New daddy Colin Farrell certainly takes his parenting duties seriously. Next month, he'll personally support the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome (which his six-year-old son has) Therapeutics (FAST) by appearing at the organization’s fundraising gala in Chicago.

A banned sex tape featuring Irish actor Colin Farrell has been sent to his girlfriend’s family. The video – which the actor won a court injunction against, stopping it being sold, distributed or displayed in 2005 – shows Colin getting passionate with Playboy model Nicole Narain.

Colin Farrell has become a dad for the second time, according to reports. The 33-year-old Irish actor’s girlfriend, his “Ondine” co-star Alicja Bachleda, 26, is said to have given birth to a baby boy.

Colin Farrell may be getting a bit of grief from his pregnant girlfriend to make her an honest woman before she gives birth to their child.

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.

Colin Farrell’s name has been all over the tabloids since his girlfriend, Polish actress Alicja Bachleda, stepped out sporting what seems to be a baby bump. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and look at the 33-year-old Irish actor’s past love life, a track record that just may be more extensive than his acting career.

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Reports have surfaced that Colin Farrell is expecting his second child with girlfriend Alicja Bachleda-Curus. The 26-year-old Polish actress, who co-stars with Farrell in the upcoming Neil Jordan-directed Irish film “Ondine,” was photographed at an airport sporting a large baby bump.

U2's packed concert schedule has been thrown into chaos after a protest by residents outside Croke Park in Dublin where the Irish band played their three homecoming gigs. Angry residents blocked access to the team of trucks waiting to ferry 56 tonnes of sound and video gear to the group's next two dates in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.

The husband of an Irish-born woman who grew up in Pennsylvania was charged with her brutal murder in early June.

It seems as if the bad old days have returned with a vengeance in Ireland. Emigration is back — and it looks like it could be official government policy.

EXCLUSIVE: Irish actress Evanna Lynch is famous her recurring role as the eccentric Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film blockbusters, and will next star in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." She talks to IrishCentral about the movie - and gives away a BIG secret!

Ireland is now suffering the worst recession of any country in the developed world since the 1930s. Why is this?

Irish actor and “In Treatment” star Gabriel Byrne has revealed was physically abused by Catholic priests as a child, but he doesn’t blame them – he blames their celibacy.

The Tummy Tub, a bucket-shaped baby bath, is taking Ireland by storm.

Michael O'Leary, boss of Irish airline Ryanair, has said that swine flu would only affect "people in slums." Here are some other outrageous Michael O'Leary moments.

Three Irish women are taking their case against Ireland’s anti-abortion policies to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Irish Government is ready to fight back. The anonymous women, known as A, B and C, with the support of the

A veteran Irish gay rights activist in New York takes on his latest opponent: the President of Poland

After an all-day downpour on Saturday, a sustained period of glorious sunshine greeted Philadelphia today, as the World Irish Dancing Championship drew to a close. The sunshine brought a fitting end to what has been an incredibly successful week.

After an all-day downpour on Saturday, a sustained period of glorious sunshine greeted Philadelphia today, as the World Irish Dancing Championship drew to a close. The sunshine brought a fitting end to what has been an incredibly successful week.

This was supposed to be the most severe budget in decades - but the Irish government has taken the easy way out.

Northern Ireland went to the top of World Cup qualifying Group Three following a 3-2 win against Poland.

A new survey has found that the Irish are among the happiest in Europe

Hull City striker Caleb Folan is ready to fight for a place in the Republic of Ireland team.

Broadway was a magical backdrop to actress Natasha Richardson’s life, which was cut tragically short on Wednesday, March 18. And, as a mark of respect, all the theaters on Broadway dimmed their lights on Thursday, March 19.

Once banned by the church because it was seen as sinful, Irish dance has since flourished not only in countries with a large population of Irish immigrants like Scotland, England and America, but also in places like South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and even Russia.

