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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A young Irish backpacker is recovering in hospital after she was seriously injured in an accident on the News South Wales stud farm owned by racing mogul and multi-millionaire John Magnier.
23 year old Nicole Newsome from Aughrim in Wicklow had to have three fingers amputated after she crashed in an off-road vehicle on Coolmore farm [...]

The make-up of Australia’s next federal parliament remains in doubt following the federal election but one Irish Australian looks certain to take her seat in the House of Representatives.
Deborah O’Neill was an election night hero for the Labor party but she may yet find herself on the opposition benches.  Ms O’Neill, a university lecturer, has [...]

Three Irishmen living in Western Australia have appeared in court charged in connection with a drugs bust in Perth.
Police say 2,000 BZP or ‘party drug’ tablets were posted to a number of addresses in Scarborough and Port Kennedy, along with around 35 grams of cocaine.
Christopher Michael Murtagh, 24, Alan Farrelly, 26, and Garry David Black, [...]

U2 will be coming to Australia in December to perform in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth as part of the global 360 degree tour.
The Australian leg of the tour will kick off at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium on December 1.
In the video statement from the band, The Edge jokes that Larry promises to play in time, [...]

Irish nurses will still face the bizarre prospect of having to take an English language test, should they wish to undertake skilled work as a nurse in NSW. The Labor Party stressed that the requirement was not just limited to Irish nurses. The Australian Government relies on the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) to [...]

Irish rock trio The Script have just announced plans to perform in Australia this October in support of their upcoming album Science & Faith They have been compared with some of the biggest names in the music industry such as U2, Van Morrison and Maroon 5.
Their self-titled debut album, released in 2008 went to number [...]