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1. South Park a home on the range to 20,000 books? No joke says Irish-American bibliophile.
   September 05, 10

   Though there’s a social media component to this story in the form of websites and blogs, this time “Irish Media Nation” is kicking it old school with traditional media--the printed word in the form of books, lots and lots of books, amassed by a collector in Denver, Co., and hopefully bound for South Park, ...

2. Americans flock to Irish town for husbands
   September 04, 10

   Single and looking for love somewhere outside the confines of your local club scene or the internet? You’re in luck: the famous annual Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare has just begun.

3. Retired Anglican Archbishop defends ‘heroic’ Irish Catholic priests
   September 03, 10

   In a letter to the Irish Times, former primate of the Anglican Church in Dublin, Archbishop Walton Empey, defended Irish Catholic priests who have continued to minister throughout the abuse scandals within the Church.

4. $ 2 dollar house for sale gets a flood of offers
   September 03, 10

   The Irish truck driver who offered his four bedroom house in Galway for sale for $2 has been inundated with offers from as far away as the U.S. Australia and Nigeria.

5. Irish Cardinal says he will not resign over church scandals
   September 02, 10

   Cardinal Sean Brady has denied he will resign because of his involvement in church scandals under his watch.

6. Irish prostitutes report rampant violence against them
   August 31, 10

   The release of a study by Ruhama, an Irish charity working with women affected by prostitution, showed that Irish prostitutes "reported horrific levels of sexual, physical and emotional abuse".

7. Top TV presenter Miriam O’Callaghan considers Irish presidential run
   August 30, 10

   Ireland’s top female television presenter Miriam O'Callaghan may be a shock contender in the race for president of Ireland it has emerged.

8. 1840s celebrity chef cooked for Irish famine victims
   August 29, 10

   Celebrity chefs are nothing new. In the 19th century, a high-society French cook named Alexis Soyer came to Ireland during the Famine to teach the starving masses how to eat on the cheap.

9. Irish public divided over controversial mosque debate
   August 28, 10

   Irish people are divided by the decision to allow a mosque to be built close to the site of Ground Zero, according to the latest Irish Times Poll.

10. Irish artists protest Tony Blair book
    August 27, 10

    In a letter to the Irish Times this week 19 Irish writers and artists have called on Easons, the Irish bookstore chain, and on the national broadcaster RTE not to allow former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss or launch his new autobiographical book on their premises.