque fortress in Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. It commands a magnificent situation in the foothills of the Pyrenees overlooking the vast plains of Sotonera south to Huesca and beyond.
Loasaceae The Loasaceae is a family of 15-20 genera and about 200-260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. The family comprises annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.
Loathly lady The loathly lady is a common literary device used in medieval literature, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale. The motif was prominent in Celtic mythology, where the lady often represented the sovereignty of the land.
LoĂ­smo LoĂ­smo and its female counterpart laĂ­smo is a feature of certain dialects of Spanish consisting of the use of the pronouns lo or la (which are normally used for direct objects) in place of the pronoun le (which is used for indirect objects). LoĂ­smo and laĂ­smo are common in Castile.
LoĂ­za, Puerto Rico LoĂ­za (loo-EE-zah) is a small town and municipality (municipio) in the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico, north of CanĂłvanas; east of Carolina; and west of RĂ­o Grande. LoĂ­za is spread over 5 wards and LoĂ­za Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
LoĂŻc Le Meur LoĂŻc Le Meur (born 14 July 1972) is a French blogger and an executive with blogging software company Six Apart, where he heads the company's European unit. He previously founded his own blogging software company that was purchased by Six Apart.
LoĂŻc Leferme LoĂŻc Leferme (born 28 August1970, France) is a French diver, who was the world free diving record holder until October 2, 2005, when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch. In 2002, he set the world free diving record without any breathing apparatus at 162 meters in 2002.
Loève Prize The Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability (Loève Prize) was created in 1992 in honor of Michel Loève by his widow Line. The prize, awarded every two years, is intended to recognize outstanding contributions by researchers in mathematical probability who are under 45 years old.
Lob wedge A Lob Wedge is a high lofted golf club with a loft of between 58 and 68 degrees, and is the most lofted club in a golfer's bag. The Lob Wedge can be used from the fairway, the rough, or from bunkers; whenever the player needs to hit the ball high and or stop the ball quickly on the green.
Lobachevsky Medal Lobachevsky Medal (Lobachevsky International Prize) is a medal awarded by Kazan University in honor of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, who was a professor there. The medal was established in 1896 and first awarded in 1897.
Lobal Orning Lobal Orning is the name of a record and book store located in Topanga, California, in the United States. Focusing on "artists and authors that other shops rarely stock due to mainstream demands," it is owned and run by Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and his wife Shelee.
Lobamba Lobamba is the traditional and legislative capital of Swaziland, seat of the Parliament and residence of the Queen Mother. It is located in the west of the country, in the Ezulwini valley, 16 km from Mbabane, in the district of Hhohho.
Lobaria Lobaria is a genus of lichens commonly known as "lungwort" or "lung moss" because their physical shape somewhat resembles a lung. Lobaria species are unusual in that they have a three-part symbiosis, containing a fungus, an alga and a cyanobacterium, the presence of the cyanobacterium allowing nitrogen fixation.
Lobata District Lobata is a district of São Tomé Province. Out of the seven districts that make up the equatorial Atlantic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, it is third largest in terms of population with approximately 16,500 residents and covers approximately 105 square kilometers.
Lobatse, Botswana Lobatse is a town in South-Eastern Botswana, sixty-five kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, pleasantly situated in a range of hills. Lobatse has a population of some 29,700 (Central Statistics Office, 2002) and The High Court of Botswana is situated there.
Lobby Loyde Lobby Loyde (born John Baslington Lyde, May 18, 1941) is an acclaimed Australian rock guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was a leading figure in the 1970s Australian Pub Rock scene, particularly as a member of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and his own group the Coloured Balls.
Lobbying in the United States Lobbying in the United States targets the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures. They may also represent their clients' or organizations' interests in dealings with federal, state, or local executive branch agencies or the courts.
Lobe (anatomy) In anatomy, a lobe is a clear anatomical division or extension which can be determined without the use of a microscope (at the gross anatomy level.) This is in contrast to a lobule, which is a clear division only visible histologically.
Lobe (band) Lobe is an Edinburgh based musician on Colin Newman & Malka Spigel's swim ~ label. He is notable in that despite not having released a record since 1999 his music continues to be used in quite high profile places.
Lobe pump Lobe pumps are used in a variety of industries including pulp and paper, chemical, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology. They are popular in these diverse industries because they offer superb sanitary qualities, high efficiency, reliability, corrosion resistance and good clean-in-place and service-in-place (CIP/SIP) characteristics.
