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Fitzpatrick the hero for Ireland Club

Saturday March 20 2010

Darragh Fitzpatrick was the hero for the Ireland Club side as he nailed an 85th-minute drop-goal to clinch victory at Donnybrook last night.

O'Mahony rings the changes to club side

Friday March 19 2010

DESPITE a stunning second-half display against England Counties last time out, Ireland's club international coach David O'Mahony has made a host of changes to his team for tonight's clash with their Scottish counterparts at Donnybrook (7.0).

Air India considers Terminal 2 as hub for US flights

Friday March 19 2010

Dublin airport is in the running to be Air India's new European hub for the airline's US-bound flights as the carrier mulls ditching its current base at Frankfurt.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen presents President Barack Obama with a bowl of Shamrock at the White House.  Picture: Reuters

Warm welcome as Paddywagon rolls up to door of White House

Thursday March 18 2010

THE 44th President of the United States looked out over the room on Capitol Hill where some of of America's most powerful politicians were crammed together around tables, and chatted about his Irish roots.

Clinton has no time to celebrate in stopover

Thursday March 18 2010

THE St Patrick's celebrations were well under way last night by the time US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touched down at Shannon airport.

Members of the Acadiana High School Band from Louisiana, USA,
play to Limerick motorists

Motorists stuck in traffic hear more pleasant type of horns

Wednesday March 17 2010

MOTORISTS and commuters stuck in the morning rush hour traffic were treated to the pleasant surprise of an American high school band entertaining them.

Actor Gabriel Byrne with Taoiseach Brian Cowen in Washington DC yesterday. Picture: Leslie .E. Kossof -Nordby

Ambassador Byrne signs on as Washington DC dons the green

Wednesday March 17 2010

God be with the days when starving artists would go cap-in-hand to the Government looking for a bit of a dig-out. Now the creative boot is firmly on the other foot with the announcement yesterday that actor Gabriel Byrne has been appointed our very first cultural ambassador to the US.