Bruins goalkeeper takes care of business in the crease during the Boston versus Toronto playoff game seven last nightTuukka Rask - Boston Bruins keeperIncredible comeback by the Boston Bruins last night Playing game seven against.....Read More

Alex FergusonThere is a very good lunchtime program on the Irish music station Spin FM every weekday, a magazine show presented by the very professional Jonathon McCrea and the very lovely Clare McKennaClare is an old friend from.....Read More

OrbOrb quite simply looks unbeatable in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico todayDon’t take my word for it ask the owners and trainers of the second, third and fourth place finishers behind Orb.....Read More

Harry StylesThe One Direction heartthrob was rumoured to have shared a romantic tryst with the 33-year-old blonde after he joined Kimberly, her singer father and his wife Penny Lancaster for dinner in Los Angeles, California,.....Read More

New research has shown, perhaps surprisingly, that it is in fact men who spend more time chatting on the phone as compared to womenRelationship psychologist Susan Quilliam says, “The classic joke is that it's the girls who are.....Read More

New York Senator Charles Schumer (Credit: Derek Storm / Splash News)New York Senator Charles Schumer is busy this week pushing for what we hope will be a successful comprehensive immigration reform bill as one of the so-called.....Read More

Pearl River 2013 under-12 ceili band at the Parsippany Fleadh (Photos by Sean Conway)Parsippany, New Jersey -- In last week’s column we extolled the virtues of the visionary people who were concerned with the disappearance of.....Read More

David Bowie's 'The Next Day'Hi Bill:Well, looks like you got yourself noticed yet again with a whacked-out rant against the new David Bowie video Bowie is back after a decade-long hiatus with a killer album The Next Day, which.....Read More

You can't storm the dance floor without blasting Hot ChipHeading to Alberta this weekend for the Wild Rose Feis or Florida for the Orlando Feis? How about Arizona for the Tucson Feis or Quebec City for Feis Montreal? Ontario for.....Read More

Mollie McCabe, of Buffalo, NY, Irish step dances along the shores of Lake Erie in her "Heartbeat of Home" audition videoOpen auditions for "Heartbeat of Home" -- the dance fusion show produced by the creators of "Riverdance" --.....Read More

Fusion FightersNew on the dance performance scene are a group who call themselves the Fusion Fighters Wearing custom tap shoes and masks, these dancers combine Irish, tap, African gumboot, and hip hop, in an effort to push the.....Read More

Ariel Castro (inset) guilty of kidnapping ans sexually abuse three women in Cleveland, OHThere’s been a lot of criticism of the Cleveland cops for their failure to find the three kidnapped victims of their alleged abductor and.....Read More

Where am I left now? Dear MTN,I think I need your advice I've been dating my boyfriend who is a fireman for ten years now We both have our own houses, but when my kids stay with my ex-husband every other weekend, he always stays.....Read More

"I have a nephew who just arrived in the US  He is 22 and of course loves it here He would like to stay into the fall, and I have a feeling even longer..Read More

Stunning springtime view from Dublin's Three Rock MountainI couldn't decide on a particular piece of cultural commentary this week, so I thought I would just do a general May update - spring has finally arrived in Dublin, and.....Read More

The Falls Hotel: Ennistymon, Co ClareLiving in Limerick has its advantages Everywhere is a short driving distance A few weekends ago my husband John and I decided to take a few days out of our busy working schedules and spend.....Read More

Community Chef Brian McDermott is urging people to cut down on their salt usageIrish chef and cook book author Brian McDermott, who teaches community groups across Ireland how to cook healthily, today warned of the dangers of.....Read More

Nothing could warm the heart more than a pint of Guinness and a roaring fire in the hearthWe have fallen victim to Irish driving instructions in the past so I should have known betterI didn’t properly read the email about the.....Read More

A protestor meets Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney last week at Government Buildings in DublinThe outline of the government's proposals for legislation on abortion were agreed by the cabinet and published last week  It's.....Read More

Illustration by Caty BartholomewDear President Obama,Not alone are you returning to Ireland one of these fine days, probably with your family I hear, but you will be spending almost all of your time on this Emerald Isle in the.....Read More

Daithi photographed with the Aisling Center's bachelors of the yearIt was great to hit New York for the weekend a few weeks back and all for a good cause too Being stuck in studio in Cork 4 days a week didn’t make it easy, especially.....Read More

Upcoming Events: Daniel P Roy Art ExhibitArt Exhibit by Daniel P Roy: Saturday, May 18 4-6pm..Read More

Eamon Gilmore discusses the Algerian hostage situation on Irish TVI was in a hotel room in London last week, and switched on the TV for the news at the time the Algerian hostage crisis was being covered Half way through the bulletin,.....Read More

A new 60c Irish stamp was commissioned to commemorate UNESCO naming Dublin as a permanent city of literature in 2010On the stamp is an entire 224 word short story meant to “capture the essence” of Dublin, penned by Irish teenager.....Read More

Wind turbines at Richfield Windfarm, County WexfordIf you have been to Ireland recently then you have seen the wind turbines Like daffodils in the spring they seem to be popping up all over Unlike daffodils, the wind turbines.....Read More