1.   British authorities have been irritated by what they see as undue interference by the Clinton administration in their Northern Ireland problem.

2.   His reports about conditions inside the besieged city apparently irritated Russian authorities.

3.   His reports irritated Russian authorities, who have sharply restricted access to the battlefield and sought to discourage reporting from the Chechen side.

4.   Since then, the organization has continued to irritate the authorities by sending news organizations a stream of faxes and letters outlining their grievances.