The kidnapped Irish Catholic priest, Fr Michael Sinnott, has been released without injury in the Philippines. Arriving at Manila Airport, the 79-year-old Wexford priest even tried to make light of his experience. "Because I am a bit old and I found hiking a bit difficult at times, I think that they'd be glad to kidnap a younger man the next time," he said.

The family of Michael O'Dwyer, the Irishman shot dead by police in Bolivia in April, are calling for an International investigation into the death of their loved one.

The Speaker of Ireland's parliament has become the first casualty of the massive recession and the anger over political spending.

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Irish Nobel prize winner Mairead Maguire and compatriot Derek Graham have been detained by Israeli authorities. The pair was onboard the Spirit of Humanity which was bound for Gaza when it was intercepted by Israeli forces.

Irishcentral.com has learned exclusively that at least two prisoners from the notorious Guantanamo prison camp on the island of

The Irish government is shortly expected to announce that two new Irish consulates will be established in the U.S. It is believed that Houston and

A compilation of stories by 36 Irish immigrants who returned to Ireland after decades of living in another country was launched in Ireland by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Martin earlier this month.

The book, called "Coming Home," details in their own words the tales of emigrants who were forced to leave Ireland in the fifties and sixties either as children or teenagers to start new lives in the U.S.

THE body of an Irishman with a history of mental illness who was shot dead by a police officer on Monday, June 30 in Oregon will be brought back to Ireland for cremation in the coming days.Andrew Hanlon, 20 and originally from Dundrum, Co. Dublin, was shot seven times according to his sister, after police were called to what was assumed a burglary in the small town of Silverton in Oregon.

Big Boost For Bertie

HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi dropped a nice surprise for Taoiseach (Prime Minster) Bertie Ahern during last week's events surrounding the visit of the North's First Minister Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.

The announcement that Ahern will address a joint session of Congress in early 2008 is a big boost to a politician who has been feeling the heat in Ireland because of the Mahon Tribunal investigation into allegations of corruption in Fianna Fail back in the 1980s and 1990s.

The joint session is a huge honor and shows clearly the clout that the Irish government enjoys in Washington.