Sharon Osbourne has said sorry via Facebook to Susan Boyle for her nasty remarks on the Opie and Anthony Show.

Irish brain surgeons were operating in the eighth century in a remote area of Ireland. That's according to stunning evidence discovered at an ancient grave in County Donegal.

A nasty case of E coli bacterial infection has forced Elton John to postpone his final date of his Red Piano world tour in Ireland at Dublin's O2 venue.

“A Beautiful Mind” star Jennifer Connelly admits she has no projects lined up for when she finishes filming the upcoming movie “What’s Wrong With Virginia?”

We’ve all heard of singing for your supper, but having to sing for a classroom might be a song too far. But that's just what some Irish schoolchildren are doing with a catchy new song called "Ca Bhfuil Ar Scoil?" (Where Is Our School?).

A new iPhone app promises to take the hard work out of choosing an Irish name for your new baby. The app, called O'Baby Baby, lists more than 400 Irish girls and boys names and also includes audio clips which pronounce the words for you.

An upcoming U2 gig will be streamed live on the world’s biggest video site YouTube.com.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced plans to open an operational center in Belfast that will create up to 400 jobs.

When one thinks of Stone Age archaeological sites, Stonehenge, Altamira and Newgrange may come to mind. Most likely The Céide Fields will not. But they should.

This week's stories from around the counties: Crosses in the sky; Nurse slaps patient; Canceled operations; Woman chooses prison; Poor Irish broadband

Have you ever heard of a hurricane hitting Ireland? Well, the Emerald Isle just came pretty close to being smacked by a tropical storm.

The Irish police force has been awarded an international 'Ig Nobel' award from Harvard University. Turns out the gardai issued 50 driving tickets to a Polish person called Prawo Jazdy.

Legendary English football manager Kevin Keegan has won £2m ($3m) in damages from Newcastle United in the so-called "YouTube" transfer row. However, the sum is far smaller than that being sought by Keegan who quit the Premiership club last September. He had been seeking in excess of £25m ($40m) for salary and "stigma damages."

Actress Anna Friel’s nude scene in the West End production of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is causing quite a stir.

Mimi the dog has generated more than 250,00 views on YouTube with her version of Riverdance. The hysterical video shows Mimi - or at least it purports to show Mimi - tapping her way through the famed dance

Former President Bill Clinton will personally take part in a session on Northern Ireland at his annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) summit this week in New York.

The Giants Causeway, one of Ireland's most important heritage landscapes, is at risk of being swallowed up by the sea. Experts say that sea levels at the Irish coast could rise by one meter (3.3 feet) by the end of this

Teen country music sensation Taylor Swift has revealed she has a crush on the lead singer of the up and coming Irish band The Script.

Hundreds of people have reported sightings of a huge fireball in the skies over Ireland. Astronomy Ireland said that they are receiving hundreds of calls from people, many from Northern Ireland, who say they spotted an explosion in the air around 9 p.m. Irish time Thursday.

The prophecies of the Irish saint Malachy, the 12th century bishop of Armagh who predicted all the popes have thrilled and dismayed readers for centuries. He has stated there will be only one more pope after the current one, and during his reign comes the end of the world.

Irish people urgently need to pull together says former Irish president Mary Robinson. A self-confessed optimist, Robinson said that the Celtic Tiger had pushed Irish people apart.

Hugh Orde, Northern Ireland’s Police Chief Constable, has stepped down from his post as head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to become a visiting professor at the University of Ulster.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and company look set to steal Scottish singing star Susan Boyle's crown as one of the most viewed clips of all time on YouTube.

Ken Carroll wants to change your world. He wants you to learn Chinese, and he is going to teach you for free. If you are from the Republic of Ireland, that is.

A barrel full of butter, estimated to be around 3,000 years old, was found in a peat bog in County Kildare in Ireland. Two peat workers, John Fitzharris and Martin Lane, stumbled upon an oak barrel full of butter when they noticed a white streak in an Irish bog in Gilltow, County Kildare.

The recently discovered mass grave of Irish railroad workers in Pennsylvania — at first believed to have been victims of a cholera outbreak — has taken a far-darker turn: Investigators at the site, known as Duffy's Cut, told IrishCentral that at least two of the skulls they have unearthed were found to have had blunt-force trauma inflicted on them at the time of death.

