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Two never before seen watercolour paintings by President John F Kennedy were sold at auction in January 2020. The paintings were part of a lot that contains several pieces of memorabilia relating to the late US president.

When Late Late show star James Corden won an Irish American entertainment award he may have had his dainty footwork when performing with Riverdance to thank for it.

A young family created a heart-warming video of the mother’s pregnancy with their second child. The 2014 video took nine months to produce, but was worth the wait. It tells the story of the young mum’s pregnancy in a sequence of short video clips from the beginning to the end …

Hollywood superstar George Clooney has released a comical video in which he downplays his own status and suggests it is his wife that has the true star quality. Clooney’s video, released in 2019, was promoting his charity which was running a competition offering a chance to dine with him and …

US Presidential candidate Joe Biden was full of praise for Ireland during a visit to his ancestor’s homeland, and proudly paid homage to his Irish roots. In recognition of Biden’s Irish heritage, Ancestor Network pieced together his family tree, to discover just how Irish he is. Genealogist John Hamrock carried …

YouTuber Diane ‘Irish Girl’ Jennings has created a video in which she checks out the Irish bars in New York. She and her companion set out clear categories on which they will be ranking each Irish pub.

A priest has caused some unintended amusement with his parishioners after he livestreamed a mass but had accidentally turned on the filters on his social media recording. That meant that the priest was delivering his service with all sorts of digital accessories appearing on the broadcast such as funky sunglasses …

Ireland’s Ultimate Fighting Champion has issued his own message to the public as we face a global pandemic of the coronavirus. The ‘Notorious’ posted an image of himself kicking an opponent in the Octagon, with a green blob over the face of his opponent symbolising the virus.

Flying can be an extremely traumatic experience for some people, so much so that they would rather avoid even getting on a plane. One of six people are said to have a fear of flying.

International students are being invited to spend the summer in Ireland learning about the rich history and heritage of the country. The academic opportunity is being offered by Stony Brook University with the four-week summer course spanning across much of Ireland before concluding in London.