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postman Michael Gallagher Ireland would experience a white Christmas in 2009?
one of Mooney Blue Tits laid six eggs in the gardens of Irish President Mary McAleese ?
shortly before Christmas 1942 , an alleged Nazi spy was captured by the Garda in Castletownroche Irish village?
since 2006, Irish TV programme One to One ' s interviewees have included a former head of UN Monitoring and a US Supreme Court judge?
the 1988–1992 Irish television comedy Nighthawks Boom! Boom! The Explosion of Irish Comedy
one episode of Ireland 's Project Ha Ha Australian and American accents?
on 22 October 2008, 15,000 members of the "grey army" descended on Ireland 's government buildings to protest the proposed abolition
following a number of recent banking controversies Irish ruling party Fianna Fáil was overtaken in opinion polls by the country's Labour Party for the first time in history?
early audience members of Dublin 's LGBT film festival Gaze homosexuality was still illegal in Ireland ?
former Six band member Sinéad Shepherd Irish television on The All Ireland Talent Show
in 1994 Martin Doherty Republic of Ireland by loyalist paramilitaries since 1975?
in Blood of the Irish Diarmuid Gavin examined the claim that 20% of men in the north-west of Ireland are descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages , an ancient High King of Ireland ?
the 2008 drama Whistleblower caesarian hysterectomies carried out by Dr Michael Neary in an Irish hospital?
the Irish quiz show series Brendan O'Carroll's Hot Milk and Pepper constipation cure?
the debate over the Irish budget, 2010 fuck " is not unparliamentary language in Ireland ?
the captain of U-607 Irish merchant vessel Irish Oak Q-ship ?
the first Volkswagen Germany was assembled in Ireland ?
the statues of the Two Working Men (pictured) in Cork , Ireland were originally set to be unveiled outside the Liberty Hall in Dublin , but were deemed a traffic hazard?
the style of Irish investigative journalist Philip Boucher-Hayes Hercule Poirot ?
the TV documentary series On the Street Where You Live Saint Patrick's Day parade in Kilkenny , Ireland ?
the Sunday Independent Ireland 's Taoiseach Brian Cowen (pictured) was upset following his "mugging" on The Late Late Show
the Irish TV series Garda ar Lár Minister for Defence Paddy Donegan 's "thundering disgrace" remarks and President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 's resignation?
the Irish romantic comedy Little White Lie actor to attract the attention of a television presenter by pretending he was a psychiatrist ?
the Irish student group Free Education for Everyone tuition ?
the Emerald Warriors Ireland 's first primarily gay rugby team?
an episode of the documentary series Hostage Saddam Hussein 's placing of two Irish civilians as "human shields" at sites of strategic importance during the Gulf War ?
an ongoing strike Gaelic footballers and hurlers in County Cork , Ireland , has led to Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern asking for the players and the county board to resolve their dispute?
Irish politician John O'Donoghue resigned as Ceann Comhairle over various expense claims UNICEF ?
Irish musicians Lisa Hannigan and Damien Rice dueted on "Unplayed Piano Burmese protest song that charted in the UK and was praised by The Independent Irish singer Lisa Hannigan did the needlework for the cover of her debut album, Sea Sew Irish writer Edna O'Brien made her screen debut as an extra in an adaptation of her novel, Wild Decembers Shakin' Stevens recently launched Christmas FM Ireland 's first radio station dedicated to the festival?
Irish multi-instrumentalist musician R.S.A.G. virtual band projected onto a screen in a style which has been likened to Gorillaz ?
Irish journalist Richard Downes Zimbabwe disguised as a tourist to film an undercover report for the BBC 's Newsnight 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election ?
Ireland 's former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern presented an episode of GAA television programme The Road to Croker 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ?
Ireland 's annual National Ploughing Championships agricultural event?
Irish ballerina Monica Loughman Westerner to dance for the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Perm , Russia ?
Irish broadcaster John Creedon musical instrument alongside Oscar -winning actor Jeremy Irons ?
Irish rugby union commentator Ryle Nugent sheepskin gloves whilst clinging to his microphone "for dear life"?
Slovakia recently sent explosives to Ireland on Danube Wings Flight V5 8230 John Murray Ireland 's most popular radio show , once worked as a deputy press secretary for the Irish government ?
The Tubridy Show book club significantly boosted book sales in Ireland ?
The Raw Sessions Ireland 's first ever rockumentary series?
a schoolbag is the only known trace of 13 year-old Irish schoolboy Philip Cairns
a song about the 1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape Republic of Ireland despite being banned by the government?
although the Chancery Amendment Act 1858 United Kingdom , it is still valid in the Republic of Ireland and parts of Canada ?
Pure Mule teenage sex , cocaine and sexual promiscuity in rural Ireland ?
The Independent 'Ireland 's recent emergency budget Taoiseach measuring a dead tiger ?
Matthew Elderfield Bermuda Monetary Authority to go work as Ireland 's Financial Regulator ?
Morris Sullivan Sullivan Bluth Studios animation company from the U.S. to Ireland , to exploit tax advantages, helped stimulate the development of Ireland's animation industry?
St. Patrick's Blue green , was long the colour most associated with the patron saint of Ireland , and is present on Ireland's Presidential Standard (pictured) ?
The Infomatics Irish hip hop "?
Aer Arann is the only scheduled airline that uses Waterford Airport Tramore Bay in the Republic of Ireland ?
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