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Daniel O'Donnell's PBS special left a special mark on the American public - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 03 May 2013 01:24:37 PDT

By: AMANDA DRISCOLL

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.

Downton Abbey’s Allen Leech wants One Direction’s Niall Horan to star in PBS period drama (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:31:20 PST

Niall Horan & Allen LeechAllen Leech, who plays Tom Branson in the period drama “Downton Abbey,” has joked that One Direction’s Niall Horan would be the perfect person to play his sonThe Dublin actor reckons that the Mullingar popstar should make a cameo in the hit show’s fourth series as the blonde pair look quite similarSpeaking to MTV Leech joked, “You mean, my son? My son Niall Horan Absolutely, and then we actually do a musical episode and we get the whole of One Direction in READ MORE

Downton Abbey returns to PBS - Branson and Sybil travel from Ireland in season premiere - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:26:22 PST

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

Season three of the hit period drama Downton Abbey began Sunday night with a two hour episode. Downton Abbey may be for sale as Robert Crawley learns that he’s almost broke and the news comes just before daughter Mary is about to marry Matthew Crawley, which she does later in the episode.

Mitt Romney should have gone after Barney not Big Bird because PBS is a dinosaur (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:32:58 PDT

Mitt Romney wants to save money by cutting thegovernment subsidy for PBSDuring Wednesday's Presidential debate Mitt Romney said he was prepared to de-fund PBS even though he loves Big Bird and Jim Lehrer Romney was right to take a stand against PBS, but not because it is going to save money for the American taxpayers, but because PBS is an unnecessary government intrusion in the marketplaceIn 1970 when PBS was born there weren't many television channels and educational or niche programs wouldn't have been able to find a place on one of America's three main networks READ MORE

Attack on Big Bird by Mitt Romney most interesting moment says viewers -- GOP candidate won but will PBS attack be most remembered from first debate? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:47:53 PDT

Mitt Romney plans to cut PBS funding - say it ain't so Big Bird (Photo: Mashable)An informal survey of my friends after last night’s debate turned up the fact that the most remembered line of the debate by them was Mitt Romney’s decision to do away with Big Bird and PBS fundingSocial media outlets today seemed to confirm the trend, the wonderful anarchy of what people really noticed as against what every expert said they should have noticedThat was subsequently confirmed by Politcocom, the bible of political junkies, where the most read story was a snippet discussing Romney’s comments READ MORE

Matt Drudge's misleading news report (IrishCentral)

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:35:19 PDT

Yesterday the Drudge Report - the website which has been the clearing house for the right wing's fever dreams for over a decade - ran a story that informed millions of its daily readers that PBS had edited a glaring error out of President Obama's job speech on ThursdayObama, a headlined article on Drudge's website claimed, had called Abraham Lincoln the founder of the Republican party But guess what, said the link on drudge's site, that claim wasn't in PBS's official transcript'So PBS has purposely altered a transcript containing a major gaffe by the President,' claimed the report READ MORE

Irish dance - not for the faint of heart and here's the proof - PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:44:33 PDT

BEFOREAFTER An IrishCentral reader, Donna Barrington, sent us through some hilarious shots of her hardworking son's hard shoes Her son, Owen, is currently touring with the "Riverdance" and lead dancer in the new PBS special "Beyond Celtic" As you can see from his shoes (left) he's hard at work His mother took a photo of his shoes before and after his his homemade "repair" job READ MORE

Songs of Ireland: New PBS documentaries and specials celebrate Irish music (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:45:36 PST

By: Kara Rota

PBS is celebrating March and St. Patrick’s Day with a series of Irish music specials and documentaries, exploring the history of Irish music in America and offering fantastic in-concert footage of some of Irish music’s all-stars.

PBS 'Music of Ireland' is perfect gift for St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:28:05 PST

By: KELLY FINCHAM

Special section / Saint Patrick's Day! Stories, music, videos, recipes, more! / Click here

U2, Sinead O'Connor, Chieftains in new PBS documentary (IrishCentral)

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:45:07 PST

"The Music of Ireland - Welcome Home," a new documentary featuring interviews and performances from U2, Celtic Woman, Sinead O'Connor and The Chieftains will debut on New York public television station WLIW on Feb 17, then roll out across the country to other PBS affiliates throughout March PBS have announced"Music of Ireland" will be available as a CD and DVD in a number of outlets: Barnes & Noble is the exclusive retail partner and will debut an in-store promotional campaign on March 2; Amazoncom will feature all the CD tracks digitally on a 45-day exclusive starting that same day READ MORE