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Road Bowling Championships (IrishCentral)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:18:31 PDT

Road Bowling Championship coming to East DurhamThe USA national championship (North American Region Finals) of one of the world’s oldest sports, Irish road bowling, will send bowls flying down a country lane in East Durham, New York, August 2-4, 2013, hosted by the Bol~Chumann New York Road Bowling Club Winners in East Durham will advance to the All Ireland Finals in Ireland in September The best players in the USA will compete in this unique and exciting sport These skilled bowlers can hurl the iron and steel bowl, about the size of baseball, 250, even 300 yards down a narrow country road READ MORE

Five men jailed for illegal horse racing on public road - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:28:44 PST

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS

A judge in Cork has sent five men to jail for five months for dangerous driving after a sulky race on the Cork to Mallow road last May.

Property developer missing for eight months found wandering Leitrim road (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:37:12 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish police are mystified after a property developer missing for eight months was found wandering the road in Leitrim in a distressed state.

End of the ‘Rocky Road’ - after 50 years The Dubliners play their final gig – VIDEOS (IrishCentral)

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:04:51 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The beloved Irish band The Dubliners has played their last-ever show before friends, family, and fans in Dublin.

Kristen Stewart reportedly feels snubbed by the Golden Globes - "Twilight" star says "On the Road" deserves an award (IrishCentral)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:22:52 PST

Kristen Stewart at the "One the Road" premiereThe 22-year-old 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two' star thinks she has been disrespected as she wasn't nominated for her performance in the big screen adaptation of 'On The Road' and wants to win awards for her workA source told HollywoodLifecom: "Kristen, like any actor or actress, wants their work respected and rewarded Not being honored with a nomination has just lit a fire under her to be work even harder in the future READ MORE

Irish road sign featured as the world’s funniest says Travel and Leisure – PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:22:34 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

PHOTOS - Ireland’s top hilarious and plain strange road signs

'Argo' star Bryan Cranston says he'd love an Irish road trip with Colin Farrell - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:44:12 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

‘Argo’ star Bryan Cranston has said he would love to do a road trip movie with Irish star Colin Farrell.

Two-year-old and her 12 week old sister die in Galway road tragedy (IrishCentral)

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:41:16 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Galway town is in mourning after a two-year-old girl and her baby sister were mown down by a runaway car while out walking with their father.

Irish immigrant Tanya Connolly tragically killed in road accident in South Boston - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:58:53 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

An Irish immigrant was killed in a road accident in South Boston on Monday, police have confirmed.

Kristen Stewart has taken Robert Pattinson's stuffed animals on her "On the Road" promotional tour (IrishCentral)

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:47:12 PDT

Kristen StewartThe 22-year-old star - who walked the red carpet for her latest movie 'On The Road' in Toronto, Canada on Thursday night - is cuddling up to the soft toys for security and comfortAccording to reports she hopes they'll help her get over any nerves she has about appearing in publicA source said: "Kristen is latching on to all the things that she associates with Robert and now she can't be without her stuffed animals"Over the years, Robert, who was a hopeless romantic, bought Kristen plushies whenever he saw one he thought she would love READ MORE

NJ Gov. Chris Christie and Jimmy Fallon harmonize with ‘Thunder Road’ - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:50:57 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

New Jersey governor and recent Republican National Convention keynote speaker Chris Christie showed his Jersey roots this week when he sang a few lines of Bruce Springsteen’s classic ‘Thunder Road’ during an appearance on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Kristen Stewart's 'whole body rejected' going blonde for 'On the Road' (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:47:05 PDT

Kristen Stewart as a blondeThe dark haired beauty had to dye her locks for her part as teenage bride Marylou in the road movie about the Beat Generation, but said it was very difficult for her to get used to She told US Glamour magazine: "I feel like my whole body rejects it, but it was really important for the character It was like learning an accent "I'm starting to carry a bag and even put on lipstick READ MORE

"Batman’s" Tom Hardy and “Man of Steel’s” Michael Shannon to star in “The Long Red Road” (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:01:03 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Tom Hardy and Michael Shannon are set to star in “The Long Red Road," an adaptation of Brett C Leonard’s stage play.

'On the Road's' Kristen Stewart doesn't like ‘fake’ people (IrishCentral)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:46:31 PDT

Kristen Stewart (AAP)The 'Twilight' actress claims she hates deceitful people who put on an act for the cameras in a new interview recorded just before the news of her affair with married 'Snow White and the Huntsman' director Rupert Sanders brokeKristen told Entertainment Weekly: "I don't like people like that People who are a complete non-person but somehow through the lens seem like they are on and interesting and engaged"I care way more about the people standing in the room READ MORE

Cheating scandal causes Kristen Stewart to avoid 'On The Road' London premiere (IrishCentral)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:46:35 PDT

Kristen Stewart in 'On the Road'Kristen Stewart has reportedly pulled out of the London premiere of her new movie 'On The Road' because she is too embarrassed to appear in public in the wake of her cheating scandalThe 22-year-old actress was originally planning to walk the red carpet for the film version of Jack Kerouac's classic novel on August 16 - but with her co-star Tom Sturridge, a close friend of Robert PattinsonA source told website RadarOnline: "Kristen won't be doing the red carpet for 'On The Road' - she's too ashamed to show her face in public right now"After everything that has been said, and in light of the revelations that she cheated on Robert with director Rupert Sanders, she's running scared at the moment READ MORE

Sinn Fein objects to ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ road signs (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:11:49 PDT

By: LAURA BRYN SISSON

Sinn Fein is none too happy with new ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ signs placed along the border with the Republic of Ireland, and claims its constituents aren’t, either.

The real miracle of Bishop Fulton Sheen on his road to Sainthood -- Overcoming New York’s Cardinal Spellman was a true miracle (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:30:47 PDT

Bishop Fulton Sheen Two years ago, an Illinois woman named Bonnie Engstrom gave birth to a stillborn baby Throughout the pregnancy, Engstrom had prayed for a healthy child Specifically, she invoked the name of the popular 1950s television priest, Fulton Sheen In a development that surely would have made the media-savvy Sheen proud, Engstrom even watched videos of the former Irish American bishop on YouTube 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

Kerry politician calls for less road signs using compelling logic -- locals "know where they're going anyway" (IrishCentral)

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:00:14 PDT

Kerry politician Michael Healy Rae, scion of the famous Healy Rae political dynasty, has called for a reduction in the number of road signs on Irish roads on the basis that they're a "waste" of taxpayers' moneyThe Independent politician's latest publicity stunt comes after a high profile appearance on the charity television show Celebrities Gone Wild resulted in a phone use debacle in which the TD stood accused of making over 3,500 unauthorized calls from official Leinster House phones to curry favor with votersThe controversial politician's statements have taken a turn for the bizarre recently, though, prompting questions about his fitness for officeAnother suggestion raised just this February saw the younger Healy-Rae "urging" the government to amend its vehicle registration system so that next year's batch of newly registered motor-cars do not bear the unlucky '13' at the start of their number-plates READ MORE

'No strength without unity' - summers at home in the present and past (IrishCentral)

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:34:04 PDT

There is a saying "ni neart go cur le ch́eile" which translates roughly as "no strength without unity" and would have been used for energetic activities, for instance, gathering together to save hay It is much more than many ‘hands make light work’On Sunday we did the Galway women’s mini marathon; 10k along beautiful Galway bay, up Threadneedle road (puff puff) and around in a loop There were about 1000 starters and we were all warmed up by a zumba dancer READ MORE