A Texas woman who fled to Ireland with her two children in 2005 is to attend an extradition hearing in Dublin on Wednesday, December 3.

Irish Voice Senior Editor Debbie McGoldrick answers your immigration questions, queries and concerns. This week: I-94 Submission

The Irish city of Cork has made the Top 10 list of must-see cities in the world. Cork - often referred to as the "real capital" by Corkonians, won a spot in the World's Top 10 for its youthful energy, sophistication and great restaurants.

Kristen Stewart has dumped her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson - because he wanted to marry her. Sources close to the couple say that Stewart, 19, felt smothered by the 'clingy' 23-year-old

Jonathan Rhys Meyers loves playing Henry VIII, but is certainly not in love with his character’s diet. The Irish actor and “Tudors” star revealed the king’s “deathly” food choices.

An Irish-born Archbishop has been suspended by the Vatican over an allegation that he carried on a 20-year relationship with a woman that began when she was only 14. The archbishop is currently said to be in the U.S. and once served in New Jersey.

News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

The 1911 census, which I discovered and pored over until often five o'clock in the morning, is a joy to possess, and while it would be unwise to consider that long ago period was some kind of golden era in which to have lived, it is indeed a treasure, and brings local history alive.

News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

April Drew: You'd think that emigrating to the U.S., Canada or Australia from Ireland would be easy. We speak the same language. Right? Think again! The Irish seem to speak a foreign language no matter where they are. Take a read and see what you think.

According to the Human Development Index released by the United Nations Development Program, in terms of quality of life, Ireland is the fifth best place to live in the world.

News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

“A-Team” fans have gotten a first glimpse of the cast of the new film adaptation of the hit 80s TV show starring Liam Neeson who has been spotted in Vancouver sporting silver hair.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians held a weekend of commemoration to mark the centenary of the cross that began on August 14 with a dinner in Quebec attended by the presidents and vice-presidents of the AOH from Ireland, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia and Australia.

  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

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

Some of the pigs in a 5,000-porker Northern Ireland pig farm have been coughing. You'll never guess what the diagnosis is. Yes, it's swine flu, and health authorities are trying to figure how they became the latest animal victims of the famous virus named after them.

The annual DV green card lottery (DV-2011) begins on October 2, and concludes on November 30, 2009. As in previous years, applications can only be lodged electronically via Form DS-5501, available only through the State Department’s DV website at www.dvlottery.state.gov.

Moloney is derived from the Gaelic O Maoldhomnaigh, meaning a descendant or a servant of the church. The name is often spelled Maloney but the O'Moloney (or O'Maloney) form of the name is only rarely found. The family was originally associated with the area around Tulla, County Clare but is now commonly found in Limerick and Tipperary.

Celtic rock band Enter The Haggis is giving away a new iPod Touch loaded with their music. To enter the contest, all you have to do is create a slogan in one sentence or less about this young energetic band’s music and unapologetic Celtic attitude.

The second part of our annual summer feature on the questions U.S. naturalization candidates can be asked during a citizenship interview, as provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Here are the last 50, with acceptable answers. For more information on naturalization, visit www.uscis.gov.

A 20-year-old Irish man who was in Canada for the summer on a working visa drowned on Tuesday morning while out for a morning swim in shallow waters with two friends from Ireland. The young man, whose name has not yet been released, was due to finish up his summer in Canada next week and return home to

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Celtic will travel to Canada next month to face old European rivals Benfica in a glamor friendly match in Toronto. The Bhoys will take on the Portuguese giants in a one-off match on Wednesday, September 2, at the BMO Field, with the clubs competing for the inaugural CNE Cup.

President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning, her family said in a statement. She was 88.

U2 may have pumped $70 million into the Irish economy with their three Dublin shows in July, but the Irish have returned the favor by helping the band to rake in over $100 million in just its first 13 shows.

Shannon Airport in Ireland’s West became the first airport outside Canada, Bermuda and the

A fleet of 100 chartered buses is standing by to ferry a sell-out crowd to a show by Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell. The concert, which takes place at 2pm in Albany on Monday, is a yearly ritual for O'Donnell's legion of fans who usually only see him on PBS specials. The buses will travel across the border from Canada and up from far-flung cities in Pennsylvania.

Ireland’s International Rose of Tralee Festival will celebrate its Golden Jubilee 50th anniversary this year when the renowned event kicks off on August 21. 50 Roses from all different walks of life will travel from around the world to compete at the festival.

