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Rugby Digest: Les Kiss will helm Irish rugby team’s summer tour including US and Canada (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:49:00 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Joe Schmidt has asked interim Ireland coach Les Kiss to stay on board as part of the national team’s new management set-up after they work together on the American and Canadian tour this summer.

‘X Factor’ judge Demi Lovato is having her tonsils out this summer (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:05 PDT

Demi LovatoThe 20-year-old singer is set to undergo the operation to remove the tissue from her throat later this year in the midst of promoting her new album 'Demi' and ahead of the next series of 'The X Factor' USA and she admits her hectic schedule and surgery could stop her from touringSpeaking in a 'Live From MTV' interview, Demi said: "Actually, this summer I have to get my tonsils out READ MORE

Kicking off summer in flying form with top Irish music and cultural festivals in the US this May (IrishCentral)

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:39:49 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

From North New York to Illinois the Irish American community are kicking off the summer festival season in style with a sensational line up of events. Good Irish traditional, as well as more modern acts, arts and crafts, food, theatre and more are just some of the treasures in store this May.

Shannon Airport launches summer schedule - 22 percent increase in transatlantic flights (IrishCentral)

Thu, 09 May 2013 02:19:30 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Shannon Airport has launched five new services across US, UK and Europe and 33-destinations in-all in 2013. A 22 percent upswing in transatlantic alone as airport secures five US services for the first time in five years they have announced.

Ireland’s summer kick-off weekend calls for a Plan B - getting set for a May Day trip to Galway City (IrishCentral)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:03:15 PDT

Gearing up for a trip to Galway City - the swans at the CladdaghTripping through the World Wide Web late one recent night I went looking for digs in Galway City for Honey Badger and myself for the first weekend of MayThe dear flights and the dreaded rented car were booked and paid for in full The trip’s bookends were in placeOur first Friday night would be spent with members of Haverty clan outside Gort in the County Galway READ MORE

Twilight’s stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will holiday in a camper van this summer (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:17:43 PDT

Twilight stars plan to holiday in a camper van this summerThe 'Twilight' couple - who temporarily split last year after Kristen's "momentary indiscretion" with married 'Snow White And The Huntsman' director Rupert Sanders - are apparently hoping to work on their romance by taking a road trip across Europe with a group of friends, including singer Katy PerryA source told The Sun newspaper: "Rob has been planning the trip for a while Before they got back together he intended to go to Italy, France and Germany if time allows"They will have a group of friends on the same trip - and they have asked their mutual pal Katy Perry to meet up along the way READ MORE

President Obama 'confident' immigration reform bill could pass by summer – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:53:56 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

President Obama predicted that Congress could pass a reform bill by the end of the summer when he said that last-minute obstacles are "resolvable" this week.

Enda Kenny raises immigration reform with Joe Biden - confident of summer legislation (IrishCentral)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:46:09 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Ireland’s leader Enda Kenny told US Vice President Joe Biden and his guests at the Naval Observatory in Washington that he hopes legislation for immigration reform would be introduced by the end of summer.

Bob Geldof’s Rat Pack band reunites for summer gigs (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:00:40 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Bob Geldof, best known as the activist humanitarian who put together the Band Aid iconic holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and the subsequent Live Aid shows in London and the U.S., is taking a cue from the likes of Fleetwood Mac and reforming his band the Boomtown Rats this summer for an appearance at the Isle of Wight festival in England in June.

The summer of Gronk gets started early - Patriot's Tight End Rob Gronkowski partys on (IrishCentral)

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:16:22 PST

Patriots Tight End Rob Gronkowski is a living legend on many levels His ridiculous tangible success to date, the combination of his athletic size and talent and his charming, cheeky, Dexter like grin have combined to basically carpet bomb the hearts and minds of Patriots and other NFL fans to the point where he is a superhero after just two seasons in the leagueA feature of his personality that doesn’t sit as well with the Patriots front office and indeed some fans, is his Peter Pan like party animal persona Gronkowski likes to pary READ MORE

Westmeath GAA goalkeeper Gary Connaughton could be US bound this summer (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:07:20 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Westmeath goalkeeper Gary Connaughton could be forced to return to America for the summer if he can’t find work at home.

