Finding Jews in Ireland is not an easy task. Of Ireland’s 4.4 million people, only 2,000 or so are Jewish. But finding a menorah, the eight branched candle that celebrates Hanukkah – that’s a cinch.

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The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D., today announced further details of the Global Irish Economic Forum, which is to be held in Farmleigh on the weekend of 18th-20th September, 2009.

Irish President Mary McAleese today paid tribute to the volunteer community at the heart of the GAA. McAleese was speaking at a garden party hosted at Áras an Uachtaráin today to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association. "From Derry to Dingle, from Dublin to Dubai, from San Francisco to Hong Kong day after day, week after week, an army of volunteers cares for this organization and keeps it full of effort and imagination," she said.

      DOZENS of victims of child abuse in institutions run by religious orders wept openly and with joy when President Mary McAleese apologized profusely to them on behalf of the people of Ireland for the suffering they had endured. In one of the most emotional occasions in the history of

There are moments in a life when words simply fail as a means of expression. No amount of them, no matter how heartfelt, can seem adequate to the moment.

Victims of Church child abuse wept yesterday as Irish President Mary McAleese apologized for their suffering on behalf of the people of the Republic. “For so long, your suffering seemed to make strangers of you in your own land.”

Silicon Valley's top innovators and business leaders have some strong advice for Ireland's emerging technology sector.

In a conference at Trinity College in Dublin last week Silicon Valley's Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) told the audience that Irish technology start-ups need to develop global ambitions if they want to attract overseas investors.

While in Ireland the group met with Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen and President Mary McAleese, and stressed that Ireland needs to invest more in the technology sector.

IAN Paisley said he hopes former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern will be next president of Ireland. The North's first minister said Ahern deserved the honor for all he had done for his country. Paisley's warm tribute came as the pair prepared to meet on the historic site of the Battle of the Boyne on Ahern's last day as taoiseach.

ONE year after the Keltic Dreams dance troupe from the Bronx spent five days in Dublin performing their unique Irish dance and exploring the Irish countryside and its culture, the Dreams were back in Ireland for round two, with a twist!This year, the dance troupe, lead by Dublin-born Irish teacher Caroline Duggan, took Ireland by storm once gain, this time bringing their extraordinary Irish dancing style, fused with hip hop, to Belfast. The trip, which cost $85,000 and was funded by generous Irish Americans throughout the year, took place from May 15-19."The focus on this year's trip to Ireland was to build a triangular bridge connecting the U.

From sipping a pint of Guinness, known as the "black stuff",  in the Guinness Storehouse's Gravity Bar, to gazing at the stunning architecture of Trinity College, a tourist in Dublin won't be stuck for things to