Lobe switching Lobe switching is a method used on early radar sets to improve tracking accuracy. It used two slightly separated antenna elements to send the beam slightly to either side of the midline of the antenna, switching between the two to find which one gave the stronger return, thereby indicating which direction the antenna should be moved in order to point directly at the target.
Lobedu language Lobedu (also Lovedu or Selobedu) is a Bantu language regarded as a dialect of Northern Sotho (Sepedi). It exists only in an unwritten form and the standard Northern Sotho language and orthography is usually used for teaching and writing by this language community.
Lobelia Lobelia (also known as Indian Tobacco, Asthma Weed, Pukeweed, or Vomitwort) is a genus in the family Campanulaceae, comprising some 200 species, some of which are cultivated in gardens. These include Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower or Indian Pink), Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia), Lobelia fulgens and Lobelia erinus, as well as some hybrids.
Lobero Theatre The Lobero Theatre, founded by José Lobero, is a historic building in Santa Barbara, California, and the first theater to be built in California. It is at the corner of Anacapa and Canon Perdido Streets, less than a block away from the historic Presidio of Santa Barbara.
Lobes of the brain The lobes of the brain where originally a purely anatomical classification, but has been shown to also be related to different brain functions. The telencephalon, the largest portion of the human brain, is divided into lobes but so is also the cerebellum.
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen ("Praise God in his kingdoms," also known as the "Ascension Oratorio", BWV 11) is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was probably composed in 1735, with text presumably by Picander.
Lobethal, South Australia Lobethal (pronounced ; location: ; postcode 5241) is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area, and is nestled on the banks of a creek between the hills and up the sides of the valley.
Lobh Lobh is a Gurmukhi word which translates in English to greed. A strong desire for worldly possessions and a constant focus on possessing material items, especially the urge to possess what rightfully belongs to others.
Lobito Lobito is a city and a municipality of the province of Benguela, in Angola. It dates from 1905 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of the Benguela railway to the far interior, passing through Lua to Katanga.
Lobkowicz The Lobkowicz (also spelled Lobkowitz or Lobkovic) family is one of the oldest still existing Bohemian noble families dating back to the 14th century. First Lobkowiczs were mentioned as members of the gentry of north-eastern Bohemia.
Loblaw Companies Loblaw Companies Limited () is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,690 supermarkets operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws. Headquartered in Brampton, it is Canada's largest retailer with sales of more than $23 billion Canadian in 2002.
Loblaws Loblaws is a supermarket chain of 68 stores, headquartered in Brampton (recently relocated from Toronto), with stores across Ontario and Quebec. Loblaws is a division of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor.
Loblolly Stable Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn. The stable won the 1980 Belmont Stakes with Temperence Hill and had back-to-back wins in the Preakness Stakes in 1992 & 1993 with Pine Bluff and Prairie Bayou respectively.
Lobo (musician) Lobo (born Roland Kent Lavoie, July 31, 1943 in Tallahassee, Florida), is a singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo," "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend." Lobo's songs have been characterised by their sweet melodies, sumptuous instrumentation and soulful lyrics.
Lobo's disease Lobo's disease, also known as lobomycosis or lacaziosis, is a blastomycosis, a fungal infection of the skin caused by Lacazia loboi (formerly named Loboa loboi), and discovered by Brazil dermatologist Jorge Lobo. Other names which were given to the disease are: keloidal blastomycosis, Amazonian blastomycosis, blastomycoid granuloma, miraip and piraip.
Lobolo Lobolo or Lobola (Mahadi in Sesotho; sometimes translated as Bride-price) is a traditional southern African dowry custom whereby the man pays the family of his fiance for her hand in marriage. The custom is aimed at bringing the two families together, fostering mutual respect, and indicating that the man is capable of supporting his wife financially and emotionally.
Lobopodia Lobopodia are a collection of poorly understood animals from the Early Cambrian -- the beginning of well fossilized animal life. They include animals that are segmented, have (or might have) legs, and do not fit easily into the phylum arthropoda.
Lobos de Arecibo Lobos de Arecibo () are a professional baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, based in Arecibo. The Lobos won the 1983 national baseball championship and the 1983 Caribbean World Series, the only time the franchise won both titles.
Lobotomizer Lobotomizer is the debut album of the Norwegian band Motorpsycho, released in 1991. The album has a raw sound and style (mostly heavy metal and grunge)> However, it has been called the band's weakest record.
