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Controversial Kerry politician Michael Healy-Rae calls for debate on gun-ownership (IrishCentral)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:37:51 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Irish people living in the countryside should be allowed to apply for a gun license to protest themselves and their property, according to a Kerry TD.

In Focus: Gary Healy - New York immigration lawyer and Irish dance teacher (IrishCentral)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:05:39 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Background: Healy is an immigration attorney, an Irish dance teacher and adjudicator based in New York. He also toured with Riverdance for many years.

The Saturday’s Una Healy says becoming a mother has given her a ‘reason to live’ (IrishCentral)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:17:30 PDT

Saturday's singer Una HealyThe Saturdays singer's life has changed for the better since giving birth to daughter Aoife Belle 12 months ago and says it has strengthened her bond with her rugby ace husband Ben FodenShe explained: "It's so much better than before She gives me a massive reason to live I'm a mother now and everything I do is for her - your priorities change so much READ MORE

Obama’s Irish cousin Henry Healy to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in New York and the White House (IrishCentral)

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:47:55 PDT

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS

It helps to have friends in high places, but it's even more helpful if you're cousins. Just ask Irishman Henry Healy, 28, his cousin is the president of the United States.

The Saturday’s singer Una Healy wants more children with Ben Foden (IrishCentral)

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:32:06 PST

Saturdays singer Una Healy with husband Ben Foden The Saturdays singer and rugby player already have daughter Aoife Belle, who turns one on March 13, but the married couple are keen to expand their family sometime in the future and give a little brother or sister to their babyWhen asked whether the pair are planning to have more children in the future at the European premiere of 'Oz the Great and Powerful' at the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square on Thursday evening, Una told BANG Showbiz: "Yeah definitely, we want to have a few, but not for a while Probably not any time soon"Mother's Day last year I had literally been a mother for a few days, so it's my second Mother's Day next weekend READ MORE

‘The Saturdays’ star Una Healy shouts at her husband when he leaves his dirty clothes on the floor (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:16:33 PST

Una HealyThe Saturdays singer is married to England rugby player Ben Foden and she insists his most annoying habit is when he uses the floor of their house as a laundry binShe moaned: “We don't have massive arguments any more But I get annoyed when I see clothes of his on the floor or he hasn't made the bed If you don't know what I'm like, you might think I'm being aggressive, but he just laughs at me now READ MORE

Danny Healy-Rae’s Co Kerry ‘drunk driving’ legislation slammed as 'ridiculous' (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:39:15 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Kerry County Councillor Danny Healy-Rae has put forth new legislation that would grant people in isolated areas in Ireland special permits that would allow them to drive after consuming some alcohol. The new measure has since been widely criticized as “dangerous” and “ridiculous.”

The Saturday’s’ Una Healy says she's a ‘slob’ at home (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:46:07 PST

Una with Aoife and BenThe Saturdays beauty - who has 10-month-old daughter Aoife with rugby player husband Ben Foden - may appear to be glamorous on the red carpet or in the band's music videos, but reveals she is far from it when she's at home where she changes nappies and has to clean up her daughter's vomitShe said: "Now I'm a mum, when I'm at home I have no make up on, sick everywhere and I dress like a slob - it's just tracksuit bottoms, hoodies and I wear my hair on top of my head"It's totally different to when I'm at work and getting glammed up by a team of people"Una isn't the only singer from the chart-topping girl band with questionable habits, as bandmate Rochelle Humes - who is expecting her first child with JLS singer husband Marvin Humes - recalled how she shocked her bandmates when she accepted a gym outfit from an old man to wear on a plan ride READ MORE

The Saturdays singer Una Healy to marry this weekend (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:30:35 PDT

Una Healy of "The Saturdays"The 'Up' singer is poised to marry her England rugby ace fiance Ben Foden at a secret venue near Thurles, Ireland this coming SaturdayUna's bandmates - Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman - will be bridesmaids, while other guests will include boy band JLS and Ben's team mate Mike Tindall and his wife Zara Phillips, who is 14th in line to the British throneUna, 30, gave birth to daughter Aoife Belle in March, and said last week: "I want a nice, laid-back, fun day"Rochelle - who is marrying JLS star Marvin Humes - and Una had a joint hen party in May with their bandmates, partying at London's Rose Club READ MORE

Obama's Irish cousin Henry Healy lands new job as tourism ambassador (IrishCentral)

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:36:48 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Obama’s Irish cousin and resident Moneygall celebrity Henry Healy has secured a new job as a tourism ambassador for Ireland.