Watch out Samantha Ronson – it seems that Lindsay Lohan has her eye on a new gal. Lohan has continued to reach out to Spears, looking to hang out and spend some more time with the fellow blonde starlet.

An Irish Facebook user has fallen victim to an international scam whereby fraudsters hijack a user's account and pretend to be the user. The scammers hack into the user's Facebook account and then message all the friends saying they've been mugged in

The destructive fungal disease – the same one that caused the potato famine in Ireland in the 1840s – that first sprung up in plants in Rhode Island and New York has spread even further in the northeast to Massachusetts farms.

The Twitter phenomenon is the latest social networking trend to hit the scene, and celebrities are cashing in on the craze. If you're signed up on the fast-growing Web site, add these interesting, amusing Irish-American celebrities to your must "follow" list:

Facebook is leading teenagers to commit suicide. That's according to the head of the Catholic Church in England. The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, says that Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace are pushing teenagers over the edge The Archbishop said that teenagers now value their friendships according to how many friends they have on Facebook rather than the true value of those friendships.

As Bono gets ready for tonight’s Dublin gig, will he put his Palm Pre or his Blackberry on vibrate before he takes the Croke Park stage before 80,000 screaming fans?

Ireland's communications Minister Eamon Ryan has announced plans that target the creation of up to 30,000 jobs over the next decade in digital and clean technology.

Lebron James and Warren Buffett were together again at the Allen and Company conference in Sun Valley last week — and the highlight of the event was a video showing Buffett beating James in a one-on-one basketball game.

Irish kids sure are growing up fast. A new Irish study has found that almost half of nine-year-old children in Ireland own their own cell phones and have a TV in their bedrooms.

New York has been hit by Irish Famine disease. The destructive fungal blight is wiping out tomato and potato plants across the state and much of the Northeast. The technical terms is "late blight," but it's the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s.

The Mayo Advertiser, a small newspaper in the west of Ireland, may have — or may not have — just written the front-page headline of the century: "Massive blow jobs for Belmullet."

U2 have dumped Apple and taken a huge bite out of BlackBerry instead. The Irish rock giants have switched sides in a major new deal with Research in Motion which makes the ever-popular BlackBerry. The BlackBerry U2 deal was announced in March but the first ad only started appearing over the July 4 weekend.

Although the great ship would never reach its final destination, this month the Titanic has finally docked in New York City in spirit. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition just opened at the Discovery Times Square Exposition Center last weekend for a limited time only.

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.

U2 kicked off their new 360 Tour in front of 90,000 screaming fans in Barcelona last night from a spaceship. Well, it's not really a spaceship but it sure looks like one! The band walked on to the stage at 10 p.m. to the sounds of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It was a fitting choice for an intro, being that the band’s stage, The Claw, resembles a spaceship on legs.

Irish-American superstar George Clooney is alive and well, despite false reports that the actor died on June 29. Clooney is just the latest celebrity to be declared dead in an internet hoax, which forced his representatives to release a statement confirming that the actor lives on.

On Tuesday, InishTech, a startup company set up with the help of Microsoft's IP Ventures Program and Enterprise Ireland, took over the computer giant’s Software Licensing and Protective Services (SLPS).

A third of all of Ireland’s gay and lesbian couples are living with a same-sex partner in the United States, according to a new study based on U.S. Census data.

Friday is World Environment Day. This year the chosen city to celebrate this is Mexico City. So, what can we do that is “green” and Mexican? Taco’s with Salsa Verde of course!

Chelsea have confirmed that former Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti will take over as the club’s new manager.

The average price of a house in Ireland has fallen by its sharpest level since a housing price index was established in 1996. The average house now costs about €248,640 ($346,600) similar to the prices being paid five years ago in 2004.

Update AND video: Standing ovation as Susan wins final spot  with 'Memory" Talent show sensation Susan Boyle has been voted through to the semi-finals of "Britain's Got Talent," the show that rocketed her to global fame last

Inside Edition doesn’t like Irish accents –or maybe Irish people. Have we really become so white bread in America that accents are not allowed on television shows any more?

The family of a missing Irishman in Australia have launched an Internet campaign to track their son down. Sean Walsh, 26, from Waterford, was last seen in the Sydney suburb of Randwick on Sunday, May 10, in the early hours of the morning, Australian police say. He was due to fly back to Ireland on Tuesday having been in Australia since November last.