President Obama invited to JFK celebrations in Wexford this summer (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:44:59 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

President Barack Obama has been invited to Ireland to commemorate John F Kennedy’s links with Wexford.

Ireland’s official weather service dismisses claims of a long, hot summer (IrishCentral)

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:18:27 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ireland’s weather service has poured cold water on the hopes of a summer scorcher this year.

Olympic athletes share performance secrets Irish dancers can use (IrishCentral)

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:31:05 PDT

by Caitlin Buck, Feis America LLC ContributorThe 2012 Summer Olympics kick off its opening ceremony July 27th in London, England! Who’s excited? Millions of course! Yahoo Sports has been posting clips of a select few of the United States of America's awesome athletes preparing for battle– I mean competitions (I have The Hunger Games on the brain!) By clicking play on the videos below, you too can be privy to a couple of secrets to success that gymnasts Jonathan Horton and Aly Raisman use READ MORE

Summer packing essential for a family getaway - getting all the essentials in for a gaggle of children (IrishCentral)

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:45:49 PDT

As you might have read, I have officially declared this summer The Summer of Independence It's time that our kids started pulling their weight in the most literal sense If they want it, they have to carry it That's why for our summer vacation, each kid got one bag and one bag only -- one small bag that contained all they needed (and could carry themselves!) for a week at the beach READ MORE

Summer road trip survival tips - words of advice from a Mom of five (IrishCentral)

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:15:42 PDT

When I mentioned to people that we were headed to Boston to visit friends for Memorial Day weekend, I was met with a consistent chorus of "All of you?!" I'm not sure if the stunned responses were aimed at us for being brave enough to battle holiday weekend traffic with five kids in a minivan or our friends, for being brave enough to invite the Lyons Family Circus to town AgainThese are very very good friends We have been visiting them once or twice a year for as long as I can remember -- including those dicey days when we had five kids under five and would roll in with a car full of pack and plays, strollers, high chairs and, more often than not, at least one smelly child who had been sitting in his or her own stink (from either a diaper or projectile vomit or both) for hours in the aforementioned traffic READ MORE

One in three Irish couples argue over summer vacation – not all fun in the sun (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:00:17 PDT

Do you end up arguing on holiday?A third of Irish couples argue while on their annual vacation, according to a recent surveyA survey commissioned by AA Travel in Ireland showed that 36 percent of respondents blamed much of the tension during their annual vacation on different interests, timekeeping, and tidiness"We spend so much time looking forward to holidays and probably not enough time thinking about what we will do when we arrive," the AA's Conor Faughnan told the Evening Herald"We were a little surprised at the results but I guess they tell us that we are all human," he added READ MORE

Try Interval training this summer to step up competitive Irish dancing (IrishCentral)

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:15:07 PDT

Photo E K Clothingby Sarah Klopp, Feis America LLC internIrish dance is an intense competitive art form that requires a high level of endurance to excel in competition Endurance training will give you the competitive edge you need to fight fatigue as the competition day goes on Read on to learn a little more about the science of muscles and aerobics and how you can use high-intensity interval training this summer to step up your Irish dancing 'game'!Irish dance utilizes mainly fast-twitch muscle fibers and anaerobic (or short-duration) energy systems Fast-twitch muscle fibers are designed to produce high amounts of energy needed for maximum muscle output, but they can only work for a short time at high intensities before energy runs out READ MORE

Trapattoni gives youth a chance to shine in summer training camp squad (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:25:33 PDT

Giovanni Trapattoni will cast his eye over some new Irish faces this May after calling up eight uncapped players to his summer training camp in DublinThe camp, which takes place in Malahide in Dublin from May 16-21, will see the Irish manager take a look at his options ahead of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, which begins in the fallOn May 22, the more seasoned Irish internationals will head into town as they ready themselves for the friendlies against Paraguay and Algeria scheduled for May 25 and 28 at the RDSAmong the new faces is Marc Wilson of Portsmouth, who has been putting in sterling performances recently for the FA Cup final/Championship bound side READ MORE

A great summer treat - delicious Guinness and Baileys Irish cupcakes (IrishCentral)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:37:14 PDT

By: DARA MCBRIDE

This recipe is from the wonderful food website Annie's Eats