Ireland

Ireland Photo Galleries

1. Plastic Paddies
   February 09, 10

   You're not Irish, you'll never be Irish. The idea stings some of us in the diaspora, but for me, I respect the assertion of native rights by Ireland-born ...

2. The green party! Massive global Irish celebration for St. Patrick's Day
   February 09, 10

   In a major coup for Irish tourism, iconic buildings and attractions around the world including the Sydney Opera House, the London Eye, the Empire State Building and the CN Tower in Toronto, among others, will turn green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

3. Gay Irish 'bishop' Pat Buckley stood up on wedding day
   February 09, 10

   Outspoken gay Catholic bishop Pat Buckley was due to marry his Filipino boyfriend Eduardo Yango in Larne, Co Antrim, but his partner got cold feet and decided to postpone the civil marriage.

4. Former cop shoots two Irish men in smoking row in New York
   February 09, 10

   Two young Irishmen who got into a fight outside a bowling alley in Queens, New York on Saturday were shot and seriously wounded by a security guard.

5. Fine Gael party meets for crisis talks after George Lee resignation
   February 09, 10

   Ireland's largest opposition party, Fine Gael, will hold a crisis meeting in Dublin today. The front bench will discuss the future of its leader Enda Kenny.

6. Meryl Streep wants to further research her Irish roots
   February 09, 10

   Meryl Streep is seeking to research her Irish great-grandmother and to spend more time in Ireland. The acclaimed actress says that Grace Strain, her great-grandmother born 1865 in Donegal, is someone she wants to find out far more about.

7. Reeling over the midweek hump with Irish trad and folk sessions at Dunnes
   February 08, 10

   Getting over the Wednesday hump takes something to look forward to. Usually that's the weekend, but not so in White Plains, where daydreamers in the office can look forward to Wednesday night at Dunne's Pub to bring them out of the rut, and have been for more than a ...

8. Former Irish PM Bertie Ahern gets (BS) artist tax break
   February 08, 10

   Determined to get every penny he can for his tell-nothing autobiography, the former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern applied to the Irish Republic's Tax Commission for a tax-break usually reserved for artists. And he got ...

9. Confessions of a 'Ros na Rún' addict: How to get started
   February 08, 10

   Now everybody can make like John Millington Synge and earwig on the native Irish at work and play in their own language. Having passed the 1000th episode mark this past Christmas, Ros na Rún's characters and its unfolding plots have garnered a richness rare except for great ...

10. Exotic Ireland takes the lead in culture showcase
    February 08, 10

    New Yorkers feel like we've seen it all. Life in the city is a constant hunt for the new or the ...