A new social networking Web site for Irish dancers and musicians is proving to be a big hit on the Internet.  Diddlyi.com, the creation of two brothers from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, went live in April

Visa Lottery Instructions LEGAL residents of the U.S. - and we emphasize legal - and all others living abroad should take note that the entry period for the annual DV-1 diversity visa lottery, also known as the Schumer visa program, especially in Irish circles, began on Wednesday, October 3, concluding at noon on Sunday, December 2.

THE annual DV green card lottery (DV-2010) begins this week on October 2, and concludes on December 1 at noon. As in previous years, applications can only be lodged electronically through the State Department's DV website at www.dvlottery.

Martina Cole is famous, and quite pleased about it. Her books are notorious for being the most requested in the prison libraries in the UK, and she is consistently referred to as England's bestselling adult fiction writer. "When I wrote 'Dangerous Lady,' the first book," she says in a voice that is as full of grit and glamour as her epic six-hundred-page crime dramas, "I never thought it would become as big as it did.

Daniel Day-Lewis has two Oscars, while Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris and Liam Neeson don't have any. See the roles for which they could have, and perhaps should have, won.

John Boyne's first novel for young adults, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," is a fine read for adults also. At the book's start, the main character Bruno makes a discovery. He has come home from school to find the family's maid standing in his bedroom, pulling all his belongings out of the wardrobe and packing them in four large wooden crates, even the things he'd hidden at the back and were nobody else's business.

For fiscal year 2005, which concluded on September 30 of that year, guess which nation was issued more green cards – Ireland or Syria? Or how about Ireland or Iran?

The coalition is being urged by one of its own minority ministers, Green Party leader John Gormley, to save taxpayers' money by leaving the government jet in its hangar and flying by low-cost airline Ryanair instead. Gormley said ministers need to set an example in cost-saving measures when going abroad on government business. He said he recently flew Ryanair to Poznan in Poland for a climate change conference.

There won't be too many sad farewells to the past year, which brought us everything short of famine and pestilence. The New Year starts off very well with a new president in place and a renewed country anxious to leave the past behind. President-elect Barack Obama will bring with him the best wishes of billions around the world as he seeks to grapple with the recession/depression we have sunk into.

The New Year brought Ireland's most severe jobs crisis in several decades, with the giant Dell organization switching its entire computer manufacturing operation from Limerick to Poland, Waterford Wedgwood going into receivership, and Tara Mines under severe pressure. Limerick reeled last week as its largest employer, Dell, announced it was laying off 1,900 workers over the next year as it moves manufacturing to a new plant at Lodz in Poland as part of a massive global cost-cutting operation The company, the largest exporter in the Republic, also said that about 1,500 jobs in firms which directly supply the plant are at risk. Local business leaders claimed the knock-on effects could affect up to 7,000 jobs in other industries.

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen has been urged by worried politicians in the mid-west to intervene personally in a bid to avert unimagined economic crisis in the region should Dell close its computer manufacturing operation in Limerick.

Local Fine Gael TD (member of Parliament) Kieran O'Donnell said that Cowen has "shown a complete lack of understanding of the magnitude of the situation" at the plant where there are fears for 2,000 jobs in the 3,000 workforce.

The jobs are expected to go in the New Year as part of Dell's rationalization of its operations worldwide.

BRENDAN Fay, the Drogheda-born, New York-based Irish gay activist, was startled to learn that Polish President Lech Kaczynski had used Fay's wedding photo to his American born partner Dr. Tom Moulton during a presidential address to the nation last week.With a Polish network broadcasting a photo of the couple's marriage certificate, the president warned that adopting the new EU constitutional treaty could open the door to same-sex marriage in Poland.

Construction has hit hard times in Ireland as the boom fades. Conn Corrigan reports from Dublin.

Andy Reid's international career is in limbo and Stephen Ireland's much vaunted return is again on hold after both were left out of the squad to play Georgia next month. Giovanni Trapattoni announced a 25-man squad for the February 11 fixture in Dublin on Monday, but Reid, Ireland and Lee Carsley were notable absentees. Steve Finnan and Stephen Kelly are both back in the frame for the qualifier as Trap looks to apply pressure on Italy at the top of the table.

