When it rains it pours for the Irish. The country is facing a multi-million euro clean-up bill after some of the worst flooding in living memory.

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A new "White House" is planned for Ireland as part of an ambitious entertainment complex in County Tipperary. The Irish White House would form the center-piece of an $680m 800-acre development which would also include a concert venue, golf course, casino and racecourse.

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To get started with your own literary tour of Ireland here’s a list of the 10 top annual Irish literary festivals to check out. Pick any one of them and in no time you’ll be completely absorbed by Irish culture and craic.

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Newly crowned All-Ireland champions Kerry dominate the nominations for the 2009 Vodafone football all-stars with 12 of their team in the running for this year’s awards, while Kilkenny hurling legend Henry Shefflin is in the running for a ninth all-star honor like fellow Cats hero DJ Carey .

Ireland's foremost writer of fiction, William Trevor, talks about his latest work, ‘Love and Summer.'

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  Introduction Ireland is an island on the western fringe of Europe between latitude 51 1/2 and 55 1/2 degrees north, and longitude 5 1/2 to 10 1/2 degrees west. Its greatest length, from Malin Head in the north to Mizen Head in the south, is 486 km and its greatest width from east to west is approximately 275

The Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutclife, has changed his name to Peter Coonan to better show his Irish roots. Sutcliffe, whose great grandfather Edward Coonan came from Tipperary in Ireland, was jailed in 1981 for the murders of 13 women.

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The Reidy family surname (also Reedy, Riedy, Reid, and O'Reidy) is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic name Riada. The family was part of the Dalcassian sept and in early Gaelic times lived in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster counties of Clare and Kerry.

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Moloney is derived from the Gaelic O Maoldhomnaigh, meaning a descendant or a servant of the church. The name is often spelled Maloney but the O'Moloney (or O'Maloney) form of the name is only rarely found. The family was originally associated with the area around Tulla, County Clare but is now commonly found in Limerick and Tipperary.

Keough, Keogh, Kehoe, O'Hoey, Hoy, Haughy, Haugh and MacKeogh are all derivatives of the Irish surname Mac Eochaidh. The clan originated in Leinster, and the name is common in County Wexford, and in the Munster counties of Limerick and Tipperary, where the Irish spelling is MagCeoch or MacCeoch. In medieval times the MacKeoghs from Leinster moved from Kildare to Wicklow and then down to Wexford.

The GAA is facing new calls to use video referees at crunch ties. The calls come in the wake of the hotly-contested final between Tipperary and Kilkenny at Croke Park. Veteran Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins said he had urged the referee to use the big screen before he awarded the fateful penalty which turned the game for the Cats.

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Kilkenny Manager Brian Cody was overcome with the victory over Tipperary in the All-Ireland hurling final but refused to discuss the controversial penalty award that changed the game.

Liam Sheedy seemed on the verge of tears as he spoke with the media, admitting: "I'm hurting ... proud but hurting.” The Tipp's manager had no doubt about the most controversial moment – the penalty call. He felt it was wrong and had changed the course of the game.

Sean O'Shea: When the history of hurling is written, the 2009 All-Ireland final will stand out among the best ever. Kilkenny may well be the best team of all time. They are the only four times successive winning champions since Cork in the 1940s. Next year they go for the mythical five in a row, not often attempted and never achieved.

Analysis: A disputed penalty, a man sent off and the best All-Ireland hurling final in decades ended with Kilkenny beating Tipperary 2-22 to 0-23 points. It means that Kilkenny has now won four All-Irelands in a row, the greatest since a similar Cork run in the 1940s.

Kilkenny made it four-in-a-row when they beat Tipperary by 2-22 to 0-23 to win the Liam McCarhty cup at Croke Park on Sunday.

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Offaly continued their dominance by capturing their third consecutive hurling title, while the ladies of Na Fianna won the Sean Faherty New York Championship and Rangers captured the Junior Title on a busy day at Gaelic Park in the Bronx

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Saturday 7:30 p.m.: SF Leitrim vs.

Tipperary beat Limerick with ease at Croke Park on Sunday to advance to the All-Ireland Hurling Final on September 6, where they will face three-time defending champions Kilkenny.

Eugne Kyne with the breakdown on all the games played in the Bronx last weekend.

Irish and Irish-Americans alike tend to be immensely proud of their surnames. But which last names win in the battle of Irishness? Here are the top 10 most popular Irish last names.

Ireland’s International Rose of Tralee Festival will celebrate its Golden Jubilee 50th anniversary this year when the renowned event kicks off on August 21. 50 Roses from all different walks of life will travel from around the world to compete at the festival.

Bits and bobs from newspapers across Ireland's 32 counties, North and South.

 “There’s no sense of entitlement, no sense of placement, it’s all a sense of you’ve got to go out and work hard to get there. It doesn’t all break your way all the time, so you’ve got to just power through it. I think that’s deeply imbedded in the culture of the Irish.” –

The final count of dancers at the Long Island Feis on Sunday was 528. That may seem like quite a lot of dancers to you, but it’s fewer than the hosts expected, and it marks a trend seen by many feiseanna this summer, as the country’s economic difficulties percolate down.

The O'Carrolls go back to the third century King Oilioll Olum of Munster. Their name derives from Cearbhaill, who was the Brian Boru in 1014 at the battle of Clontarf. Cearbhaill means warlike champion and the O'Carrolls have lived up to the name.

Eugene Kyne gives his predictions to this upcoming weekend's hurling and football fixtures from the Bronx, as well as outlining upcoming schedule changes made by the NY GAA.

Eugene Kyne with the lowdown from last weekend's games at Gaelic Park in the Bronx.

Eugene Kyne with the lowdown on this weekend's upcoming senior and intermediate football and senior hurling fixtures from the Bronx.

The event organizers of the Tour of Ireland, in association with Failte Ireland, have finalized the route for this year’s bicylce race, which will be held on August 21-23.

News bits from around the 32 counties in Ireland.

Cathal Dervan's recap of the past weekend's GAA action from Ireland, covering wins by Dublin, Tipperary, Kerry, Down, Derry and Galway.

Eugene Kyne gives the skinny on the upcoming senior football and senior hurling matches from the Bronx, as well as an intermediate football match between St. Raymond's and Roscommon.

News bits from each of the 32 counties in Ireland.

Results from Ireland GAA (hurling and football) matches, Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12 GAA.

Results from Ireland's GAA (Gaelic football and hurling) games this weekend.

Eugene Kyne highlights the past week's senior hurling and junior and intermediate football action from Gaelic Park, as well as the results from the Dennis McHugh under-8 Gaelic Football Tournament in Rockland.