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IrishAbroad.com Asian Gaelic Football 7s
IrishAbroad.com are sponsoring the 9th Asian Gaelic Football 7s on the weekend of 9/10/11 October. Over 32 teams from 10 Asian countries will be participating in what will be the largest Irish gathering in Asia. Over 400 players will descend on Hong Kong for the weekend in an attempt to become an Asian Gaelic Football Champion. more>>>

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News & Politics
First Irish Farmer for South Dakota
Poultry farmer Michael Crinion, 35, from Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath is in the middle of launching himself on an awfully big adventure. more>>>

Keane Charged With Assault
Irish soccer star Roy Keane has been charged with assault and criminal damage in England. more>>>

Minister to Announce New Funding
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen is expected to announce a significant increase in funding for Irish immigrant groups in the United States. more>>>

Mrs. Trimble to Run for Office
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader David Trimble and his wife Daphne are back in the political columns of local newspapers - but for very different reasons. more>>>

Questions need answers after Finucane conviction
Now that the killer of Pat Finucane has been jailed, Paul Donovan argues a public inquiry is needed to find out why it happened. more>>>

Kelleher to Head 2005 Parade
Irish American businessman and Co. Kerry native Denis Kelleher has been announced as the grand marshal for the 2005 New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade. more>>>

Dana's bid for Áras nomination set to fail after council rejections
Dana Rosemary Scallon's bid to unseat Mary McAleese as Irish President looked doomed this week after six county councils refused to put her on the ballot. more>>>

Killer fish on the loose in Irish waters
Irish waters are being invaded by thousands of rat-like tropical fish which have started a killing spree on the seafloor. more>>>

New survey shows Britain's healthcare is failing a growing Irish community
Just weeks after a special summit highlighted worrying deficiencies in health care for the Irish community in Britain a new report has discovered incidences of isolation, poverty and ill-health among emigrants in Luton. more>>>

Ireland urged to block BNFL ships
Anti-nuclear group Greenpeace has issued a plea for the Irish Government to use all diplomatic means to block ships carrying weapons-grade plutonium from passing through the country's waters. more>>>

Rebel Without a Pause
Dublin actor Stuart Townsend has one of his biggest roles yet with Head in the Clouds, with Penelope Cruz and real life love interest Charlize Theron. His next big project is his own script about the Seattle protests in 1999. He talks to Sean O'Driscoll about Theron's recent injury, globalization and his campaign to save the Hill of Tara. more>>>

Brosnan's Candidate
His future as James Bond may be up in the air, but there's no doubt at all about who Pierce Brosnan is supporting in the presidential election. more>>>

Roma's Feeling Pretty Funky
There's good news and bad news for Roma Downey fans who've missed seeing her in action since her hit TV series Touched by an Angel was canned by CBS last year. more>>>

Owen on song in Cuckoo's Nest
Comedian, poet and actor - Tyrone-born Owen O'Neill seems able to do it all. But the reformed alcoholic is now tackling perhaps his biggest role yet - starring opposite Christian Slater in the stage version of the acclaimed film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. He tells Amanda Diamond why it's the ideal antidote to a night in front of the television. more>>>

Eva's redressing the balance
Actress Eva Birthistle has said it is about "bloody time" an Irish woman made it in Hollywood. more>>>

Glittering future for boy with the golden fingers
The sky is the limit for 15-year-old champion Irish dancer and musician Dean Crouch. more>>>

Rosanna bites back at critics
Miss World Rosanna Davison has hit back at a "vendetta" to destroy her and said: "I'm stronger than ever." more>>>

Kenny's 'Glass' Is All Full
Try as I might, I have been unable to part with Parting Glass, Emer Kenny's gorgeous new CD. It is a jazzy, sexy take on traditional Irish music which incorporates loops and the modern sounds of the "new" Europe.

Self Drive Tours
Choose from our extensive range of self drive tours which include car rental and a choice of accommodation in Ireland's leading hotels. more>>>

Truth About Typhoid Mary
On Friday, October 15, Public Television will broadcast a special documentary entitled "The Most Dangerous Woman in America." It’s about Co. Tyrone-born Mary Mallon, a/k/a "Typhoid Mary." more>>>

SPORT
Kerry ready to rule again
Mickey Harte, manager of last year's All-Ireland football champions Tyrone, assesses Sunday's All-Ireland football finalists and predicts that Kerry will spoil Mayo's hopes once again of bridging a 53-year-long gap in winning the Sam Maguire Cup. more>>>

Amazing all-ireland football final facts

Gaelic Players Know About Teamwork
Hal Sutton was big enough and man enough to admit that America's finest golfers had no idea how to play as a team in the Ryder Cup defeat to Europe over the weekend. more>>>

Tipp Retain Camogie Crown
Tipperary continued their dominance of senior camogie with a comfortable 2-11 to 0-9 win over Cork in the prestigious centenary All-Ireland final at Croke Park. more>>>

Sports Digest: O'Neill Keeps the Celtic Faith
Martin O'Neill is adamant that Celtic can still qualify for the next phase of the Champions League despite being taught a lesson by Barcelona and old Bhoy Henrik Larsson in last week's 3-1 defeat. more>>>

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