Today's Irish news roundup
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View ArticleJoe Biden & the nation lost last nights debate on all counts
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View ArticleFormer Irish American Sunday school teacher on why she converted to Islam -...
A former Catholic Sunday school teacher has spoken about why she was moved to convert to Islam. Read more
View ArticleSpectacular Ireland as seen through the lens of photographer Damien Stenson –...
Irish photographer Damien Stenson recently captured this phenomenal photograph of the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare. Read more
View ArticleIrish woman Emma O’Reilly blew the lid on Lance Armstrong’s doping
The Irish woman who outed Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat has revealed how she persuaded customs officers in Dublin not to search his team vehicles. Read more
View ArticleRomney victory would be good news for Hillary Clinton White House bid in 2016...
Mitt Romney and Hillary ClintonWhisper it, but a victory for Mitt Romney would be very good news for Hillary Clinton if she still has ambitions to be presidentThe main reason is the age issue – Hillary...
View ArticleAnti-abortion campaigners threaten to shut down Belfast clinic, the first of...
Pro Life Campaigners have announced that they seek to shut down the first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland, Marie Stopes Clinic, in Belfast. Read more
View ArticleJoe Biden says malarkey others say mullarkey what’s all this about?
There has been much hue and cry over where the world “malarkey” that Joe Biden used in the Vice Presidential debate came from. Read more
View ArticleYoung Irish living in New York still back Barack Obama as President of the...
President Obama and his rival Mitt Romney may be tied in the polls after their first debate showdown last week, but young Irish in New York are hoping that Obama can seal four more years in the...
View ArticleEnda Kenny visits Philadelphia to promote The Gathering 2013 and investment...
Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny is visiting the United States this weekend to promote investment in Ireland and The Gathering 2013 initiative. Read more
View ArticleMRSA superbug outbreak hits hospital as 23 newborn babies affected
Ireland’s health authorities are investigating the outbreak of MRSA superbug which has affected 23 newborn babies at Mayo General Hospital, in Castlebar. Read more
View ArticleDonegal woman Eimear Carlin chosen for international Antarctic expedition
A Donegal woman has been selected in a small elite group of young people worldwide to take part in an expedition to Antarctica to preserve the continent’s unique landscape and wildlife as well as...
View ArticleVatican to axe Cardinal Sean Brady as Primate of All Ireland
Ireland’s top cleric Cardinal Sean Brady is set to be axed in the fall-out from recent sex abuse scandals. Read more
View ArticleGerard Butler plays tiny leprechaun in spoof flick 'Movie 43' - VIDEO
Scottish hunk Gerard Butler has given a whole new meaning to the term method acting with his latest role. Butler, normally a strapping 6’2” hunk, morphed into a teeny leprechaun for a role in the...
View Article'Lights' Ellie Goulding wishes her fame was more like Bono's and would love...
British pop chanteuse Ellie Goulding has only recently caught on over here with her catchy hit single “Lights,” but she’s big news back home she says . . . so big that she can’t even catch a bit of...
View ArticleIn Focus: Betty McLoughlin - president of the Irish American Society of...
A past president of the Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, Betty McLoughlin resides in Bayside. This year she was the grand marshal of the 62nd annual St. Patrick’s Parade in...
View ArticleLeading Irish American musician Larry Reynolds will always be remembered
Larry ReynoldsThe heart as big as Boston stop beating last week and one of the leading musicians in Irish America was taken from his family and many friends on Wednesday, October 3 with the passing of...
View ArticleLocal newspapers help sew Ireland’s cultural fabric - the importance of...
Local newspapers are vital to Ireland's communitiesI’ve always been a news junkie But more than anything else, I’m a local news junkie Considering that I live 3,000 miles from where I was born and...
View ArticleCanada’s expansion to work permit allowances makes moving North easier
An expansion to the Irish-Canadian work program will make it easier for Irish to get a visaAs Irish people know only too well, it’s enormously difficult and in some cases impossible to secure legal...
View ArticleIn the 2012 United States Presidential Election healthcare is second most...
20 percent of US voters consider healthcare the most important issueHealthcare is on the minds of voters, an issue which is only superseded by jobs and the economy In a new report published in the...
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