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The Irish Georgian Society "strongly disagrees" with proposals made by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to build a commemoration to the victims of institutional abuse in the Garden of Remembrance, in Irish Georgian Society opposes new memorial to abuse victims in Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance

The Irish Georgian Society has said it "strongly disagrees" with the proposals made by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to build a commemoration to the victims of institutional abuse in the Garden of Remembrance. ...

by AMANDA DRISCOLL 0
75 years ago Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan accidentally flew across the Atlantic, to Ireland instead of California. Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan’s flying feat remembered 75 years later - VIDEO

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan’s infamous flight to Ireland. ...

by JAMES O'SHEA 12
Ireland’s leader Enda Kenny Irish PM Enda Kenny named as 2013 commencement speaker at Boston College

Ireland’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been named the official commencement speaker for Boston College’s 137th graduation ceremonies on May 20. ...

by KERRY O’SHEA 2
Margaret Thatcher's family hail from the Sheen Valley in County Kerry, should keep bringing it up? Biographer insists Margaret Thatcher hated terrorists not Irish ‘liars’

In the wake of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s death, Britain's former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Mandelson said the only thing Thatcher ever told him was that the Irish were “all liars” and not to be trusted. ...

by KERRY O’SHEA 21
The image, taken in August 1922, shows the Irish revolutionary leader in the back of a car, he was shot at at the village of Béal na Bláth, Cork Michael Collins' final minutes before his murder recalled by author

Journalist and author Colm Connolly sheds some light on the photograph of Michael Collins believed to have been taken just hours before his death. ...

by COLM CONNOLLY 19
Irish Army Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Co. Cork 1941 During Summer training exercises. Today's Irish news roundup

Check out what Irish news stories are getting IrishCentral readers' attention today ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 0
Tim Pat Coogan returns to the United States - iconic figure in Irish journalism who had been denied a visa

Consul General Noel Kilkenny, Jean Kennedy Smith and Tim Pat Coogan at Coogan’s launch party on Friday night. (Photo by James Higgins)Tim Pat Coogan is an iconic figure in Irish journalism and a well known ... ...

by Niall O'Dowd 17
Irish Army Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Co. Cork 1941 During Summer training exercises. Irish government to issue pardon to WW2 soldiers who fought against Nazi Germany

New legislation would grant amnesty to former Irish troops who deserted and fought with the Allies during World War II. Upon their return home, these troops were called deserters and blacklisted. ...

by MICHELLE K. SMITH 58
The news Titanic visitors center at the center of Belfast's Titanic Quarter Belfast’s Titanic centre a huge success as over 800,000 people visited during first year - VIDEO

The Titanic Center in Belfast has welcomed a record visitor of numbers during its first year in operation. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 0
Celebrate your perfect Irish wedding in Ireland The top ten locations for that perfect Irish wedding - PHOTOS

Celebrate your Irish heritage and create the perfect fairytale wedding day in Ireland ...

by KARLA RODRIGUEZ 7
An aerial shot of the Guinness Record breaking Gallagher Gathering in 2007 Gallagher Clan launches second global Gathering and the Gallagher Global Award

The Gallagher Clan has launched a detailed itinerary of the second Gallagher Global Gathering, which is being held in Co. Donegal from 6th – 14th September 2013. ...

by JANE WALSH 0
Irish leader Enda Kenny launches JFK50 with a little help from some friends Colm Toibin, Michael Flatley among stars to take the stage at “The Homecoming” for JFK50

The stage line-up for “The Homecoming” on June 22, one of the major celebratory dates of the JFK50, features some of County Wexford’s best known citizens. ...

by JANE WALSH 0
Up to 10,000 loyalists took park in a Belfast parade marking the centenary of the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force. Organizers of the parade insisted that there was no link with modern-day para 10,000 loyalists march in Belfast parade to mark centenary of the Ulster Volunteer Force

Up to 10,000 loyalists took park in a Belfast parade on Saturday marking the centenary of the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 96
A prisoner daubs the walls of his cell with excrement in a picture smuggled out of the Maze Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison, once home to IRA prisoners, to become peace center

On Thursday, Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Alex Attwood formally gave the green light for the historic Maze Prison to be repurposed into a peace center with help from a European grant. ...

by KERRY O'SHEA 11
75 survivors of the notorious Magdalene Laundries to meet with Judge John Quirke, the man responsible for advising the Irish government about the level of compensation Magdalene laundry survivors to discuss compensation with Government advisor

Seventy five survivors of the notorious Magdalene Laundries are due to meet with Judge John Quirke, the man responsible for advising the Irish government about the level of compensation due to them. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 7
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