The U2 ticket frenzy has begun.  U2360° will visit Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and include U2’s first Perth date since Popmart in 1998 and tickets are already selling fast.
Tickets for the performances in Australia and New Zealand will officially go on sale Friday, September 3 at all usual outlets.
A number of pre-sale [...]

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan tonight stood accused of presiding over the most expensive bank bailout in the world as nationalised Anglo Irish Bank reported €8.2 billion losses.
The massive blackhole for the first half of the year was twice as bad as experts predicted, prompting calls for the Government to pull the [...]

Despite reports of a reconciliation, Ronan and Yvonne Keating have issued a statement from Ireland confirming their marraige is over.
Their publicist said the May 20 announcement they were separated remained true.
The couple, who will now spend over three months on opposite ends of the globe – Yvonne at home with their [...]

Former Collingwood star Marty Clarke is within seventy minutes of an All Ireland winner’s medal.
Clarke, now playing with his native Down, played a key role in last weekend’s All Ireland semi-final win over Kildare at Croke Park.
Down now face Cork in the All Ireland final on Sunday, September 19. [Live coverage on Setanta Sports Australia].
Clarke [...]

Members of the tourism industry in Northern Ireland have reacted furiously to Australia’s decision to issue a travel warning for would-be visitors.
The advice from Canberra provoked fury from the North Coast to the lakes of Fermanagh and the Mourne Mountains, Co Down.
Earlier this year, police said the danger from dissidents was at its worst since [...]

A funeral has been held in Sydney for Trooper Jason Brown, who died in a battle in Afghanistan on August 13.
The Irish Australian, whose mum Ann is from Carlow, became the 18th Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan when he was killed in an engagement with insurgents on August 21.
The 29-year-old was farewelled at a [...]

Four teenagers, including two brothers, were killed and a fifth left fighting for his life after a car crash in Ireland.
Kevin Breen, his brother David and his girlfriend Aine Riordan died when the 10-year-old Hyundai Accent careered off the road and ploughed into an oak tree.
Their friend Brian Coffey died later in [...]

Outraged relatives of a notorious IRA bombing which claimed nine lives demanded a fresh investigation after it emerged the police, Government and Catholic Church conspired to protect the prime suspect, a Catholic priest.
As well as the dead, 30 people were injured when three car bombs shattered the tranquillity of the village of [...]

Former Australian International Rules coach Kevin Sheedy has said that the AFL and the GAA should re-vamp the current hybrid game’s format to create a ‘tri-series’ between an indigenous Australian team, a non-indigenous team and Ireland.
Having taken a break in 2009, the regular two-test series between the two countries will take place in Ireland in [...]

Cork 1-15 Dublin 1-14
Cork waited until the very end of the game to overthrow Dublin and win a place in the an All-Ireland senior football final, clenching it with just one point to spare.
The Dubs led the nail-biting encounter from the beginning, with a Bernard Brogan goal after just a minute of play.
Cork had [...]