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Dublin college launches online course in exploring the creation of the Irish identity (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:03:26 PDT

By: MATT KEOUGH

In perfect harmony with Ireland’s push for tourism, Hibernia College is offering a free online course where students will dive into a sea of literature, poetry, theatre, film, language, art, sport and landscape that plans to create an understanding for the multifaceted Irish identity.

Visitors flock to see vision of Virgin Mary in Kilkenny hills near golf course (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:12:38 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

People are flocking to a golf course in Co Kilkenny, Ireland after a vision of the Virgin Mary cradling an infant has appeared on the side of a nearby mountain.

My Week: Hosting the Rose of Tralee and attending a pre-marriage course (IrishCentral)

Sun, 27 May 2012 04:54:30 PDT

By: DAITHI O'SE*

It’s always a good week when I get back home to Kerry, unfortunately I don’t make it as much as I’d like to. Between Galway and Dublin it can be hard.

Time for Bill Donohue and Catholic Church to stop smearing victims --Also attacking journalists Maureen Dowd and Chris Matthews (IrishCentral)

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:40:05 PDT

In the course of a long diatribe against Rolling Stone for publishing an article on the seamy sex scandal currently unfolding in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia the Catholic League's Bill Donohue takes time to side swipe Maureen Dowd of The New York Times and Chris Matthews of MSNBC for their previous coverage of church scandalsHe also crosses the line attacking one of the victims of the child sexual abuseThe Rolling Stone article by Sabrina Rubin Erdely is a well researched honest assessment of one of the most damaging scandals to hit the Catholic Church in the USIt concerns the shenanigans in Philadelphia where pedophile priests were moved around different parishes in order to protect the archdiocese against sexual abuse claims READ MORE

Patriot's QB Tom Brady's Australian UGG advertisement revealed - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:15:19 PDT

Did you ever wonder what Tom Brady, New England's Patriot quarterback, one of the United States top paid football players and husband to the world's biggest supermodel, Gisele Bundchen, does with his free time? Why he makes more money of course UGG have been trying to get men interested in the soft slouchy cuddly boots and shoes and getting Brady and rapper Mos Def to sign up as faces of the brand is their first push-------------READ MORE:Forbes name Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen the highest-paid celebrity couple Patriot’s Tom Brady voted the best quarterback in the world by ESPN --------------Brady claims that he's always been an UGGs fan He said "It was always my favorite Christmas present to get READ MORE

Wonder snap-shot of the Irish people's optimism and wit - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:30:15 PDT

George's Street Arcade Is your glass half full or half empty? In this wonderful new video, by TheLineIreland, the Irish show their massive capacity for optimism, their great wit and how they are incapable of answer a question And of course there's one gentleman who sees this as a mathematical impossibility This video is also a great snap-shot of the people on the streets of Dublin and the characters that make the cityThankfully it seems "the glass half full" attitude remains in Dublin's City Center READ MORE

Be aware of online visa lottery scams - tell tale signs (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:15:23 PDT

As many are aware, a couple of months ago the State Department sent out tens of thousands of notification letters to applicants in the 2012 annual visa lottery, telling them they were selected to receive a coveted green cardThe notices went out in error, however – several Irish were notified and subsequently lost a court case to have their cases processed – and the State Department announced that it would notify new winners on or around July 15 of this yearScammers took note, of course One of the “winning” notifications last week was sent to Evelyn Tiernan, a writer for our sister website Irish Central, who couldn’t contain her joy at finally realizing her American dream READ MORE

Make us proud Denis Leary - 10 years after 9/11 the finale of "Rescue Me" - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:10:09 PDT

Ten years ago this week Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, was about to hit movie theaters, as was Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes remake Another remake, “Lady Marmalade,” by Christina Aguilera, L’il Kim and Pink, was one of the top hits on the radioIt is also believed that 10 years ago this week, 9/11 hijacker Mohammad Atta flew off to Spain to meet with fellow terrorist Ramzi bin al-Shibh, where they were finalizing plans for an attack that would change the course of world history, and to this day weighs upon thousands and thousand of families from Washington, DC READ MORE

Ireland is broke - with a growing population (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:05:05 PDT

A bustling Henry Street in Dublin We all know that if Ireland is to avoid going bust, it has to cut back on state spending very severely Even with the cutbacks that have already been implemented, state spending is still between a third and a half more than the revenue that's coming inThere is a bigger picture, of course The huge amount of bank debt we are carrying as a state is too much to bear, and at some point in the future the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will have to recognize that and accept some level of debt forgiveness READ MORE

The Orange Sash and the clash of the ash - The Munster Boys of Melbourne, 12th July 1843-44 (IrishCentral)

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:25:10 PDT

The Orange sash and the clash of the ash-The Munster Boys of Melbourne, 12th July 1843-44The Munster Clans from far and near,All thoughts of danger scorning,With hands and hearts that knew no fear,Came mustering fast that morning,A warning voice had speeded forth,Which brooked of no delay;And East and West, and South and North,Were at their posts that day- Edmund Finn All lovers of hurling know that the ferocious intensity and at times, naked aggression of the Tipperary and Clare clashes of the mid to late 1990s were born of the antagonism that was sparked between two clashing cultures One county’s tradition spoke of a prime hurling pedigree, of Hell’s Kitchen and the Doyles, Jimmy and John And, of course, scintillating stylists like the smiling assassin Nicholas English, a brave and magnificent hurler The other county’s hurling tradition spoke of God’s musical people, the nearly men of Clare READ MORE

Bad PR Nomination (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:05:15 PDT

By: THE bodies representing public relations in Ireland should consider hiring one of the PR gurus they represent.

Tipp’s Dishonorable Win (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:20:12 PDT

By: IT was 40 years ago this summer when Limerick hurling finally showed signs of recovery, and hopes sprung aloud throughout the county that perhaps finally we might have a team that would see our proud hurling tradition hoist the Liam McCarthy Cup anew, a feat we hadn't completed since the great "Mick Mackey" and gang did it for us back in 1940.

Fewer students taking Gaeltacht courses is bad for future of Irish (IrishCentral)

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:15:14 PDT

A telling headline that caught my attention today was one from Irish education website schooldaysieThe number of Irish students taking summer courses in Gaelic speaking areas of Ireland (in Irish, the gaeltacht) has dropped further Now just 25,000 students are making the trek out to the few Irish-speaking localities left in the country each summer to brush up on their spoken Irish ahead of high-school examinations, and partake of the other home-grown delights the Gaeltachtanna have to offer READ MORE

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart become subjects of California State University course - SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:15:06 PDT

“Twillight” stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have become the new subject of a woman's studies course at California State University (CSU) Their world famous “Twilight” characters Bella and Edward will be analyzed by students in the woman's study course at CSUThe class will examine relationship, race, sex, gender issues and more as they explore the relationship between Bella and Edward According to students there is a lot more to this famous “Twilight” relationship than meets the eye READ MORE

Of course the Pope covered up Catholic child sex-abuse cases (IrishCentral)

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:05:32 PDT

Of course the pope knew about child sex abuse and how rampant it was in the churchThe ridiculous discussion going on about whether not he did reminds me of the arguments over whether Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was in the IRA or notThe question should always have been if he wasn't in the the IRA then why wasn't he?He grew up in West Belfast at the beginning of The Troubles in Northern Ireland when every kid in the neighborhood joinedDo you think for a moment he would have gained such a position of influence with the IRA in later years if he hadn't once been part of them?It is the same with the pope READ MORE

Irish dog names are all the rage says Daily Beast (of course!) (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:05:06 PST

By: JANE WALSHE

The Irish are taking over, not just the known universe but the dog world as well.