A group of Irish workers in Perth, Australia recreated an iconic photograph while on their construction job during the weeThe original ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ photograph, which features several Irishmen, was taken in 1932 above the RCA building, now the GE building, in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.

3D sonar imaging has provided a new look into the shipwreck of the USS Hatteras, a Union ship which was sunk off the coast of Galveston, Texas during the US Civil War. Only two men died the day the ship sank - Irishmen William Healy and John Cleary.

The town council of Ennis, County Clare, has voted to erect a memorial to the Irish people who died during the Vietnam War.

Two menus from the Titanic sold for a combined $160,000 at auction.

Clare has spent the last nine months as an exchange student in Ireland.

On September 1, 2012 the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America rededicated the Tollgate Cemetery in Jamaica Plain to honor the brave Irishmen who fought and died during our Civil War. The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America has been involved in cleaning up the grounds of the Tollgate Cemetery all summer with the assistance of local Boy Scouts. The Tollgate Cemetery holds the remains of many Irish men who escaped the starvation in their homeland, traveled across the ocean in coffin ships to face discrimination here in Boston. During the Civil War if you were drafted you could pay some one to take your place and many wealthy Bostonians did just that, this gave the Irish a means to provide for their families and the hope of citizenship if they survived.

The brother of the two Irish men who were sentenced to 11-year jail terms in a South American jail for drug smuggling, has spoken out over his torment.

An Irish-American shot his Irish-born close friend then killed himself in a tragic outcome to a personal dispute in Indianapolis that police have linked to an extra martial affair.

Sinn Fein has voted in favor of a pardon for Irish soldiers who deserted to fight with the British Army in the Second World War.

Two Dubliners visiting East Tennessee have been accused of stealing an American flag. 

The Irish government may pardon 5,000 Irishmen blacklisted by the state for fighting for Britain in the Second World War.

Almost half of all young Irish men believe that women increase the risk of sexual assault when they dress provocatively, according to a new survey.

Clare has spent the last nine months as an exchange student in Ireland.

Catch up with what the Irish have been reading out so far today.

Irish people are being urged to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and call an ambulance immediately as new research shows that many Irish fail to do so.  Only half of the 6,300 who suffer from heart attacks present themselves to a hospital or call an ambulance.