Kerry politician calls for less road signs using compelling logic -- locals "know where they're going anyway" (IrishCentral)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:00:14 PDT

Kerry politician Michael Healy Rae, scion of the famous Healy Rae political dynasty, has called for a reduction in the number of road signs on Irish roads on the basis that they're a "waste" of taxpayers' moneyThe Independent politician's latest publicity stunt comes after a high profile appearance on the charity television show Celebrities Gone Wild resulted in a phone use debacle in which the TD stood accused of making over 3,500 unauthorized calls from official Leinster House phones to curry favor with votersThe controversial politician's statements have taken a turn for the bizarre recently, though, prompting questions about his fitness for officeAnother suggestion raised just this February saw the younger Healy-Rae "urging" the government to amend its vehicle registration system so that next year's batch of newly registered motor-cars do not bear the unlucky '13' at the start of their number-plates READ MORE

Mollie King can't wait to meet Una Healy's new baby (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:30:09 PDT

Mollie King & Una HealyThe blonde beauty was thrilled when her Saturdays bandmate gave birth to daughter Aoife Belle on Tuesday and will try not to get too carried away when she goes to see the tot Writing on twitter to Una and her fiance Ben Foden, Mollie said: "@unahealy @ben_foden I am literally TOO excited to see Aoife Foden today!! I want to squeeze her but I mustn't!!! Arghhhhh! (sic)"Mollie is not the only Saturdays member to be excite about the new arrival---------------------Read more: Outrage as St Patrick's Day deemed too religious and renamed "O'Green Day" Top ten words invented in Ireland - useful for St READ MORE

Una Healy is having her baby bump edited out of her latest music video (IrishCentral)

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:30:18 PST

The Saturdays singer - who is expecting her first child, a daughter, with her fiance, England rugby player Ben Foden - admitted while she is "proud" of her pregnancy, her tot will be born by the time the video is out so she doesn't think it would "make sense" for it to feature in the shotsWriting on her twitter page, Una said: "Up and ready for to shoot our new video Bump will be edited out of the video so our director will be working his camera skills magic today!"I don't want bump in the video because she will be born when it hits the tv screens so it wouldn't make sense or relevance by then!________________READ MORE:Martin Sheen visits his friend President Michael D Higgins in the Aras – VIDEORobert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's sweet PDA leaked on FacebookLiam Neeson set to play President Lyndon Johnson in new movie READ MORE

Saturday's Irish star Una Healy is having a baby girl (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:45:21 PST

The Saturdays The Saturdays singer and her rugby player boyfriend Ben Foden have revealed the sex of their child, although 30-year-old Una was not bothered whether it was a boy or a girlShe said: "I had an inkling I was having a girl I come from a family of girls I went to an all-girls school and I'm in a girl band, so I guess it's fitting that I'm having a daughter READ MORE

Observations from Ireland vs. England Rugby International test match (IrishCentral)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:40:23 PDT

The Good:Geordan Murphy was outstanding Murphy was the one Irish player that made no mistakes throughout and was always assured in defense while providing good running off the ball in attackIreland's scrum has improved with Mike Ross, Cian Healy and Jerry Flannery in the front row The lineout is still effective but was difficult to analyze after the loss of David Wallace and Jamie Heaslip READ MORE

Deputy Healy-Rae will pay back money spent on reality TV phone in (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:45:31 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

The Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae has vowed to pay back the money which was spent on calls from Leinster House, that helped him win a celebrity television contest.

A Who's Who of Grand Marshals (IrishCentral)

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:57:17 PST

By: Katie McFadden

From New York to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and from Rock Island, Illinois to New London, Wisconsin, thousands of people from a range of backgrounds will come together to cheer on and participate in St. Patrick’s Day Parades. Here’s a look at some outstanding Irish Americans around the country who have been chosen by their communities to lead the marchers, dancers, bands, societies, and floats down the parade route.