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Wednesday December 5th, 2007

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Paisley Says No To Grand Marshal Spot

Despite lobbying and pressure from various quarters in New York, the somewhat convoluted and naïve notion that Dr. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness might lead the Saint Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Ave next year, or indeed any year, has been laid to rest as Dr. Paisley has given an emphatic 'NO' to the suggestion Read more...

Tommy Symth Confirmed As 2008 Grand Marshal of The New York St. Patrick's Day Parade

The New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee has announced that the Grand Marshal of the 247th Parade will be the County Louth born, and ESPN TV sport personality Tommy Smyth Read more...

Irish Students Amongst The Best In The World

A major new international study shows that Irish 15 year-old students are amongst the top performers when it comes to Reading literacy, significantly above average in Science and in line with the average across the OECD in Mathematics Read more...

Belfast Zoo Wins Hat-Trick Of Awards

Belfast Zoo picked up three prestigious tourism awards last week the best of which was being named as the 'Attraction of the Year' in the Northern Ireland Tourism Awards 2007 Read more...

Fota House And Gardens To Be Acquired By The Irish Heritage Trust

The Irish government approved the acquisition of the prestigous heritage property, Fota House and Gardens, by the Irish Heritage Trust this week Read more...