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End of the ‘Rocky Road’ - after 50 years The Dubliners play their final gig – VIDEOS (IrishCentral)

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:04:51 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The beloved Irish band The Dubliners has played their last-ever show before friends, family, and fans in Dublin.

Traps Army get international suppport - adorable Thai children sing "Rocky Road to Poland" - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:45:49 PDT

I dont' want to put anymore pressure on Giovanni Trapattoni and the boys but you better not disappoint this adorable kidsPosted on YouTube the clip entitle "Thai Tims-Rocky Road to Poland" shows a group of about 40 kinds belting out the Green Army's official anthem for the UEFA Euro 2012The video, which has gone viral on Facebook among Irish fans, was posted by the Good Child Foundation, an organization in Thailand that works with down syndrome children According to their site they "use songs sung in the English language to improve our students understanding of the language and also their literacy skills READ MORE

Boston Celtics - Rocky Road Continues in the NBA Playoffs 2012 (IrishCentral)

Sat, 05 May 2012 12:16:20 PDT

After Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo returned to lead the Boston Celtics to an overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks last night, the blows kept on coming for head coach Doc Rivers with Avery Bradley adding his name to the list of walking woundedBradley appeared to have a dislocated shoulder, the Celtics official word is that he has a sore shoulder, that wouldn't pop back in last night Ultimately Bradley didn't finish the game and left in the fourth quarter while his status for the remainder of the series is clouded in doubtThe Celtics were just getting their roster in shape with Allen having an impressive return from injury, scoring 13 points from the bench on six of 12 shooting despite not hitting a three and adding six rebounds with two steals READ MORE

Irish fans bring fire to the UEFA Cup team - “Rocky Road to Poland” song released – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:03:52 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Irish soccer fans along with the help of Today FM’s radio host Ray D’Arcy and major names in Irish music have created a tune they hope will put fire in the bellies the Irish players on their way to Poland for the UEFA Euro 2012.

Plans underway for a stage musical adaptation of Slyvester Stallone’s 1976 'Rocky' (IrishCentral)

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:34:57 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

Songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have teamed with writer Thomas Meehan to create a new version of the 1976 Academy Award-winning boxing movie. Creators and producers – including the star of the film series, Sylvester Stallone – held a private reading of the work in New York last month, with a view to opening the show in Germany late next year.

South Park a home on the range to 20,000 books? No joke says Irish-American bibliophile. (IrishCentral)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:35:07 PDT

Though there’s a social media component to this story in the form of websites and blogs, this time “Irish Media Nation” is kicking it old school with traditional media--the printed word in the form of books, lots and lots of books, amassed by a collector in Denver, Co, and hopefully bound for South Park, Co (yes, that South Park, as seen on TV), to be housed in a facility inspired by a library in Wales And there is the requite Irish angle here in the form of an Irish American natural historian and book collector, Jeff Lee (yes relation--Jeff is my younger brother) READ MORE

Kathy Griffin on her gross affair with Jack Black, rocky relationship with Conan O’Brien (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:37:16 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Susan Boyle overcomes rocky start to win place in 'Britain's Got Talent' final (IrishCentral)

Sun, 24 May 2009 02:44:47 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Rocky Road Goes Smooth for Damo (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:58:02 PDT

By: Mike Farragher

TO Damien Dempsey The Rocky Road, out this week on UFO Records, is more than a covers album or another notch in his list of stellar accomplishment. This new album comes with a mission. "I have a younger brother 10 years my junior and his crowd sort of missed the end of the ballad boom of the eighties," he explains. READ MORE

Rocky Road for New FM Robinson (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:45:52 PDT

By: Barry McCaffrey

PETER Robinson was given a baptism of fire during his first seven days in office as first minister of the Stormont Assembly.After waiting more than 40 years to become the leader of Northern Ireland Unionists, even Robinson's inauguration last Thursday was not guaranteed.Up until the 11th hour Sinn Fein sources had warned that they would pull out of the power-sharing agreement over the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) refusal to allow the transfer of policing and justice powers and the implementation of new legislation protecting the Irish language.The political crisis was only averted with the intervention of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who brokered an agreement for further talks with Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at 10 Downing Street."I think we are all seized by the urgency of the situation and the need to make progress and I think that the thing we must do now is go back home and continue with our discussions next week in the hope that we can reach successful conclusions," McGuinness said.In a joint statement, Robinson and McGuinness said that they "look forward to working together after we have been nominated as first minister and deputy first minister. We recognize there are outstanding and unresolved issues which have been raised with the prime minister and which require urgent attention."However, less than 24 hours after becoming first minister, Robinson's wife Iris landed him in hot water over comments made following a homophobic attack on a man in Derry.Iris Robinson, who is an MP and an Assembly member in her own right, condemned the attack but claimed that homosexuality was an "abomination" that could be cured with psychiatric treatment.Those comments led to calls for Mrs. Robinson to resign. The first minister was forced to defend his wife's comments in the assembly.However, Robinson lost no time in ensuring that the political leadership of Ian Paisley was a thing of the past.Culture Minister Edwin Poots, who had been seen as a key ally of the Paisley dynasty, was removed from him ministerial position on Monday to be replaced by hardliner Gregory Campbell.Campbell, who refused to attend the Assembly inauguration of Paisley and McGuinness last May, is viewed as a key figure within the DUP and a staunch opponent of any concessions to Republicans.Robinson was later embroiled in further controversy when it was claimed that the DUP was engaged in a secret deal with the British government in which it would support the introduction of controversial anti-terror laws in exchange for an increase in government funding for Northern Ireland. The DUP later denied being part of any secret deal.