Lobotomy A lobotomy (Greek: lobos: Lobe of brain, tomos: "section") is a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy (from Greek leukos: clear or white and tomos meaning "section"). It consists of cutting the connections to and from, or simply destroying, the prefrontal cortex.
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen () (1570–1662) was the fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet and the first to be accorded this title during his lifetime. He was a close ally of the 5th Dalai Lama, Lozang Gyatso, called "the Great".
Lobsang Rampa Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, born Cyril Henry Hoskin (8 April 1910 – 25 January 1981), was a British writer who claimed that his body had been taken over by the spirit of a deceased Tibetan lama. The name Tuesday relates to a claim in one of his books that all upper-class Tibetans were named after the day on which they were born.
Lobster Ă  la Riseholme Lobster Ă  la Riseholme (pronounced "Rizum") was a famed (ultimately infamous) gastronomic dish served by Lucia (Mrs Emmeline Lucas) in two of the "Mapp and Lucia" novels of E F Benson (1867-1940).
Lobster Boy William Kofmehl III, also known as Lobster Boy or Lobster Man, was a student of Carnegie Mellon University who created a controversial piece of performance art. He lived in a building of his own construction, in a lobster suit, and under a vow of silence for several months in early 2002.
Lobster Newberg Lobster Newberg is a seafood dish made from lobster, butter, cream, cognac, sherry,These ingredients have largely replaced the original Madeira, which is too sweet for the modern taste for "dryness". eggs and Cayenne pepper.
Lobster roll A lobster roll is a kind of sandwich filled with lobster meat. A traditional lobster roll contains the freshly-cooked meat of a one-pound lobster, tossed with mayonnaise and served on a grilled hot dog bun or similar roll, served so that the opening is on the top rather than on the side.
Lobster trap (finance) A lobster trap is an anti-takeover strategy used by target firms. In a lobster trap, the target firm issues a charter that prevents individuals with more than 10% ownership of convertible securities (includes convertible bonds, convertible preferred stock, and warrants) from transferring these securities to voting stock.
Lobster Telephone Lobster Telephone is a surrealist object, by Salvador DalĂ­ in 1936. DalĂ­ wrote of lobsters and telephones in his book The Secret Life, wherein he demanded to know why, when he asked for a grilled lobster in a restaurant, he was never presented with a telephone.
Lobster Thermidor Lobster Thermidor is a French dish consisting of a creamy, cheesy mixture of cooked lobster meat, egg yolks, and brandy or sherry, stuffed into a lobster shell, and optionally served with an oven-browned cheese crust. The sauce must contain mustard (typically powdered mustard) in order to be true to the original recipe and to have the distinctive Thermidor taste.
Lobstermen: Jeopardy at Sea Lobstermen: Jeopardy at Sea is a multi-part documentary/reality show on the Discovery Channel chronicling the Fall 2005 North Atlantic Lobster fishing season aboard several fishing boats. It is heavily patterned after and can be considered a spin-off of fellow Discovery Channel program Deadliest Catch, which dealt with Alaskan crab fishing.
Lobularia maritima Lobularia maritima (syn. Alyssum maritimum; common name Sweet Alyssum or Sweet Alison, also commonly referred to as just Alyssum from the genus in which it was formerly classified) is a low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Azores).
Loc cit Loc cit (Latin, short for loco citato, meaning "in the place cited") is a footnote or endnote term used to repeat the title and page number for a given author. Loc cit is used in place of ibid when the reference is not only to the work immediately preceding, but also refers to the same page.
Loca Loca by Arsenium and Natalia Gordienko was the official entry for Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The song was performed in English and was pre-qualified for the final, where it was performed second (following Switzerland's Six4one with If We All Give A Little and preceding Israel's Eddie Butler singing Together We Are One).
Local administrative unit Generally, a local administrative unit (LAU) is an area of governmental administration below a province, region, state or other major national subdivision. Not all countries will use this term, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere.
Local analysis In mathematics, the term local analysis has at least two meanings - both derived from the idea of looking at a problem relative to each prime number p first, and then later trying to integrate the information gained at each prime into a 'global' picture.
Local anesthetic A local anesthetic is a drug that reversibly inhibits the propagation of signals along nerves. When it is used on specific nerve pathways, effects such as analgesia (loss of pain sensation) and paralysis (loss of muscle power) can be achieved.
Local Agency Formation Commission A Local Agency Formation Commission (or LAFCO) is one of several decision making government entities in California with the responsibily to decide issues pertaining to city and county (non-incorporated) lands, including spheres of influence, and issues about the annexation of county lands into a city.
