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Mark Ashley ; David Dickey ; Scott Ellis ; Adam McIntyre . "Groups like Flogging Molly and the Young Dubliners influence us musically, but we are also inspired by our families and our kids, our social work and our faith.A A couple of us are history geeks, too, so singing about battles, famines and oppression drawn from the journey of Ireland is ... (more)

A LEADING anti-treaty campaigner has said he would support a second referendum on the European deal if revisions are made to Ireland 's bank debt.

SINGAPORE : The Asia-Europe Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary on Thursday.

A vote in favour of the fiscal treaty would make a Greek scenario here more likely, a group of anti-austerity MEPs has warned.

AS a child growing up in Tipperary's Golden Vale, Felix O'Mahony fought in wars and conquered the enemy.

Jeff Hendrick has capped a terrific season at Derby with a call up to the Ireland Under-21 squad.Ireland face Denmark in a friendly on May 28 before a vital 2013 UEFA Championship qualifier against ...

A WOMAN claims she had an affair with a married US Secret Service agent she met in a Dublin nightclub during President Barack Obama 's Irish visit last year.

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has reportedly slipped and pulled a hamstring during a "wild weekend" in Moscow, Russia.

The company is known for its professionalism and customer support in providing great service at reasonable rates as well as providing for free many services for which other companies currently charge extra.

The arrival of a 5,750-tonne cruise ship for the first time on the Boyne on Monday has opened up a whole new potential market for the tourist industry in Meath.

A poster supporting the EU fiscal treaty is defaced by anti-EU stickers at a crossroads in Dublin, Ireland, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

More than 400 jobs will be created by the Rehab Group as it expands its operations over the next three years.

There are some big changes ahead for people flying in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

The case of four different projects in Carrick-on-Suir, all paid for by the State, but where the subcontractors were left high and dry was commented upon by Independent deputy, Mattie McGrath in the Dail.

Dresden-based semiconductor firm ZMDI is to set up a power management chip R&D centre in Limerick, Ireland.

A survey that asked three questions about interest rates and inflation found that a majority of Germans could provide the correct answers, but only a third of Irish people got it right.

GUESS WHO went for a walk down Grafton Street in Dublin, Ireland? HiNT: He said he may drop a solo album this year.. It's Andre 3000! Mr.

The Minnetonka High School Concert Choir took a glorious 10-day tour through southern Ireland over spring break.

A fiction writer would be hard pressed to invent a character whose life was more tragic and sorrowful, yet more inspiring and socially relevant than that of Mary Harris Jones, better known as "Mother Jones." Born in 1837, in Cork, Ireland, the teenage Mary Harris and her family emigrated first to Toronto, Canada, then to the U.S., with stops in ... (more)

A Wicklow man has been found guilty of killing his ex-fiance's three-and-a-half-month-old baby seven years ago.

The CEO of Athlone Business Park Ltd, the company behind the International Chinese Hub in Athlone, spoke to the Leader on Monday where he indicated that it will cost 175m to construct the proposed development.

POLICE in the US investigating the murder of Tipperary-born Tom Walsh believe he was gunned down by a disgruntled former employee he fired two years ago.

The Clonakilty Favour Exchange in west Cork -- which describes itself as the country's first ever 'time bank' -- includes the well-known Trinity College Dublin economist Constantin Gurdgiev among its members.

A demonstrator is led away by police officers as he and others are evicted from Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid, Spain, during the early hours of Sunday, May 13, 2012.

Sceptre Tours is offering a vacation package to Ireland that includes six nights at the luxurious 5-star The Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt, car rental, and airfare.

A woman and child pass a poster urging a "no" vote in Ireland's referendum on the EU fiscal treaty in Dublin, Ireland.

Crucial vote on European fiscal pact

There are still some places available on the second bus leaving June 17 for five nights, six days.

Ceolchoirm John Spillane in aid of Gaelscoil Phortlaoise: John Spillane, Cork's finest singer/songwriter and charismatic performer, plays Portlaoise College, Mountrath road Wednesday, May 23 from 6-8pm. The parents' council is promoting this event to help raise funds for Gaelscoil Phortlaoise.

LIFE is sweet for a 127-year-old factory getting a 300,000 injection thanks to the popularity of retro candy.

Victoria and David Beckham are one of the hottest couples in Britain. They started dating in 1997 but kept it low-key. David proposed to Victoria in 1998 and got married in 1999 at the 560-acre estate of the 1794, gothic Luttrellstown Castle, Ireland outside Dublin, Ireland.

Picture: A Simon Cowell look-alike caused quite a stir on Grafton Street today while filming a skit for the Craig Doyle Live Show.

The 1970s, when Cardinal Brady took notes in what now seems to have been the inquisition of a victim of horrendous sexual abuse, is truly such a time.

A 30-year-old man and his five-year-old daughter have died in a fire at their home in Tralee, Co Kerry.

London-based Irish dance troupe, 'Raven', who have often performed in central London for the Irish World on Saint Patrick's Day, teamed up with 'X-Factor' judge Louis Walsh recently for aA game showA for Saturdays on ITV1.

Back by popular demand may seem like an overworked phrase; but in the case of singer/harpist Aideen O'Donnell it is extremely apropos.

Fine Gael Louth TD, Peter Fitzpatrick, has today said that a Yes vote in the Stability Treaty Referendum will help keep Dundalk on the road to recovery, by bringing about the certainty needed for jobs growth.

That's one of the questions to exercise the minds of guests on tomorrow's "Saturday with Charlie Bird" on RTE Radio 1, which will be broadcast live from The Abbey Arts Centre in Ballyshannon from 1.30pm. MEP Marian Harkin, Dr Brian O'Boyle, a lecturer at St.

More than a million people died from starvation and disease and another half million emigrated when the potato crop failed during the 1840s.

Picture: A Simon Cowell look-alike caused quite a stir on Grafton Street today while filming a skit for the Craig Doyle Live Show.

Yes, you read that right. You can enjoy a five-star getaway to Ireland for just $1,199 per person - and that is including 6 nights hotel accommodation, round-trip airfare from New York, AND a rental car.

'We Are Young' band will play four shows in Britain and a gig in Ireland.

THIS Sunderland University student looks blooming lovely as she's crowned the city's candidate for the Rose of Tralee.

CAst of Corn Mill Theatre Group from Letrim in RTE Al Ireland Drama Festival 2012 last Saturday in the Dean Crowe Theatre & Arts Centre Athlone Co.

THE company behind controversial plans to carry out gas fracking in the northwest has a multi-million euro 'war chest' for community donations.

GALWAY, Ireland -- -- Aerogen has been honored at the 15th Annual Allergy and Asthma day in Capitol Hill, Washington with an Innovation Technology Award which recognizes life-saving breakthroughs in allergy and asthma care.

CRH said yesterday that earnings lagged in the four months to the end of April due to a "tough start" to the year at its European operations, which were beset by the effects of cold winter weather.

Bandon Town Council calls for full public review of fluoridation of Irish water May 9, 2012 By Editor MEMBERS of Bandon Town Council have passed a motion calling on Minister for Health Dr James O'Reilly to review the fluoridation of Irish water.

Attendees at the CAWT cross border sexual health conference to mark the opening of new EU funded sexual health / GUM clinics in border areas : Pauline Browne, Clinical Nurse Manager, Letterkenny General Hospital; Prof Wallace Dinsmore, GUM Consultant, Letterkenny General Hospital; Marian Martin, Project Manager, CAWT GUM project; Prof.

Irish government nervous abour Euro treaty