Irish scientists believe they have reached a pivotal point in their research into the battle against obesity.

Ireland will become the first international research partner of US space agency NASA.

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Irish researcher and biochemistry professor Martin Tangney has found a new and highly potential use for one of Ireland’s favorite products - whiskey. Tangney has discovered that biofuel can be created from the by-products of whiskey.

After massive media attention in the last three days, Irish American Samantha Garvey and her family, who have been living in the Bay Shore homeless shelter, Long Island, have been given a home by the Suffolk County authorities.

Irish and American scientists have redrawn the Tree of Life – and settled a long running scientific dispute as well as explaining the emergence of a new species 530 million years ago.

Steve Job's showed early promise and the rest is history. So too does 13 year old Irish American schoolboy Aidan Dwyer.