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The English Grand National steeplechase will never be able to escape attacks from animal rights groups with an average close to two deaths a year due to injuries during the famed race.  Katie Walsh, the closet woman jockey to winning the Grand National finishing 3rd last year, defended the race explaining horse casualties are bound to happen.

According to the Guinness World Records, St. Patrick himself isn’t iconic enough to be granted a world record despite having his own feast day that is celebrated the world over.

A group of Irish workers in Perth, Australia recreated an iconic photograph while on their construction job during the weeThe original ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ photograph, which features several Irishmen, was taken in 1932 above the RCA building, now the GE building, in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.

The home of the president of the United States, which was designed by an Irishman, has been valued at almost $300 Million.

Today is a special day in Ireland when we celebrate the women who worked so tirelessly during the holiday period.

One of the leading voices in Irish cinema has described ‘Quiet Man’ star Maureen O’Hara as a feminist icon.

ICON plc, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) have announced a new partnership which will provide funding for inter-county players engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate life sciences courses.

The link between Ireland and Cuban revolutionaries seems to be growing. In a visit that seems certain to grate on conservative leaders in the US, it has been reported that Che Guevara's daughter will visit a Dublin hospital during a week-long trip to Ireland.

The American business owners who have acquired Clerys are “excited” about their takeover of one of Dublin's most iconic department stores.

Cork hurling icon and chairman of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) Donal Og Cusack is in New York this week to promote the GPA’s inaugural Irish-US Gaelic Heritage Awards Gala on November 15.

Struggling retailer Clerys, a Dublin icon, may yet be saved; the store is in talks to receive an injection of cash from a Boston investment firm, the Irish Independent reported.

Irish American Writers & Artists, Inc., (IAW&A) has announced that Judy Collins, the legendary singer, activist, author, and 1960s icon will be the recipient of the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012.

At 81, Michael Kenneally, has rarely left his native Co Clare and has never been out of the country, but a famous picture of him as a young man has traveled all over the world.