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Irish tourism authorities say The Gathering Ireland 2013 initiative is working (IrishCentral)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:47:28 PDT

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

Failte Ireland, Ireland’s National Tourism Development Authority, has said that The Gathering is already benefiting the Irish economy.

Are other forces at work in the Ronan O'Gara situation? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:32:10 PST

There may be more to the omission of Ronan O'Gara from the Irish Six Nations squad than at first meets the eye Ronan O'Gara - Is his absence from the Irish squad down to other factors than purely form?As Ireland have trudged through a disappointing Six Nations campaign the drama and indeed excitement has been sparse to say the least News of Ronan O'Gara's initial benching behind Paddy Jackson and subsequent omission from the entire squad was about as dramatic as it got in recent weeks This column has come across information that would suggest that Irish coach Declan Kidney is not being entirely up front when he says O'Gara has been dropped purely due to lack of form READ MORE

Ireland’s top GAA stars set to lead work party to Hurricane Sandy hit Breezy Point (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:43:04 PST

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Some of Ireland’s top GAA stars, with the support of Aer Lingus, will lead a work party to Breezy Point in New York at the end of the month where they will help complete the reconstruction of the local CYO athletic program facilities destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

Black Africans suffer highest levels of work discrimination in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:12:49 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Black African immigrants are four times more likely to be unemployed than white Irish adults, new research shows.

Hillary Clinton says ‘put me to work’ on Northern Ireland after she steps down - Amazing offer to American Ireland Fund by Secretary of State on Belfast visit (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:31:32 PST

Hillary ClintonBelfast; Well we now know at least one job Hillary Clinton would like to have after she leaves officeHere is what she said to a room full of attendees at the American Ireland Fund luncheon in her honor held at the spectacular Titanic Quarter museum here“So my offer to you is, as I leave this current position and become a private citizen again, I want to continue working with you"I want to support you in what you are doing READ MORE

Hillary Clinton singing in the rain in Ireland as she makes her final visit -- Mentions Gerry Adams visa as a defining moment in her work for Northern Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:16:31 PST

Hillary Clinton at the US Embassy in Dublin (Credit: Rueters)It rained cats and dogs in Dublin on Thursday but that hardly bothered the gawkers or the thousand or so gathered in line to hear Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speakShe was in Dublin to address students and the general pubic at the Helix Auditorium on the campus of Dublin City University (DCU) on Dublin’s north side, on the topic of human rightsUnlike Bill Clinton, who approached every public appearance like a jazz riff, arriving late and meandering down a receiving line like a drunken sailor, Hillary is far more efficient and time consciousOnce at a fundraiser I helped organize for the Clintons, Bill was on time much to the relief of his officials READ MORE

Ireland's oldest working woman celebrates her 90th birthday (IrishCentral)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:11:13 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

This is what ninety looks like. County Donegal's Mary Lafferty still puts in a full week’s work at Killybegs Community Hospital, in her ninth decade.  

How "Riverdance" changed a bored American teenager’s view of Ireland -- Still working its unique magic all these years later for young and old (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:01:30 PDT

"Riverdance" still as inspirational as everIt’s been a great week to be Irish Actually, every week is great to be IrishKatie Taylor’s lifelong dream came true, and Micheal, John Joe, Paddy, and Cian, our other medalists, also got the world talking with their heroics in London They gave the whole country a lift READ MORE

Two-thirds of Irish university graduates will leave Ireland to find work (IrishCentral)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:32:53 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Two-thirds of Irish students believe they will not find a suitable job in Ireland and will travel abroad to find work.

Ireland en route to having first astronaut in space - Trinity graduate set to work with NASA research (IrishCentral)

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:36:08 PDT

By: KELLY DONOHOE

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

What Catholic Ireland did to women who did not conform - Ostracized, worked hard and lonely deaths (IrishCentral)

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:30:45 PDT

As a boy I would sometimes see them in the distance They were older by then but they still stood out In my town you were either someone's wife or you were trying to be, so there was no explanation for these persistently single ladies They weren't nuns, they were never going to be nuns, but somehow we knew they had something to do with the church READ MORE

‘Angela Merkel Thinks We’re At Work’ flag aids three-year-old cancer victim (IrishCentral)

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:50:07 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Angela Merkel tricolour that went viral online is now helping an Antrim kid beat cancer.

Dutch academic claims almost half of Irish families would be 'better off' on social welfare than at work (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:45:08 PDT

A controversial Dutch academic once member of a prestigious Dublin think-tank has made headlines by airing the claim that 44% of Irish families would be better off drawing the Dole (collecting social welfare) than workingRichard Tol, a somewhat eccentric looking Dutch economist well-known for his bizarre hair-dos, contributions to theirisheconomyie, and for once working at the ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute), said that he will likely publish the working paper under the auspices of the University of Sussex, where he now works, rather than through the ESRI, from which he has since resignedThe report, findings from which were published by the weekend's newspapers, was hastily removed from the think-tank's website, an eyebrow-raising move described as 'unprecedented' and dramatic enough to force Minister for Social Protection Joan Bruton to deny having had any involvement in its hasty deletion of the working paper READ MORE

Eamon Gilmore: Five years on devolution in Northern Ireland has worked (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 May 2012 02:07:57 PDT

By: EAMON GILMORE

On May 8, five years ago, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness were nominated and took their pledges as first minister and deputy first minister of a shared Northern Ireland Executive. Since then, the parties in the Assembly and Executive have been engaged in practical and productive cooperation which has lead to a more stable situation in Northern Ireland than ever before.

Irish J1 students flocking to America looking for work (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 May 2012 02:55:31 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Over the coming weeks, hundreds of Irish J-1 visa students will arrive in the U.S. for what is sure to be a summer of adventure. With the J-1 season about to kick off, many third level students will use their experience as a gauge for possible future immigration.

Irishman re-emigrating to England to find work caught-out on 18-year-old crimes (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:28:43 PDT

By: BERNIE MALONE

Thomas Moran, now 51-years-old, spent 18 years on the run for drug charges. During that time he raised three families in Ireland and England and travelled freely right under the police’s radar.

Over 300 Irish a week moving to New York to find work says expert (IrishCentral)

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:13:48 PDT

By: JAMES O'BRIEN

Up to 300 Irish a week are moving to New York to seek work, says Agnes Delaney, the Chairwoman of the Aisling Irish Community Center in New York.

Working Abroad Expo, RDS, Dublin 2012 slideshow (IrishCentral)

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:26:43 PST

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Up to 300 Irish a week are moving to New York to seek work, says Agnes Delaney, the Chairwoman of the Aisling Irish Community Center in New York.

Tax the Rich (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:50:15 PDT

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THE suggestion by billionaire Warren Buffet that the "mega-rich" pay more taxes should be taken up in Ireland and, indeed, across the globe.

McCarthy sees 4 minutes as Ireland make hard work of Macedonia (IrishCentral)

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:40:18 PDT

Ireland drew level at the top of Group B with Slovakia and Russia with a 2-1 win against Macedonia at Lansdowne Road In a frantic opening, it took a minute 22, seconds for Aidan McGeady get Ireland off to the perfect start Kevin Doyle nodded the ball down to himself after a high ball and laid the ball off to McGeady to the left of the D The Spartak winger flicked the ball inside and fired the ball into the corner past the helpless Edin Nuredinoski, who got a hand to it but could not keep it out READ MORE