Aer Lingus may move its operations to the United Kingdom — either to London or Belfast — in order to cut costs and stave off union problems.

Legendary band Black 47’s New York City shows, which have been going on for the past 20 years, have been described as “a rite of passage for all New Yorkers.”

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has a busy few months coming up. In addition to saying goodbye to his popular Showtime series “The Tudors,” the Irish actor will also premiere his film with John Travolta, “From Paris With Love,” and begin shooting another project with Kevin Bacon in Belfast.

Sting has been stung by Ireland, but in a very good way. The superstar rocker spoke to The Irish Times last week about his love of Ireland and Belfast in particular, where he lived for a few years in the 80s.

Travel to Ireland is on a downward curve this year. Tourism Ireland reports that “the first 10 months of 2009 have proven to be a very tough period for tourism to the island of Ireland, and for tourism worldwide.”

It has emerged that the DUP politician Iris Robinson, also known as the "wicked witch of the North," has 10 Catholic cousins.

The Ladyboys of Bangkok have taken center stage in Belfast as part of their 2009 Mile High Tour. The transvestites are performing in the Speilgeltent in Custom House Square and will perform two shows a night as part of their two week residency, which runs until November 21.

'Pirate Radio,' the immensely likeable new comedy by 'Four Weddings and A Funeral' and 'Notting Hill' writer and director Richard Curtis, features Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in a role that’s a welcome departure from the much heavier dramas he excels at.

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Sometimes when you get chatting to a person who has emigrated from Ireland, you can catch a glimpse of the country’s own evolution over the last thirty or so years. That’s very much the case with Buncrana, County Donegal man Turlough McConnell, whose writing and music took him first to Dublin and then on to New York.

Bill Murray is making the media rounds promoting the new animation film “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and last week he made his way to Ireland.

Protests by Irish women's groups have knocked out boxer Mike Tyson. The former heavyweight champion and convicted rapist was scheduled to appear along with Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan Friday at "An Evening with Mike Tyson."

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is set to star alongside Kevin Bacon in a new comedy, “Whole Lotta Sole.”

Andy Lee's (19-1) preparations for his fight against France's Affif Belghecham (19-3-1) on November 14 at the University Arena in Limerick are going to plan in New York.

A Protestant farmer in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland says his pregnant sheep were attacked in an act of sectarian hostility.

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have teamed up with colleagues from the University of Siena in Italy to discover a drug that can kill leukemia cells.

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Ireland has a long and bloody history, which means that naturally, haunted places can be found all over the country. We’ve done our research here at IrishCentral and come up with what we think are the 10 most haunted places in all of the Emerald Isle.

Raymond McCord, 53, the father of a Belfast man murdered by Loyalist paramilitaries in 1997 took his campaign to bring his son’s killers to justice to Capitol Hill last Thursday. McCord, a staunch Unionist, told a House of Representatives subcommittee he believes there was collusion between the Northern Irish security forces and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in the killing of his son.

The demonologist who investigated the infamous Amityville murders has been called to Ireland to help out a Belfast family who believes they’re being visited by a ghost.

Think you know everything about the Emerald Isle? Think again! Here are 10 facts that just might throw you for a loop.

Collusion between British security forces and loyalist terrorists in Northern Ireland was the focus of hearings on Capitol Hill this week in Washington.

Sport Northern Ireland will be sending over representatives to tempt NYC runners to sign up for next year’s marathon in Northern Ireland by jangling the carrot of an all-expenses-paid trip to the 29th running of the Deep RiverRock-sponsored Belfast City Marathon on May 3, 2010.

He’s king of the box office yet again with his latest hit “Couples Retreat,” and Vince Vaughn is doing the rounds on a promotional victory lap in Europe. Dublin, it appears, was easily his favorite stop.

