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  1. Irish government to waste $25 Million on U.S.-Ireland Alliance?
    August 27, 09

    So, the Irish government is planning to give the U.S.-Ireland Alliance some $25 million over the next few years, according to Batt O'Keefe, the minister for education there.

  2. Gerry Adams: Irish America holds key to united Ireland
    June 28, 09

    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.

  3. Up and coming Irish Hollywood starlets to watch out for
    June 10, 09

    With break-out Irish stars such as Saoirse Ronan and Elaine Cassidy popping on to the TV and movie scene, it looks as if the lack of Irish women in Hollywood is soon to be a thing of the past.

  4. How the Irish took over cable TV
    May 29, 09

    It’s been 10 years now since HBO took a chance on a little drama called “The Sopranos” and changed the face of television. Few could gave guessed its success. But nobody would have predicted: that the Irish would come to dominate critically acclaimed drama all over the cable landscape.

  5. Where have all the Irish women in Hollywood gone?
    April 04, 09

    Neeson, Brosnan, Byrne, Farrell, Rhys-Meyers: Irish men have been a big success in Hollywood. But where are all the Irish ladies?

  6. The IrishCentral readers' top 10 Irish movies
    March 27, 09

    When our resident film critic picked her Top 10 Irish movies of all time, she provoked a storm of protest from many of our readers. So here, we let our readers have their pick.

  7. How Colin Farrell and other Irish stars got their start
    March 13, 09

    Colin Farrell attended two elite private high schools. Gabriel Byrne starting acting classes at the age of 29. See the different roads to stardom for top Irish actors.

  8. Best Irish movies of all time
    March 10, 09

    See where "The Crying Game," My Left Foot" and "The Commitments" rank on a countdown of the best films out of Ireland.

  9. Bloomsday on Broadway XXI
    March 10, 09

    NOW in its 16th year, the annual Bloomsday on Broadway festival on June 16 at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side has become one of the hottest tickets in the New York calendar. Celebrating both James Joyce and Ireland, it's a far cry from the other dried up celebrations of revered authors legendary watering hole McSorley's provides the ale, for example, and you never have to wait long to hear a song. Says festival host Isaiah Sheffer, "It's always a great deal of fun and a lot of work and we're just sending out the scripts now to the 93 readers who will take to the stage on Bloomsday.

  10. Blood Brothers
    March 10, 09

    Brotherhood, the high octane Showtime family drama of Irish gangsters, politicians, blood and betrayal, set in the back streets and boardrooms of Providence, has returned to the airwaves. If you've been missing The Sopranos, this is definitely the best way to get a mob drama fix. CAHIR O'DOHERTY talks to the show's creator, writer and executive producer Blake Masters about the new season.

  11. Tiger Tales of New Irish Cinema
    March 10, 09

    AT the ninth annual Magners Irish Film Festival this week in Boston one rule seems to apply - each new Irish film must explore the complexities of modern Irish life.

    In this ambition the organizers have succeeded admirably. Screenings of important new feature films like director John Boorman's controversial Celtic Tiger satire The Tiger's Tale will receive their first U.

  12. Irish Awards Announced
    March 10, 09

    THEY'LL roll out the red carpet - or perhaps it will be green? - in Dublin next month without fear of picketing writers, so perhaps a few stars hungry for some paparazzi attention will jet over for the fifth annual Irish Film and Television Awards, set for Sunday, February 17 at the Gaiety Theatre.

    Nominees were announced last week, and a host of Irish old-timers and new stars are up for honors. Leading the way is the teenage dynamo Saoirse Ronan, the Carlow native who's named as a rising star nominee (alongside the likes of author Cecelia Ahern, but surely she's already risen to great heights?), and best supporting actress nominee for her part in Atonement.

  13. Those We Lost
    March 10, 09

    DANIEL CASSIDY

    1943-2008

    Writer, musician, college professor and Irish America Top 100 honoree Daniel Cassidy died on October 11 at his home in San Francisco. The author of the book "How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads" succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 65.

    Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dan Cassidy boasted Irish heritage on both his parents' sides.

  14. Flanagan Withdraws Over Pig Comments
    March 09, 09

    IRISH actress Fionnula Flanagan has pulled out of this year's US-Ireland Alliance pre-Oscar awards party in a dispute over the undocumented Irish in the U.S. Flanagan cited an opinion piece written by the organization's president, Trina Vargo, in The Irish Times in November which criticized the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) and its efforts to legalize the Irish in the U.

  15. McAleese Makes Plea for Undocumented
    March 09, 09

    Irish President Mary McAleese made a heartfelt plea on behalf of the Irish undocumented living in the U.S. during a visit to San Francisco last week.

  16. Fionnula
    March 09, 09

    It's 8 a.m. and Fionnula Flanagan arrives for breakfast looking fresh as a daisy in a crisp white shirt.

  17. Top 100 Irish America's Finest in Dance . Music . Acting The Irish have had a long history in the
    March 09, 09

    Top 100 Irish America's Finest in Dance . Music . Acting

    The Irish have had a long history in the entertainment business, from the days when actors Errol Flynn and James Cagney graced the silver screen, Gene Kelly danced his way into hearts, and crooner Bing Crosby brought joy to millions with his heavenly voice. So too, our Top 100 honorees, dancers, musicians, stars of stage and screen, light up our lives with their particular talent.

    They have made us laugh, cry, sit spellbound in our seats, and gasp in awe at their enormous talent.

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