It's that time of year when the wise old men of sports journalism and the grumpy ones swap places with the psychics and attempt to predict the future. Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic have been jam packed with various crystal ball gazing for the year ahead, so here's my sporting wishes for 2009: IRELAND'S SOCCER TEAM A simple one to begin with - World Cup qualification. Giovanni Trapattoni is still unbeaten in competitive football as Irish boss, and there were worrying signs in the friendly defeat to Poland in November, but let's face it, we all want Ireland to go to South Africa next year.

Giovanni Trapattoni has bizarrely claimed that he wanted to kick World Cup exile Andy Reid up the rear in a German hotel last September. The Irish boss made the startling admission to Star Sunday as his rift with the Sunderland midfielder deepens. Trapattoni's bizarre confession came as he explained how the pair clashed in a Wiesbaden hotel bar late on the night of Ireland's World Cup win over Georgia.

IRELAND finally hit the medal trail in Beijing on Tuesday -- and once again it was the boxers who did the trick at the Olympic Games. Boxing team captain Kenny Egan and Belfast youngster Paddy Barnes assured themselves of bronze medals at least when they won their respective quarterfinals.

Barnes got the ball rolling with a comfortable 11-5 victory over Poland's Lukasz Maszczyk at light flyweight.

SHAUN Maloney celebrated his return to Celtic from Aston Villa with a man of the match performance in the 3-0 win over Falkirk at Parkhead. Maloney returned to Celtic in a $4 million deal from Villa on Friday and marked his comeback with two assists as Georgios Samaras (two) and Stephen McManus scored.

The Scottish striker was delighted with his return, but reserved his highest praise for Irish winger Aiden McGeady.

GIOVANNI Trapattoni is not for turning on the Andy Reid saga -- he will continue to pick the team he feels is best suited for World Cup qualification despite the clamor to start Reid.

In the wake of last week's 1-0 win over Cyprus Trapattoni has warned Reid, yet to play for the new manager, that he's fallen out with bigger names in the past, including Ireland coach Liam Brady and UEFA President Michel Platini.

And Sunderland boss Roy Keane has told his Irish counterpart to do it his way as the country debates Reid's continued exclusion.

CELTIC'S 2-0 win at Hearts on Sunday was spoiled somewhat when manager Gordon Strachan was verbally abused by a home fan after his post-match press conference.

Hearts have launched an investigation after the Celtic boss was targeted by a supporter who approached him from one of the ground's hospitality suites.

A Hearts spoke-sman said, "An investigation has already started and once the individual has been identified, appropriate action will be taken.

GIOVANNI Trapattoni has sent Andy Reid into international exile and caused consternation with the decision. Reid has been left out of Trap's squad for next week's game against Poland, and also missing are Joey O'Brien, Lee Carsley, Cillian Sheridan, James McCarthy and Noel Hunt.

Pundit Eamon Dunphy has slammed Trap for leaving Reid out after the pair had a row in Germany over Reid's continued absence from the side.

THE quote was designed to sum up life as an All-Black from one of world rugby's legends, but it could just as easily have come from the mouth of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni or Kerry footballer Aidan O'Mahony.

Jonah Lomu was in Dublin for the past week, ostensibly in his new role as an ambassador for the sportswear firm Adidas but just as much to enjoy his new life as a New Zealand rugby fan.

The giant of a man, once described as a freak of nature by an English commentator, made for great company as we sat for almost an hour over coffee in the Fitzwilliam Hotel that graces one side of St.

These are strange times indeed for some of the biggest names in Irish football as we prepare for the arrival of 2009, the year that will decide our World Cup fate and so much more beside.

In less than 12 months from now we will know if Team Ireland is to join the 31 other best footballing nations in the world in South Africa.

This time next year we will know if Trap really has what it takes.

A few weeks ago a bet was cast in the bar of the Jury's Hotel that sits opposite Croke Park and makes almost as money for its owners as the stadium does for the GAA.

On match days the four star hostelry is always jammed, be it with GAA, soccer or ru&gby fans anxious to preview and review the big action across the road.