Local Area Augmentation System The Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) is an all-weather aircraft landing system based on real-time differential correction of the GPS signal. Local reference receivers send data to a central location at the airport.
Local Area Transport Local Area Transport (LAT) is a non-routable networking technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation to provide connection between the DECserver 90, 100, 200, 300, 700 and DECserver 900 terminal servers and Digital's VAX and Alpha host computers via Ethernet, giving communication between those hosts and serial devices such as video terminals and printers. The protocol itself was designed in such a manner as to maximize packet efficiency over ethernet by bundling multiple characters from multiple ports into a single packet for Ethernet transport.
Local Autonomy Law The Local Autonomy Law (地方自治法 Chihō-jichi-hō) of Japan was passed as Law No. 67 on April 17, 1947, an Act of Devolution that established most of Japan's contemporary local government structures, including:
Local board of health Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate slaughterhouses and ensure the proper supply of water to their districts.
Local boundedness In mathematics, a function is locally bounded, if it is bounded around every point. A family of functions is locally bounded, if for any point in their domain all the functions are bounded around that point and by the same number.
Local bus In computer science, a local bus is a computer bus that connects directly, or almost directly, from the CPU to one or more slots on the expansion bus. The significance of direct connection to the CPU is avoiding the bottleneck created by the expansion bus, thus providing fast throughput.
Local Body Election in Kerala Panchayat Elections is a term widely used in Kerala, India, for the polls that are held to select the Local Self-government Representatives. There are three branches of local self-government institutions in Kerala.
Local Bubble The Local Bubble is a cavity in the local interstellar medium (ISM) at least 300 light years across containing a neutral hydrogen density that is approximately one tenth of that of the average ISM in the Milky Way (approximately 0.05 atoms per cubic centimetre, as opposed to 0.
Local coefficients In mathematics, local coefficients is an idea from algebraic topology, a kind of half-way stage between homology theory or cohomology theory with coefficients in the usual sense, in a fixed abelian group A, and general sheaf cohomology which, roughly speaking, allows coefficients to vary from point to point in a topological space X. Such a concept was introduced by Norman Steenrod.
Local cohomology In mathematics, local cohomology is a chapter of homological algebra and sheaf theory introduced into algebraic geometry by Alexander Grothendieck. He developed it in seminars in 1961 at Harvard University, and 1961-2 at IHES.
Local color Local color is a type of writing that was popular in the late 19th century, particularly in magazine sketches published in The Atlantic Monthly and Harper's. It was particularly attentive to the dialect and customs of regional cultures thought to be vanishing in the face of the modern corporation.
Local consistency In constraint satisfaction, local consistency conditions are properties of constraint satisfaction problems related to the consistency of subsets of variables or constraints. Several such conditions exist, the most known being node consistency, arc consistency, and path consistency.
Local coordinates Local coordinates are measurement indices into a local coordinate system or a local coordinate space. A simple example is using house numbers to locate a house on a street; the street is a local coordinate system within a larger system composed of city townships, states, countries, etc.
Local currency In economics, a local currency, in its common usage, is a currency not backed by a national government (and not necessarily legal tender), and intended to trade only in a small area. These currencies are also referred to as community currency.
Local Community Party The Local Community Party is a minor political party in England, based in Tameside. Founded in 2003, the party is led by Jack Crossfield, who stood in the 2005 UK general election in Ashton under Lyne and received 570 votes.
Local Council A Local Council (LC) is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. They were initially established as rebel support structures in the areas controlled by the National Resistance Army (NRA) of Yoweri Museveni.
Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population density This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population density. The figures use mid-year estimates for 2004 from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agencyas well as the Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area] page.
Local density of states Local density of states (LDOS) is a physical quantity that describes the density of states, but space-resolved. In materials science, this term is useful when interpreting the data from STM, since this method is capable of imaging electron densities of states with atomic resolution.
Local derbies in France In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby (pronounced 'dar-bee' after the English town) means a sporting fixture between two (generally local) rivals, particularly in Association Football. In North America, crosstown rivalry is a more common term.
Local derby In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby (pronounced 'dar-bee' after the English city) means a sporting fixture between two (generally local) rivals, particularly in Association Football. In North America, crosstown rivalry is a more common term.
Local diffeomorphism In mathematics, a local diffeomorphism is a smooth map f : M → N between smooth manifolds such that for every point p of M there exists an open neighbourhood U of p such that f(U) is open in N and f|U : U → f(U) is a diffeomorphism.
