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One Direction star Liam Payne has split from his long-term girlfriend Danielle Peazer (IrishCentral)

Tue, 07 May 2013 05:33:39 PDT

One Direction's Liam PayneThe One Direction heart throb had been in a relationship with the dancer-and-model since the met on 'The X Factor' UK in 2010, but his increasing work load put a strain on their romanceThis comes after they broke up in September because of the difficulties of a long-distance relationship, although they reconciled in December before mutually agreeing it was over after a two-hour chat last monthAn insider revealed: "They have been trying for months to make it work but it just hasn't"They had a big chat last month and decided there wasn't any point dragging it out READ MORE

Associated Press bans the term ‘illegal immigrant’ to move with the times (IrishCentral)

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:14:56 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Bosses at media giant The Associated Press have banned the use of the term ‘illegal immigrant’.

Tom Brady's contract extension puts pressure on New England Patriots to perform in short-term (IrishCentral)

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:34:57 PST

Rajon Rondo's injury shouldn't change the Boston Celtics short-term approach (IrishCentral)

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:43:45 PST

The king was slain. The major was shot. The ship's captain slipped off the deck and that rickety bridge snapped before the white knight could rescue the princess from the top of the tower. READ MORE

ECB yet to agree to Irish Government request to renegotiate terms of bank bail-out (IrishCentral)

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:34:26 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish government ministers have admitted to ‘difficulties’ in their bid to renegotiate the terms of the bank bailout deal with the European Central Bank.

Barack Obama goes for broke - President’s legacy is still in the making at the start of his second term (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:51:39 PST

By: IRISH VOICE EDITORIAL

It appears that President Obama is really going to go for it this time. Four years ago he inherited a country in dire straits, two wars, heading for bankruptcy and people in the foulest mood imaginable.

Irish American lobby focused on immigration reform in Obama’s second term (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:22:09 PST

By: KATE HICKEY

An urgent need for immigration reform was the Irish American message at a Washington inaugural brunch hosted by the Council for American Ireland Relations (CAIR).

Barack Obama part two - President starts second term with gun control and immigration topping his agenda (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:28:12 PST

By: IRISH VOICE EDITORIAL

President Obama will commence his second term on Monday with none of the massive expectations that attended his first inaugural.

Just in time for Christmas – a glossary of Irish Mammy terms for the holidays (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:47:24 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

There is nothing like some wisdom from your Irish mammy around the holidays.

Mailman gets jail term after robbing $3 million to feed massive gambling addiction (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:06:12 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

An Irish mail man stole over $3million from his employers as he fed a major gambling addiction with a turnover of over $14million.

Grace McDonnell's parents on how they are coming to terms with Sandy Hook tragedy - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:47:32 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Newtown family have told Anderson Cooper on CNN how they drew their daughter’s favorite things on her coffin in an effort to come to terms with their pain.

Love, advice and sports - new data reveals the most Googled terms in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:12:36 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Google Ireland has revealed what terms are most frequently searched in the Republic. The new data gives a strange and wonderful insight into what’s on the Irish people’s minds from art, to love, Katie Taylor and Michael Fassbender.

Barack Obama owes victory to Hispanics, Clinton, women and blacks -- Immigration reform will likely be top priority of second term - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:15:54 PST

Barack Obama delivers his victory speech Barack Obama owes blacks, women, Hispanics and Bill Clinton for his smashing victoryHis immediate priority should be to pass immigration reformRepublicans just never got it with Hispanics or immigration, demonizing them with cowboys like Governor Brewer and Sherriff Joe Arpio in Arizona who legislated against them and jailed and demonized them at every opportunityNot surprisingly, Hispanics bolted the party en masse READ MORE

Is it correct to use the term “illegal immigrant” rather than undocumented? – POLL (IrishCentral)

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:46:18 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

There is mounting petition from activist groups such as “Drop the I-Word” to stop using the term “illegal immigrant”. They believe this type of terminology is confusing the immigration debate in the United States.

Are Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart back on speaking terms after scandalous split? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:31:57 PDT

Robert Pattinson and Kristen StewartReports are coming out today that ‘Twilight’ co-stars and recently estranged couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart may be making their way back to being on speaking termsPerez Hilton is reporting that some have said Pattinson has, reluctantly, let Stewart get in touch with him following a steady period of silence Stewart had been hounding her ex via text messages apologizing over and over againRobert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart split last month when Stewart was caught cheating with her ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ director Rupert Sanders, who is married with children READ MORE

Jimmy Kimmel is engaged to his long-term girlfriend Molly McNearney (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:31:43 PDT

Jimmy Kimmel is engaged to Molly McNearneyThe 44-year-old talk show host proposed to his long-term girlfriend Molly McNearney while holidaying in South Africa's Kruger National Forest, his representative has confirmedJimmy and 34-year-old Molly - who is a co-head writer on her partner's show 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' - began dating in October 2009, a few months after he split from comic Sarah Silverman after a five-year romanceA source said when they first got together: "After Jimmy and Sarah [Silverman] broke up, Molly and Jimmy both found themselves single, and they clicked They're really happy together READ MORE

Monsignor William Lynn sentenced to jail term for harboring child sex abuse priests (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:45:29 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

US Catholic clergyman Monsignor William Lynn has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for covering up child sex abuse by priests in Philadelphia.

Should the New England Patriots give Wes Welker a Long-Term Deal? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:45:17 PDT

Wes Welker recently revealed that his contract negotiations with the New England Patriots over a long-term deal were getting worse not better He has since retracted that initial pessimistic attitude saying that he was ok with playing under the franchise tag for the yearEven if Welker plays out this year, the elephant in the room will be palpable as both sides need to figure out their futureBill Belichick is one of the smartest coaches in the NFL, if not the smartest when everything balances out READ MORE

Dietician says potatoes are better in terms of fibre than rice or pasta (IrishCentral)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:18:56 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

These days the Irish are more likely to throw some pasta in the pot and serve it with a store bought sauce, but our ancestors knew better.

Immigration reform (or lack of) set to dominate mid-term elections (IrishCentral)

Mon, 03 May 2010 02:50:21 PDT

It's unlikely that either party wanted the mid-terms to be about immigration but their combined failure to act on the issue has now blown up in their facesThe anger over the Arizona law has moved immigration right off the back-burner where politicians like to park itNeither party has really taken a lead on the issue for fear of setting off the right-wing noise machine that doomed earlier effortsBut politicians have got to get beyond that fear READ MORE