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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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).

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

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.

Irish actor Jason O'Mara's third big American break has fallen flat as ABC has axed his show "Life on Mars."

A 22-year-old Irish college student posted a phony quote on deceased French composer Maurice Jarré’s Wikipedia entry for a sociology project, and inadvertently fooled the world’s media.

If Michael Dwyer was some kind of harmless nice guy, as his family insists, then what was he doing in Bolivia, armed to the teeth?

O’Connell Street’s Spire tops the list of must-see sites in Dublin, in a new study of photos posted on the Web site Flickr.

I've lost (or forgotten) my password, what can I do? If you forget your password, you can click here  or on the 'Forgotten Your Password?' link on any page that requires you to fill in your

A team of Dublin scientists think they have the key to solving a mystery that has baffled astronomy for years

What started as an incredible performance on “Britain’s Got Talent” has turned into a 100 million-hit YouTube video, a tabloid frenzy and most recently, a “South Park” shout-out and a Corrigan Brothers song. Singing sensation Susan Boyle continues to shoot to stardom on television and the World Wide Web – though perhaps not in the way she hoped.

Terror groups in Northern Ireland are trying to recruit teenagers, some as young as 13, for their violent campaign to unify Ireland.

Failure to act now will create a freak planet of clones and humans and a booming market in spare parts for humans.

Megan McAllister, the “sweet Irish girl” engaged to accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff, is on a mission to clear her fiancee’s name in the press.

The ears are burnt off one Mets fans in Ireland as MLB’s new Gameday Audio package is driving him to distraction.

Three Irish tech firms have recently announced major new business deals in Silicon Valley

Mike Farragher takes a nostalgic look at the album era as music stores close in their droves

A deich, a naoi, a hocht, a seacht, a sé, a cúig, a ceathair, a trí, a dó, a haon ... Liftoff! Yes, according to NASA, it won't be long before an Irish native — very possibly an

The Irish government has announced a new deal with Nissan and Renault, which will see electric cars on the Irish market within two years

Over a quarter of the 40-strong field at the Aintree Grand National are Irish-trained.

From 'Irish people are immune to psychoanalysis," to "i have a scary irish mother" - check out the IrishCentral.com guide to the scariest, strangest, Irish Facebook groups

Fianna Fail, the main government party, is under attack for recruiting a U.S. company to host its new