The Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH) is concerned at the further cuts to the overseas aid budget in the Government's four-year plan. It urges the Government to protect aid funding for health and HIV programmes in developing countries and to keep its promise to...
Catholic Cardinal Sean Brady Under Attack Cardinal Sean Brady is resisting calls for him to resign as head of the Catholic church in Ireland after widespread claims that he was involved in a cover up of child...
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Obama's Irish Roots In meeting with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on St. Patrick's Day, U.S. President Barack Obama said 36 million Americans claim Irish ancestry. What Obama failed to mention is the fact that his family claims Irish ancestry as well. St. Patrick's...
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Leprechaun Museum Opens Its Doors In Ireland On St. Patrick's Day Very fittingly the world's first-ever leprechaun museum opened on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin, Ireland. Happy St Patricks Day: Erin Go Bragh...
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Wednesday is St Patrick's Day, a celebration of Irish heritage. President Barack Obama has Irish ancestors in his family. His great, great, great grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, left Ireland and landed in New York...
I thought that I would check the web to see if I could learn anything new and helpful before I boil my corned beef, carrots, and cabbage tomorrow for my Irish-heritage wife. She clings to her Irish roots like I do...
Complaints are already surfacing about the partying ways of some of our Olympic visitors and most likely, locals. Ireland's international house has already made it to the Canadian headlines for the excessive...
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Jerome David Salinger has died aged 91 at his home in New Hampshire. Creator of the character Holden Caulfield, whose perception of the world as being full of "phonies" touched a chord with a whole baby-boomer generation, followed by Gen X and still sells well today....
Father Sinnott, a Colombian priest based in Pagadian in the Philippines, was abducted and held for ransom exactly 4 weeks ago today. Father Sinnott was born in Co. Wexford in Ireland and is 79 years old. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2005 and...
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According to an international survey, the world's sexiest accent is Irish, followed by Italian, Scottish, and French. The poll surveyed 5,000 women worldwide, which was carried out by OnePoll.com. Apparently there's a study that found 3/5 of women admitted having been seduced...
It turns out that Dublin, Ohio is home to one of the largest, loudest and most popular Irish festivals in country. It’s arrival during the first week of August is one of Ohio’s most eagerly awaited...
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What a father can learn from Angela's AshesBy Ethan Snyder, 16 July, The Examiner –" Frank McCourt, best selling author of Angela’s Ashes, is reportedly very ill and unlikely to survive his current bout with meningitis. McCourt’s brother, Malachy who is also an author...
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While America slept on Wednesday April 25 we woke up to find headlines about how Michelle Obama likes to sneak out and eat at fun restaurants. Not so well covered by the media was the passage of the Hate Crimes bill re-introduced and passed in committee by John Conyers....
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"Sunday, 22 March 2009 09:59 Ireland's rugby squad will return home to a heroes' welcome today after their historic Six Nations win in which they clinched their first Grand Slam in 61 years. Declan Kidney's men...
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Natasha Richardson, wife of Liam Neeson, and daughter to Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson, has died in New York today at the age of 45. She was taken off life support after falling on a Mont-Tremblant Quebec ski...
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