Did you know that Dublin has more gay men and women per capita than San Francisco? Or that in recent years Ireland’s become a go-to destination for gay and lesbian travelers? Recent banner attractions for the GLTB visitor have included the Bingham Cup – sometimes referred to as the gay Rugby World Cup – which was held in Dublin in 2008.

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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced plans to open an operational center in Belfast that will create up to 400 jobs.

The name Connolly is derived from several different roots. In Connaught and Monaghan it derives from the Gaelic O'Coingeallaigh. Both are anglicized to Connolly although the spelling form Connelly is often found in Galway.

Kelly: “I think that the invited American business leaders were very impressed with what they saw when they heard from Northern Ireland’s business leaders. I’m confident that over the medium to long term that will yield results for the economy in Northern Ireland.”

Stella O’Leary of Irish American Democrats and hotelier John Fitzpatrick, a long-time backer of the Clintons joined

NOW that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Irish visit is over, and she most definitely acted as negotiator and envoy herself in Northern Ireland, as well as appointing economic envoy Declan Kelly, it is interesting to note who got this story right and who got it wrong in the preceding few months.

An inquest is taking place in Belfast into the 1997 death of an American citizen living in Ireland to determine if he died from complications related to a beating he received from an RUC riot squad six months before his death.

It's not official YET! But it looks as if our earlier story that U2 will wrap up their mega 360°Tour with in Ireland has been confirmed.

He might be one of the most famous people ever "Born in the USA" but Bruce Springsteen is Irish! A new book has discovered that Springsteen has Irish roots through his paternal grandmother Martha O'Hagan. She married Springsteen's grandfather, Anthony Springsteen, who was of Dutch ancestry, in 1899. And it turns out that Martha's grandmother, Ann Garrity, hailed from County Westmeath.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underlined the importance of continued economic development in the North during her address to the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont Castle on Monday.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Dublin today and Belfast tomorrow amid speculation that she can help ensure a dramatic breakthrough in the current impasse in Northern Ireland.

This week's stories from around the counties: Crosses in the sky; Nurse slaps patient; Canceled operations; Woman chooses prison; Poor Irish broadband

Hillary Clinton will face a full blown crisis in the peace process when she visits Northern Ireland this weekend. Sinn Fein and the DUP are at loggerheads over when policing and justice powers will be devolved to the Northern Irish government from the British parliament.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinnes to discuss the impasse between over the devolution of justice and police issues from London to Belfast.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Northern Ireland next week, as exclusively reported on IrishCentral.com. Clinton will meet with political leaders for talks about the North's future.

Welcome to Ireland’s revitalized North and Northwest! Even the hip Lonely Planet Bluelist proclaims Northern Ireland as the hot new destination, and cites Belfast as one of the top cities on the rise.

The father of a Belfast man who was murdered by a Loyalist paramilitary group in 1997 has secured his plea to have a U.S. congressional hearing into his son’s murder next month.

Sean O'Shea: We know what color golf phenom Rory McIlroy prefers, and isn't the green of his homeland. No, Rory only sees gold. Olympic gold. McIlroy says he'll play for Britain if golf is brought back to the Olympics for 2016.

The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) is to bring a number of Technology CEOs to Belfast on October 20-21 for an intensive review of 12 Irish companies from all over the island of Ireland.

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Former Irish Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald has claimed that the IRA scuppered a deal which would have ended the Maze Hunger Strikes in 1981. Fitzgerald said he was convinced that the IRA refused a deal which would have prevented the last six of 10 deaths.

It is fitting that the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature went to the Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett. After all, in works such as "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame," Beckett alternated between tragedy and comedy, drama and farce. The same could be said about 1969.

  Introduction Ireland is an island on the western fringe of Europe between latitude 51 1/2 and 55 1/2 degrees north, and longitude 5 1/2 to 10 1/2 degrees west. Its greatest length, from Malin Head in the north to Mizen Head in the south, is 486 km and its greatest width from east to west is approximately 275

Lady Gaga is at the center of a million dollar lawsuit between an Irish and New York company.