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Amazing animals - Dublin Zoo’s chimp saves three ducklings, hand them over to zookeepers
Twitter users show ignorance - didn’t realize the Titanic was real
Appalled and shocked…We don’t blame you.
This screen shot, of Twitter users conversing over the Titanic, has gone viral, and it’s no wonder. The shocking images show a list of Twitter users who had not realized that James Cameron’s movie "Titanic", starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was actually based on real historic event.
As Journal.ie commented “You couldn’t make it up”.
James Cameron documentary shows new animation of how the Titanic sunk – VIDEO
Just in time for the centenary, the final moments of the Titanic have been reconstructed for a new documentary. James Cameron, director of the Titanic movie and a keen deep-sea diver produced a new CGI video detailing exactly what happened after the liner hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912.
The National Geographic Channel production included a team of engineers and other specialists.
Teaching Aussies to Irish dance at Sydney Central Station again - like being in Star Trek - VIDEO
One man said he felt like he was in “Star Trek” and wanted to be “beamed over to Ireland”.
Check out the video and watch to the end to see the public’s shock when the real life dancers join in with their “Riverdance” moment.
The leaning Tower of Pisa among monuments to go green for St. Patrick’s Day
The Tower of Pisa, in Italy, is just one of the tourist attraction around the world that will go green for a “global greening” to mark St. Patrick’s Day, this Saturday, 17th March.
Last month the Ministry for Finance announced that Niagara Falls, the London Eye, Burj al Arab in Dubai, and Table Mountain in South Africa would be turning green for St. Patrick’s Day. Since then San Francisco's Coit Tower and City Hall, Selfridges department store in London, the Cibeles fountain in Madrid, an entire town on the Costa Blanca in Spain, Moraira, Vienna's Burgtheater, and the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw have come on board. Brussels Town Hall, the Glasgow Eye and the Clyde Auditorium - affectionately known as "the Armadillo" in Glasgow - will also turn green.
It’s ‘Paddy,’ not ‘Patty’ - Irish group clamp down on St. Patrick’s Day error
Through his website ‘Paddy not Patty,’ Marcus Campbell makes clear the important difference between ‘Paddy’ and ‘Patty’ just in time for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day.
When shortening the phrase ‘St. Patrick’s Day,’ many people erroneously turn to ‘Patty’ instead of ‘Paddy’ to replace the Patrick. No more, says Campbell on his website, whose header reads “The provisional government of Paddy, Not Patty to the people of the New World.”
Rugby on ice – what the Ireland V France game could have looked like in frozen Paris – VIDEO
Although 2,000 Irish are now seeking a refund after the Paris match was cancelled due to treacherous, freezing conditions these rugby players show that even on ice it’s still possible to play.
What do you think? Could you see Irish captain Paul O’Connell in ice skates?
Effin Irish town release merchandise after Effin Facebook battle - PHOTO
Ann Marie Kennedy, a University of Limerick worker, made headlines across the world as her campaign went viral. Now the town has been accepted, the “little village that took on Facebook and won” has released merchandise, including “Effin tshirts”.
Some of the proceeds from these tshirts will go to the Effin Community Development Fund to benefit the parish.
Boston Globe story misnames Irish Prime Minister as ‘Edna’ Kenny -- Not for the first time Irish leader Enda Kenny is called a female name in error
The Boston Globe has has changed the sex of Irish Prime Minister on their website by incorrectly naming him "Edna Kelly" in a headline.
Reporting on the Taoiseach’s trip to Boston, the Globe reported “Irish PM Edna Kenny visits the JFK Library”.
Alec Baldwin tweets about why he named his daughter Ireland
Alec Baldwin was asked on Twitter, earlier this week, why he had named his daughter Ireland. According to Joe.ie (a website based in Ireland) his response didn't go down that well back home.
The "30 Rock" star had gone incommunicado on Twitter following a show down with an American Airlines flight attendant in December but it seems he's that he's back, and on form.
Irish rapper Rob Kelly gets okay from Tinchy Stryder and Ruff Sqwad, Des Bishop, and the Rubberbandits - VIDEO
BBC DJ Charlie Sloth filling in for Tim Westwood, on X1tra, asked, “Anyone know about Rob Kelly?”
A stunned silence fills the room. Sloth adds “This guy’s from Ireland. He’s the biggest Irish rapper”
Irishman built home from €1.4 billion of decommissioned banknotes - VIDEO
Check out a Photo Gallery of the Billion Euro Home here!
81-year-old Irish woman bungee swings for free in New Zealand – VIDEO
An 81-year-old Irish lady, Ailsa, took part in a bungee swing in New Zealand.
The video shows a relaxed lady who shouts “Yes I do want the video, cause they will not believe me at home”.
Amazing trailer for Sony’s Playstation Move game “Sorcery” based on Irish mythology – VIDEO
Sony has released a new trailer for the Playstation Move game, “Sorcery”, which will be released in spring 2012.
Irish man's Avicii Levels trad session remix goes viral
Sean Regan recorded each layer of his traditional Irish set remix and then combined them for a entertaining work of art which has clocked up almost 60,000 views on YouTube, since it was posted on YouTube on Tuesday.
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Another miracle of birds in flight above Ireland - VIDEO
You might remember the recent video we featured of the amazing murmuration above the River Shannon, as thousands of starlings were captured on camera performing their perfectly coordinated acrobatics for the viewers below.
Another video of this amazing phenomenon has been gaining viewers on line. This time, the video is entitled “Lough Ree Starling Dance”, and it is exactly that. The thousands strong flock of starlings fill the sky above a group who are boating on the lake, whose amazement is clear from their reactions, which we can hear in the background.
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