Today, Ireland is holding a referendum on whether to ratify Europe's new fiscal discipline pact. A vote against the treaty would challenge German-backed austerity measures.

Foreign companies have recently invested in Northern Ireland, but its economy needs more help.

After decades of wariness about having built the ship that came to a tragic end, Belfast is now trying to cash in on the Titanic connection.

Hungry for business, Belfast in Northern Ireland is trying to cash in on its role as the city where the ill-fated ship was built.

More than a year after Ireland received a bailout, unemployment in the country has risen to more than 14 percent, and nearly 1,500 people leave the Emerald Isle every week to look for work.

Ireland is tackling its debt crisis with a harsh program of austerity measures. The Irish are not rioting, as the Greeks did, but they are hurting.

After 15 years of the "Celtic Tiger," Ireland has faced rough financial times in recent years. But can Greece and other European countries learn a thing or two from its experience?

Packed, town hall-style meetings have sprung up all across Ireland over the past several weeks.