Irish children in primary and secondary schools have been asked to hold a minute's silence to remember those who died in the Great Famine.

The Irish singer who has sold over 15 million CDs and DVDs worldwide has made his mark on America with his 12th PBS concert special, “From the Heartland”, which has generated much success airing in over 87% of US households and generating 1083 telecasts during the March 2013 fundraising drive.

Emily Mulcahy from Cobh and Edmond Roche from Fermoy, Co Cork were both part of a group of 44 individuals from around the world personally confirmed by Pope Francis in St. Peters Square. 

There's no doubt that Roma Downey and Mark Burnett’s surprisingly controversial series The Bible is a hit. But now the a big-screen cut of the History Channel's runaway hit miniseries The Bible is set to transform the ten hour series into a three-hour movie, executive producer Mark Burnett told The Hollywood Reporter this week.

Up to 10,000 loyalists took park in a Belfast parade on Saturday marking the centenary of the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

Despite being supported by 90 percent of Americans, the recent amendment proposing background checks for gun-buyers came up short against the 60-vote threshold needed to carry through the legislation and caused much upset among its supporters.

Veterans, the elderly, miners, and mums with their children were among those protesting former Prime Minister of Britain Margaret Thatcher’s funeral in London on Wednesday.

"The £295 million couple you’ve never heard of” blared a headline in the Daily Mail a few days ago.  Well, perhaps Roma Downey and Mark Burnett fly under the radar in Britain, but over here they’re TV titans thanks to the smashing success of their just concluded History Channel miniseries The Bible – not to mention Burnett’s other creations such as Survivor, The Voice and Shark Tank.

‘Argo’ director Ben Affleck was among the many stars with ties to Boston who took to social media on Monday to express their shock over the double bombing.

On the same day that many Irish Americans gathered at Capitol Hill to help push for comprehensive immigration reform, The Washington Post ran an editorial from Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg in which he explained his reasoning behind launching Fwd.us, a new lobby for immigration reform group.

April 15 marks the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the Belfast-built RMS Titanic. The incident killed 1,502 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. Belfast City Council plans to mark the anniversary with a simple ceremony. 

New York activists are planning a party of their own on  Saturday with a “celebration” of Thatcher’s death at a Brooklyn Irish bar.