24th August 2007

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Ireland's West: A life less stressed
Chasing the optimal balance between living, leisure and work? Then Look West. Shorter commutes, believable property prices, a more affordable cost of living, superb educational facilities, job opportunities where skill and experience matters... The West can give you all this and more. Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal.
Click, look West, and put your life centre stage.

Save Our Shannon service
Save Our Shannon flights that's the call from Irish Post readers over Aer Lingus' decision to pull out of the airport.

Taoiseach steps in to Shannon debate
Bertie Ahern this week made his first direct intervention in the row over Aer Lingus's decision to axe flights between Britain and Shannon Airport.

Shooting linked to Dublin feuds
GARDAÍ are investigating if a gangland shooting in Dublin's north inner city is linked with any of the feuds in the area.

NY Rose Wins in Tralee
THIS year's Rose of Tralee title was won by New York Rose contestant Lisa Murtagh, 27, who was crowned the 48th Rose of Tralee at the end of a two-night television spectacular in Tralee, Co. Kerry on Tuesday night.

Belfast Man Faces Deportation
A BELFAST man who has been living in the U.S. for 25 years is facing deportation on September 12. Chris Burke, 44, entered and left the U.S. many times throughout his life. He never had a work visa.

Hijacked church website offered links to s*x services
The Church realised with horror this week that an old diocesan website had been taken over and was redirecting users to illicit websites.

Donegal man out of Senegal jail after being granted bail
The Donegal student arrested for public exposure in Senegal has been released on bail today pending his trial next week.

Killer Dad Clean of Substances
THE body of Thomas Reilly, the Cavan father who murdered his two daughters and hanged himself in June, was clean of all substances at time of death, said police on Tuesday.

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Girl Power
Writer and director Marian Quinn just won the Best First Film award at the Galway Film Festival. 32A, a tender meditation on the nature of friendship, is set in Dublin in the summer of 1979, and it tells the coming of age story of one teenage Irish girl in the testing years that lie between childhood and the adult she will become.

Irish Student Wins Fulbright
NEW York-based Irish playwright and film director Imelda O'Reilly has just been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to travel to Morocco to make a new film.

80,000 fans rocked to the Stones in Ireland
Rock legends the Rolling Stones lit-up Ireland's Slane Castle as they entertained a crowd of 80,000 at the weekend.

Keane’s Shopping Fury
HARRODS and other posh London shops clearly do nothing for Roy Keane, the ex-Ireland soccer star who’s now doing big things as a manager with the English team Sunderland.

Darren's back in the swing
It was a year ago this month that Irish golfer Darren Clarke's world fell apart.

Winning Post
Few people in racing are more popular than the Lambourn-based Irishman Brendan Powell.

Gaelic Park Previews
THE first championship final of the year, it promises to be a terrific encounter.

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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
The city of Kitchener is located in southwestern Ontario. Between 1854 and 1912 Kitchener was known as the town of Berlin and the city of Berlin until 1916.

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IRISH AMERICA MAGAZINE

Ireland's Cultural Heartland
Landing in the West of Ireland "the cultural heartland" is a wonderful introduction to Ireland. more...

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O'Malley's March
He's handsome, young, and he's got talent. He paid his way through college playing music – Irish music. more...

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P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke, one of America's most popular political satirists, has built his career skewering the absurdities and hypocrisies of political life. more...

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Child Citizenship
"MY husband and I have lived in the U.S. for 10 years. We are both American citizens and have been very grateful for our time here. Now we are returning to Ireland to start a family, and to reconnect with our own families. Will any children we give birth to have a claim to U.S. citizenship, should they ever need it?"