Today's top Irish news stories: 

Tom Cruise presented with Certificate of Irish Heritage - ancestry dates back to Strongbow era

Tom Cruise was presented with an Irish heritage certificate yesterday at an official Government ceremony to celebrate his ancestry...READ MORE

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Is Senator Marco Rubio now trying to kill immigration reform after first supporting it?

Is Marco Rubio gagging on immigration reform? The Florida senator has been attacked in a Washington Post editorial for sitting on the fence and in Newsweek on line for “cowardice.”..READ MORE

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Mayo politician says Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Irish visit makes his ‘blood boil’

An Irish politician has criticized the forthcoming visit of Nobel prize-winning Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Co. Mayo...READ MORE

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Irish American star Jimmy Fallon to replace Jay Leno as host of 'The Tonight Show' - VIDEO

As of spring 2014 Jimmy Fallon will replace Jay Leno as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show”.

On Wednesday NBC released statement in which Leno graciously congratulated the Irish American “Saturday Night Live” veteran...READ MORE

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No appeal for American musician sentenced to ten years for Irish student’s Tokyo murder

Perhaps a small silver lining has emerged to what has been a dark cloud over the family of deceased Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong who was brutally strangled to death in Japan last year on May 24th...READ MORE

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