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 [...]

Ireland’s theatre world is mourning the loss of Mick Lally, one of its most renowned actors.
The 64-year-old star of stage and screen died in hospital after a short illness.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen led tributes to the former teacher, who was most famous for his role as Miley Byrne in the long-running television series Glenroe.
“He [...]

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 [...]

Growing up in Wollongong, Trent Johnston scarcely thought that he would wind up becoming a pivotal figure in the development of Irish cricket. Aaron Dunne met the Irish skipper in Dublin.
In the summer of 2007, a magical few weeks in the Caribbean altered the course of Irish cricket forever.
An amazing run through the group stages [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The parents of a murdered 12-year-old girl said tonight it was their worst fear to “lose a child so full of life”.
Brendan and Deirdre Davis said they were desperately trying to get their heads around the killing of their daughter Michaela.
Her body was discovered in undergrowth by a man walking along the Royal Canal in [...]

Live Work Travel Australia is a new glossy magazine for Irish nationals looking for a new life Down Under.
To be published in early October, LWTA will contain news, features and information for Irish nationals looking to live and work in Australia.
For those twentysomethings looking to come to Australia as a Working Holidaymaker or as temporary [...]

Irish regional airline Aer Arann was tonight put under examinership after suffering 18 million euro losses since 2008.
The company said it had been on course to meet budget targets this year but was badly hit by the volcanic ash crisis.
The High Court in Dublin intervened to protect the business ahead of a full examination of [...]

The London Rose, Clare Kambamettu has been crowned the 2010 International Rose of Tralee. This is the second year running that the London Rose has taken the honour.
The 26-year-old psychologist was born in Leeds but moved with her parents back to her mother’s native county of Kildare at the age of eight.
Speaking after [...]