Roscommon were crowned intermediate champions for 2009 on Sunday after an enthralling final when came back from a three-point deficit to beat Offaly by 0-9 to 0-8.
The three young Texas men who were refused entry into Ireland by the Garda (police) National Immigration Bureau over a week ago were photographed happily sipping pints of Guinness at the Dubliner Bar hours after clearing immigration in Dublin Airport on Tuesday, July 14.
Rarely has a story ignited such different opinions as the one about the three Texas kids who were turned away by immigration in Ireland because they did not have a Dublin address, but arrived back into Ireland on Tuesday to a hero’s welcome. IrishCentral.com has received huge numbers of emails from Americans and others who take sides on this question. They reveal, perhaps, a deep sense of conflict about what the Irish and American relationship is really about.
"We learned the hard way!' So says Texan backpacker Colin Zwirko who was one of three friends denied entry to Ireland last
Thanks to IrishCentral, three backpackers from Texas who were refused entry into Ireland last week have been offered an all-expense paid trip back to the Emerald Isle by an Irish hotel group, and now an ad featuring a cowboy is being made in their honor.