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One Direction's movie to examine fans reactions to hearing their music (IrishCentral)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:33:40 PDT

Poster for "This is Us"Director Morgan Spurlock - who is helming the documentary 'This Is Us' about the British boy band - was keen to explore "why" certain people were so obsessed with the 'Little Things' hitmakers, and even interviewed medical experts for their opinionsHe told the New York Post newspaper: "We ask the question 'Why them?' We talked to this one doctor who tells us what happens inside a girl's body when she hears One Direction - like what happens in her brain and what goes on inside of her"As well as exploring fans emotions, the 3D movie will also feature scenes of group hunk Harry Styles shirtless and Spurlock even filmed the five guys using the bathroom at the BRIT Awards earlier this yearHowever, it is unlikely that Taylor Swift will appear in the film after Harry - who is joined in the band by Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson - reportedly ordered all footage featuring his ex-girlfriend to be removed READ MORE

Animated short examines Ireland's ‘emigration generation’ and the true Irish spirit - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:32:14 PDT

‘Origin,’ a short animation, tells the story a young man in Dublin who, on the brink of emigration, comes to realize the spirit he’s leaving behindScreen shot from 'Origin'The short animation was directed by James Stacey and produced by Souljacker Films with the support of the Irish Film Board‘Origin’ was nominated for Best Animation at the 2012 IFTA’s, and was the winner of the Best Animated Short at Blackrock Animation Film Festival of 2012The animation was scripted by Matthew Darragh and James Stacey, with an original score by Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla READ MORE

New web documentary ‘Emigration Isle’ examines 200 years of emigration in Ireland - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:07:43 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

A new interactive web documentary produced by graduate students in Dublin examines two centuries of people leaving Ireland.

Experts examine latest bog body find at County Meath turf site (IrishCentral)

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:43:47 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Archaeologists are to examine the latest ‘bog person’ remains found in Ireland.

New study to examine Irish risk for rare fatal degenerative brain disease Tay-Sachs (IrishCentral)

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:59:47 PDT

By: HILDA HIGGINS

A new study to identify why Irish people carry the gene for the fatal degenerative brain disease Tay-Sachs is being conducted in Philadelphia.

New York fundraiser for the Irish Famine Tribunal to examine legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:30:04 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

The Irish Famine Tribunal has planned a fundraiser in South Street Seaport, Manhattan, ahead of the Fordham Law School assessment of the impact of the Irish Famine.

Irish senator Eamonn Coughlan wants sports along with religion to be examined in Irish high schools (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:01:33 PDT

Irish Senator Eamonn Coughlan (FG) has said that Physical Education (PE) - traditionally the 'sport' element of Ireland's high school curriculum - should be upgraded to an examinable subjectThe call follows the upgrading of other traditionally less emphasized high school programmes, such as Religious Education, to the ranks of those subjects which can be taken in the Leaving Certificate, the finishing exam in the Irish high school systemCurrently, 'PE' is taught in an ad-hoc and highly unstructured manner, with typical 'sessions' consisting of indoor soccer, circuit exercises, or any other of a number of aerobic exercisesCoughlan, however, said that PE's upgrade to an examinable subject would see it vested with a much greater degree of traditional classroom-based content than has currently been the case READ MORE

Irish government to re-examine closure of Vatican embassy (IrishCentral)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:49:29 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Irish government will consider re-opening the embassy at the Vatican – but only if the Holy See adopts a new policy on relations with other states.

Irish scientists examine the health benefits of chocolate - guinea pigs needed (IrishCentral)

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:45:25 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Belfast based scientists are calling all chocolate lovers to come forward for a new study.

New York Yankee's hero Derek Jeter's Irish roots examined, mother Dorothy is Conner (IrishCentral)

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:25:08 PDT

3,000 hit hero Derek Jeter is African American and Irish His mother Dorothy is an Irish American accountant nammed Conner from New JerseyIt was his mother's father, Sonny, a church handyman who inspired Jeter to take up baseballIn his biography Jeter writes about his grandfather drilling, training and encouraging him for hours and instilling his passion for the game READ MORE

Irish-trained doctor’s examination of patient ‘sadistic’ (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:54:27 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

An Irish Medical Council fitness to practice hearing has heard that, an Irish-trained, doctor pinched the nipples of one of his patients in a manner described as “sadistic."

Irish police examine claims of sex abuse by Irish priests in Africa (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 May 2011 05:18:20 PDT

By: EVELYN TIERNAN

Following the popular Irish television programme Prime Time which aired in Ireland on RTÉ One on Tuesday night, comes a new debate on the controversial sex abuse by Irish priests.

Irish crime experts examine nation’s cold cases (IrishCentral)

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:16:08 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Irish Attorney General to examine Magdalene Laundries report (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:44:20 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

The Irish Government has requested the Attorney General to examine a damning report by the state's human rights watchdog which calls for a statutory enquiry into the running of the Magdalene Laundries.

Immigrants should be examined upon arrival, say Irish (IrishCentral)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:19:28 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

An overwhelming majority of Irish people believe that immigrants arriving in Ireland should be required to undergo a medical examination.

New film examines fight that ended the career of Irish Billy Collins (IrishCentral)

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:40:18 PDT

By: KELLY FINCHAM

VIDEO / COLLINS SNR DISCOVERS RESTO TREACHERY / CLICK HERE