According to a recent study, Dublin has the highest rate of gun murder in Europe. The rate is almost as high as some cities in the U.S. like Washington D.C. So far this year, 19 gun murders, all of which were gang related, have occurred in Ireland’s capital city, which has a population of 1.2 million.

Dublin has been voted the friendliest city in Europe in a new poll of top tourist attractions. The Irish capital scooped the top spot ahead of

Falling rents have pushed Dublin out of the Top 20 Most Expensive Cities. A new survey ranks Ireland 25 out of 143 cities, down from number 16 last year.

Dublin is now one of the gang murder capitals in Europe. In just 10 years, Dublin has achieved the dubious distinction of being home to some of the most violent gangs in

There’s the legendary John McCormack, there’s Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright and Anthony Kearns of the Irish Tenors, and now there’s David O’Leary.

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It’s a great view from backstage at the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, at the World Irish Dancing Championships. IrishCentral.com caught a glimpse of Sandun Verschoor of the Redmond School in Amsterdam performing his hard shoe routine – and it was breathtaking.

The fans are going wild for U2 across Europe. In Ireland, all 164,000 tickets for their two Dublin shows sold out within just 90 minutes. The Irish band is almost certain to add a third date to try and satisfy the massive demand.

AER Lingus ended its daily Shannon to London Heathrow flights on Sunday, and began its controversial new service from Belfast International Airport to Heathrow the following day.Aer Lingus will now operate three flights a day from Belfast to Heathrow, and the airline has set a goal of transporting 500,000 passengers from Belfast to all of its new destinations from the city by the end of the year."I remain very confident.

A leading critic of the Sinn Fein leadership's peace strategy has hit out at the Bush administration's decision to ban him from entering the U.S.

Anthony McIntyre, who served 18 years in the H Blocks as an IRA prisoner, was due to travel to New York later this month to promote his latest book.

Garda (police) Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has hailed the seizure by Dutch and Irish police of 206 guns and a large quantity of drugs in Dublin and Amsterdam as a significant boost in the fight against organized crime.

The capture of 145 weapons in Amsterdam, 27 in Dublin and 14 in Belfast in an exceptional operation involved police and Customs services in Holland and both parts of Ireland.

Convicted murderer Brian Meehan, who drove the motorcycle from which the pillion passenger fired the shots that killed journalist Veronica Guerin 12 years ago, is believed to be one of the leaders of the international gang that was smuggling the weapons into Ireland.