 “There’s no sense of entitlement, no sense of placement, it’s all a sense of you’ve got to go out and work hard to get there. It doesn’t all break your way all the time, so you’ve got to just power through it. I think that’s deeply imbedded in the culture of the Irish.” –

This year, over a century and a half past the end of An Ghorta Mór (the great starvation) that claimed over one million lives between 1845 and 1851, Ireland at long last declared May 17, 2009 the first National Famine Memorial Day.

On November 2, 1759, a veritable riot broke out along several blocks of lower Manhattan. The target of the torch-bearing crowds was a man deemed to be a “rogue” and informer named George Spencer. Spencer survived the crowds’ wrath, though he was banged up with bruises and

U2 have boosted the Irish economy by a whopping $70m with their three shows in Dublin this weekend. Experts say the band's three sell-out shows at Croke Park pumped $50m into Ireland's faltering economy. Restuarants, bars and hotels reported bumper earningas as fans flocked to the Irish capital to see the boys from Northside.

“I have an unusual question, I think. My mother was born in Canada in the 1950s, and lived there for the first eight years of her life before returning to Ireland with her family. I have never been to Canada and to be honest I don’t want to really go. My hoped-for destination is New York. As far as I am aware, because my mother is Canadian I should be Canadian as well. Will this fact help me at all in my quest to become American? I have friends living over there illegally, and that’s not something I want to do. I suppose I could try Canada, though, and presume I’d be legal there and therefore employable?”

Ireland is set to cut its funding for overseas emigrant groups by nearly 7 percent just as emigration from Ireland is set to expand. The economic advisory group, popularly known as "An Bord Snip," in Ireland has recommended lopping €1 million ($1.4m) off the total budget of €15 million ($21m) for the Irish abroad.

Concordia University has recently expanded their Irish studies program to benefit many students who have a desire to learn about their heritage. At Concordia University, Canadian Irish Studies have recently gone from a small undergraduate minor and certificate program to a full course of studies and renamed “The School of Canadian Irish Studies."

The final film starring tragic Natasha Richardson has gone straight to DVD. The tween comedy, "Wild Child," featured Richardson as the headmistress of an English boarding school and Emma Roberts as a spoiled American student whose father,

Toronto is among cities such as New York and Montreal that have established a memorial park of its own to honor the Irish Famine immigrants. Ireland Park, dedicated to the Irish Famine Immigrants of 1847, was completed in the summer of 2007 in a spot on Toronto’s serene waterfront.

Canadians are everywhere at Nashville for the North American Irish Dance Championships. Between the solo dancers, the groups, the adult dancers and youngsters - a huge proportion of them come from America's northern neighbor.

When you think "Irish America" you think Catholicism in the U.S., JFK , St. Patrick's Day parades and Irish pride. But Irish-American ties run deeper than one might expect on first glance.

Irish America holds the key to a united Ireland. That's according to Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, who was speaking at the annual Sinn Fein forum in San Francisco on Saturday. Social media will form a crucial part of Sinn Fein's outreach. The new PR campaign will use Twitter and YouTube to virtually unite major American cities on St. Patrick's Day in calling for a "united Ireland.

Colin Farrell’s big brother Eamon is officially married – at least in Canada.

It is that time of the year again when I am very much in the New York state of mind as the days rapidly approach for another gathering of the trad music universe known as the Catskills Irish Arts Week (CIAW).

Ireland A beat Canada 30-19 at Infinity Park in Glendale in the early hours of Thursday morning, in their opening Churchill Cup Pool A match.

Isaac Boss will lead Ireland A out in their opening Churchill Cup rugby match against Canada on June 10.

Irish star Brendan Gleeson has been receiving rave reviews for his portrayal of British WWII prime minister Winston Churchill in HBO's "Into the Storm," directed by fellow Irish man Thaddeus O’Sullivan. The film, which is a sequel to the top-rated "The Gathering Storm" premiers tonight at 9pm EST and stars Gleeson as Churchill in the thick of World War I. Reuters said Gleeson's performance carries the film while Canada's Globe and Mail lauded Gleeson for "a rousing yet deeply personal performance."

Declan Kidney has made just one change to the Ireland team to face the USA this Sunday at the Buckshaw Stadium in Santa Clara, bringing in Mike Ross for his first start at tight head prop.

Tim Pat Coogan: This year’s National Famine Commemoration ceremony at Skibbereen was dignified, efficient, moving.

Declan Kidney pronounced himself satisfied with some of Ireland's play during their 25-6 victory over Canada in Vancouver on Saturday.

Irish Canadian model Coco Rocha has taken the fashion world by storm with an unforgettable face, modish look and vivid persona.