Local Descriptor Table The Local Descriptor Table (LDT) is a memory table used in the x86 architecture in protected mode and containing memory segment descriptors: start in linear memory, size, executability, writability, access privilege, actual presence in memory, etc.
Local Development Documents Local Development Documents are a set of documents specified in United Kingdom planning law which a Local Planning Authority creates to describe their strategy for development and use of land in their area of authority.
Local Development Frameworks A Local Development Framework is the spatial planning strategy introduced in England and Wales by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and given detail in Planning Policy Statements 12. In most parts of the two countries, maintaining the framework is the responsibility of English District Councils and Welsh Principal Area Councils.
Local Development Orders Local Development Orders were introduced with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and allow Local Authorities to extend Permitted Development rights for certain forms of development with regard to a relevant Local Development Document
Local Dialing Disparity It stands for Local Dialing Disparity, which is a cheaper call to contact a foreign number (which is currently at local). It's done by routing within the local MSC without going out to the global GMSC to its' HLR.
Local ecumenical partnership In England and Wales, a local ecumenical partnership (or project) is a partnership between churches of different denominations. First piloted in 1964, over 850 now exist to promote unity between different Christian denominations.
Local election Rules for, and experience with, local elections vary widely across jurisdictions. In those electoral systems that roughly follow the Westminster model, a terminology has evolved with roles such as Mayor or Warden to describe the executive of a city or town or region, and Reeve, Alderman or Councillor to describe the legislators who deliberate decisions.
Local enterprise company A local enterprise company (LEC) is a public-sector organisation in Scotland with responsibility for local economic development activities. The LECs form part of the two enterprise networks, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Local Electoral Areas Local Electoral Areas (often abbreviated as LEAs) are subdivisions of county and city-level local authorities in the Republic of Ireland used for electoral purposes. Each local electoral area will be made up of a number of lower-level units known as Electoral Divisions.
Local Emergency Planning Committee Local Emergency Planning Committees are quasi-governmental bodies, generally at the county level, in the United States. They do not function in actual emergency situations, but attempt to have identified and catalogued potential hazards and all sorts of resources, mitigate hazards when feasible, and write emergency plans.
Local Exchange Routing Guide The Local Exchange Routing Guide, commonly known as "The LERG", is a database of NPA/NXX published every month by Telcordia Technologies. The LERG is primarily used by interexchange carriers in North American Numbering Plan World Zone 1 to provide information for routing interLATA telephone calls over the Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN), as well as telephone calls originating and terminating in NPA/NXX controlled by different Operating Companies (OCNs).
Local federation Municipalities and county councils in Sweden may form local federations and transfer to such federations the management of local government concerns. When a local federation attends to a matter for which provisions exist in a special enactment, the provisions of that enactment concerning municipalities or county councils shall apply to the local federation.
Local field In mathematics, a local field is a special type of field that has a non-trivial absolute value and that is a locally compact topological field with respect to this absolute value. There are two basic types of local field depending on whether the absolute value is archimedean or non-archimedean.
Local food Local food (also regional food or food patriotism) is a principle of sustainability relying on consumption of food products that are locally grown. It is part of the concept of local purchasing, a preference to buy locally produced goods and services.
Local food network Local food networks include community gardens, food co-ops, Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), farmers' markets, and seed savers groups. The principle distinction between these systems and other agrifood systems is the spatial dimension.
Local gigantism Local gigantism or localised gigantism is a condition in which a certain part of the body acquires larger than normal size due to excessive growth of the anatomical structures or abnormal accumulation of substances. It is more common in fingers and toes, where it is termed macrodactyly.
Local government Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state or province. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or (where appropriate) federal government.
Local government in Scotland The local government of Scotland is organised into 32 unitary authorities In this context the phrase is descriptive, not prescriptive; "unitary authority" does not have the specific legal meaning that it has in England. covering the mainland and islands of Scotland.
Local government in the Republic of Ireland Local government in the Republic of Ireland is governed by the Local Government Acts, the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two-tier structure of local government. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 is the founding document of the present system of local government.
Local government in the United States Local government in the United States (sometimes referred to as municipal government in American English) is generally structured in accordance with the laws of the various individual states. Typically each state has at least two separate tiers: counties (known in Louisiana as parishes and as boroughs in Alaska), and municipalities.
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (2004 asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of Councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the Single Transferable Vote system.
Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, passed in 1971 to replace the previous system of local authorities established by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. The system was based on the recommendations of the Macrory Report, of June 1970, which presupposed the continued existence of the Government of Northern Ireland to act as a regional-level authority.

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