The top Irish news stories today:

Good Morning America says Sasha and Malia Obama bored stiff while in Ireland

The president’s daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama have become the story in Ireland this week...READ MORE

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Massive outpouring of support as $65,000 raised for family of hit-and-run victim Kevin Bell

Friends of Kevin Bell, the young Irishman killed by a hit and run driver in The Bronx, have raised over $65,000 for his family in a single night in his home town of Newry, County Down...READ MORE

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FBI starts digging for human remains at home of late Irish American mobster James Burke

The FBI began digging for human remains at the former home owned by late mobster James “Jimmy The Gent”  Burke in Queens on Monday...READ MORE

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American dance teacher and Ulster husband held on charges of possession of powerful explosives

A former American dance teacher and the Irish husband she once reportedly wrote a romantic novel about have been charged with possession of military-grade explosives and other terrorist offenses allegedly connected to dissident republicans...READ MORE

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Dating website for ‘homosensible’ Catholic priests being run out of the Vatican

A dating website for closeted gay priests has been operating out of the Vatican for a number of months now...READ MORE

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