A Limerick man who bought his wife a memory foam pillow and a car wash for Christmas has been crowned Ireland’s most unromantic man.

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A shootout in Brooklyn over the weekend that injured four on-duty police officers prompted a press conference from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. The two are equally distraught about the rising violence towards police officers.

Calling all social singles in New York City! The New York Irish Center in Long Island City is hosting a blind date night on February 8.  It’s the perfect opportunity to nab a date in time for Valentine’s Day and help raise funds to bring an acclaimed new show to Ireland.

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There are only a few days left, so if you are scrambling for inspiration for that perfect gesture or that looking for that perfect gift, have a glance at IrishCentral’s ten romantic Irish ideas for St. Valentine’s Day.

It’s the season of love with St. Valentine’s Day less than a week away. In the run up to the February 14th holiday we took to the streets of Manhattan to ask people for their most awkward dating moments.

Who has more a way with words than the Irish? From Joyce, to Yeats to Shaw and down through the generations, they have pondered life's great questions, but also expressed their love beautifully.

St. Valentine, the patron saint of love, was executed in Rome and buried there in the 3rd century. Much later an Irish priest was granted permission to exhume his remains, and now his skeleton lies under a church in Dublin.

Irish women are a force to be reckoned with. We have evolved through the decades into an independent, intelligent and ambitious race. However our rules of engagement can differ from norms here in the United States. So best to school yourself in our ways, means and desires before attempting to woo a lovely Irish girl.

Before you take the plunge or allow your Irish boyfriend to put a ring on it, please review IrishCentral's list of the pros and cons of marrying an Irishman.  It just might save your sanity, or at least it will prepare you for the madness that awaits.

It took a move to New York for April Drew to find the Irish man of her dreams, and she’ll never want for a Valentine again thanks to the love her life, John Mooney.

It's Valentines Day and every February 14th, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday?

One Direction’s resident Irish stud Niall Horan was voted as the most desirable male for a recent We Love Pop magazine poll.

What makes Irish men such a hot commodity in the U.S.? MOLLY MULDOON talks to men, women and some experts, including the Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti Stanger, about the everlasting appeal of the rogue Irish man.
 
When Patti Stanger was 19 she fell in love with an Irish bartender.

What is it about the Irish and sex? Pre-Christian Irish attitudes to sex were decidedly more conservative than in recent times, where Cupid was saddled with a chastity belt by an outwardly pious nation. But have times changed? You be the judge. Here are 10 surprising facts about the Irish and sex: