Irish fashion designer Orla Kiely makes her mark on the Citroen DS3 - VIDEO

Ordinarily associated with handbags, wallets  Orla Kiely the world famous fashion designer has branched out into designing cars.

Kiely's vintage DS3 Citroen include plenty of interior detail, including stem print rear window graphics, a colour contrasting dashboard, themed door handle inserts, embossed multi-coloured headrests on the leather seats and stem or acorn print carpet mats for the interior detail.

Only 500 will be made and $25,583 is the price.

The Corrigan Brothers film video for "Welcome Home President Barack Obama" in Moneygall

Irish group The Corrigan Brothers brought traffic to a standstill in Moneygall, County Offaly, as they filmed the video for their new singe "Welcome Home President Barack Obama".

The band first became widely known when they released their tune "There's No One as Irish as Barack Obama". The song have now received over seven million hits on YouTube.

The group even traveled the White House for Obama's inauguration along with the Presidents distant cousin Henry Healy. Mr Healy will also appear in the new video.

O'hAnleigh release new music video "The Mermaid's Tale" - VIDEO

Vermont Irish-American duo O'hAnleigh released their first animated music video The Mermaid's Tale, featuring their original song of the same name and the artistic talents of animator Emilie Rodgers.

O'hAnleigh's songs of Irish history, myth and legend play on Celtic and world folk music programs around the globe.

The Mermaid's Tale tells a classic story of a fin-tailed vixed who seduces a sailor to his doom with her irresistible siren song, then merrily sings after the next one who happens to sail by.

Here's the clip:

Irish comics voice the nations annoyance with misleading budget airline flight prices

A group of Irish comics have put together a song which perfectly sums of the Irish public's annoyance with so-called 'budget airlines' in based in Ireland....not that they're talking about anyone in particular you understand. It's certainly not Ryanair!

Sure to put a smile on your face. Here's the video:

Brian O'Driscoll and Paul O'Connell star in revised version of the leaked British "Grand Slam Celebration" video

Just days after Ireland's victory over the English team denied them the Grand Slam, in the Rugby RBS Six Nations the RFU's "Grand Slam Celebration" video was embarrassingly leaked onto the internet.  

However in true Irish style someone called "GrandSlamMeArse" has changed the video up a bit and released it to YouTube. 

Although Ireland may not have done as well as expected in the RBS Six Nations I think this video makes the point. 

Here's the new revised video:

And the original England Grand Slam promo:

St. Patrick's Day Irish dancing flash mob takes Sydney by surprise - SEE VIDEO

Over 100 Irish Dancers including members of "Riverdance" and school children took over the beautiful Central Station in Sydney, Australia, in the name of spreading St. Patrick's cheer.

St Patrick's Day - Guinness advert - Enjoy!

Facebook release an Irish version of Farmville just in time for St. Patrick’s Day- SEE VIDEO

Farmville, an extremely popular Facebook game and app, that has over 60 million players worldwide, is now offering players an Irish version in conjunction with Tourism Ireland.

Speaking about the new venture Discover Ireland said: “Facebook fans are invited to create their own idyllic town in Ireland, with the help of ‘tour guide’ Sally. They can then explore iconic sites and visitor attractions around the island, completing various challenges in order to progress to the next level of the game; these challenges reflect the huge variety of things to see and do on a holiday in Ireland.”

Ireland town offers gamers the chance to visit Irish tourist destinations.

World's most popular Guinness adverts of all time - SEE VIDEOS

Guinness advertisements have been famous around the world since the 1930s with their "Guinness is Good for You" signs to their most recent RBS Six Nations TV ads.

Here at IrishCentral we put together some of the most popular Guinness TV ads over the year.

Happy St. Patrick's - Enjoy

Irish teen becomes YouTube music sensation - SEE VIDEO

An Irish teenager who was inspired to write a song after his visit to the Cheltenham festival has become a YouTube hit, raking up over half a million hits.

Mark Boylan (13) from County Offaly wrote “The Festival” as a tribute to one of the world’s biggest race weeks.

After the video was posted on YouTube two weeks ago it quickly spread through the racing community. Racing legend Tony McCoy even tweeted about it saying: “I ain’t no Simon Cowell, but how good is 13 year old Mark Boylan’s song about the Cheltenham Festival?”

Boylan was flown to London by the Racing Post to record the song recently which is set to be released through the papers website as a charity single to help injured jockeys.

Prada reinvents the brogue

Prada have unveiled a new look Irish brogue for their 2011 spring collection.

They have mixed the classic creeper with a brogue in a shoe that can be worn by both males and females.

Despite its bizarre appearance and high cost of $817, Prada’s Creeper Brogue has been a huge hit in UK shops already, with some stores already selling out of the fashion forward footwear.

The original brogue shoe has its roots in both Scotland and Ireland.

Rosetta Stone offers free Irish language course online

Rosetta Stone, the world renowned language teaching group, are celebrating St. Patrick's Day by offering a free online trial of their Irish language-learning program.

Irish, considered a dying language, is only spoken by 55,000 people.

The company plans to launch a Facebook application that will allow users to send Irish greetings to their friends also.

Duane Sider, director of learning at Rosetta Stone, said “We would like everyone to go beyond just wearing their favorite green shirt on St. Patrick’s Day and thought it would be fun for anyone to learn a few Irish words through our free trial and be able to send a message in Irish to their friends through the Facebook app."

For more information on their program click here.

'The New York Times' refers to Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as a woman

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Facebook now show movies - starting with Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’

Warner  Brothers have announced that in partnership with Facebook they will be the first movie studio to offer movies directly through the leading social networking site.

From yesterday they "began testing an offering of selected movies for purchase or rental through Warner Bros. Entertainment's Facebook movie Pages."

The first movie to be made available is Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight', which will cost $3 for 48 hours.

"Facebook has become a daily destination for hundreds of millions of people," said Thomas Gewecke, President of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution "Making our films available through Facebook is a natural extension of our digital distribution efforts. It gives consumers a simple, convenient way to access and enjoy our films through the world's largest social network”

New online Guinness ads tell men how to behave for St Patrick’s Day - SEE VIDEOS

Guinness have released two 30-second shorts, created by AMV BBDO, to teach men how to make friends on "the friendliest day of the year" St. Patrick's Day. The two ads are part of an online campaign which teaches men about man hugs and smiling. They will be released on Facebook, Youtube and Pub TV.

 Check out the videos below:

Usher releases video of him and his crew partying in Dublin - SEE VIDEO

Usher, who played in Dublin's O2 arena, has released a video of his post show antics in Dublin city. He night on the town in Dublin included a trip to Bruxelle's pub, Charlie's takeaway and a trip out to the Wright Venue in the north county.

The multi-million album selling artist even signed an autograph for a police officer who was a fan!

Six-year-old Irish girl named Google’s top doodler

A six-year-old student from Dublin has been named Ireland’s top doodler.

Layla Karpuz was selected as the overall winner by Mike Dutton, web designer and senior doodler with Google.

The junior infants student won the top prize with her entry “Love Google”. Her doodle will now appear on Google’s homepage on Wednesday. Layla's school will receive a €10,000 technology grant, while her and her teacher will be rewarded with a personal laptop each.

Talking about her design Layla said: “My picture is about the things that make me feel happy. In my picture you can see love hearts, curls, shamrocks, people with fancy hats, people going on a bear hunt, grass men (men disguised as grass), plants, shamrock plants for Ireland, Grannies and a caterpillar because I like searching for caterpillars. I used different colors in my picture because it looks nice. I like my picture!”

Limited artist’s edition Jameson released for St. Patrick’s Day

Jameson has released a specially designed bottle in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.

The bottle was designed by Paul Daly and aims to make t Patrick’s Day more contemporary and relevant to global consumers.

Over the course of the next few weeks, launches of the newly designed bottle will take place in airports across Europe.

The new image fuses elements from Ireland’s past and present, using traditional Celtic imagery which takes inspiration from the Book of Kells.

The limited edition bottle aims to “encourage international consumers to engage with the brand. It is strong testament to the strength of our partnership with retailers the extent to which we will activate this product and footprint we will achieve and we take great delight in this,” sayd Pernod Ricard Travel Retail Europe Brand Manager Neil Sharp.

Eerie new 9/11 video emerges nearly 10 years later - SEE VIDEO

Ten years after New York's worst tragedy, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, a 17-minute video taken by NYPD helicopters has been leaked on the internet.

The video was obtained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and leaked to the web.

Ryanair advert pokes fun after Ireland's victory over England in the Cricket World Cup

It seems that Michael O'Leary, the CEO of Europe's budget airline, Ryanair, couldn't resist buying full page advertisements in the British newspapers today following Ireland's amazing victory over the English team in the Cricket World Cup in Bangalore.

New stamps will honor Irish suffrage

General Post Office, Dublin

The Irish postal service An Phost, has released two stamps based on the theme of women’s rights to celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day.

In conjunction with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), An Phost designed two stamps and specially commissioned postcards to celebrate the event, which is taking place on March 8.

Renoned Irish designer Ger Garland designed the stamps, one of which is in the style of the suffrage handbills of the early 20th century. The second stamp shows the a purple presentation of the female symbol.

Anna McHugh of An Post said they are expecting a strong interest in the commemorative stamps.

"These stamps are a fitting tribute to those pioneering women of past centuries as well as those who continue that work today."

Irish thieves try to sell $2 million Stradivarius violin for $162

Only in Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" has theft like this been seen but perhaps not quite this stupidity.

An Irish Fagan-style character, John Maughan, along with two teenagers, stole a $2 million Stradivarius violin from internationally acclaimed musician Min-Jin Kym while she was seated outside a sandwich shop, speaking on her cell phone.

The court, in London,  recently heard that Maughan had then tried to sell the 300-year-old, expensive violin for $162 to a random person on the street.

Maughan said he had researched the violin on the internet however the gang of theives had not realized the value of the instrument.

There were only 450 of these violins made and it has yet to been found. The insurers are now offering a large reward for its return.

Maughan (40) and his two accomplices, aged 14 and 16, have been remanded in custody for sentencing.

Ireland's win over England in cricket World Cup brings out national pride - SEE VIDEO

Ireland's historic win of England in the Cricket World Cup in Bangalore has almost immediately brought out our national pride but also an admission that most Irish don't fully understand the rules to the game.

The 98fm (a Dublin-based radio station) released their remix of the song "I Don't Like Cricket" just minutes after Ireland's big win.

Irish artist Kevin Sharkey portrays Sir Elton John breastfeeding

An Irish artist has depicted Elton John breastfeeding his new son in a photograph.

Kevin Sharkey, originally from Donegal says he as inspired by Sir Elton and his civil partner David Zachary having baby Zachary; “It’s set off a new era of gay men having kids. What Elton and David are doing is very admirable.”

“I must admit I did have a little laugh to myself while I was doing it but I know Elton has got a good sense of humor,” he told the Daily Mail.

The Irish artist said he portrayed Sir Elton feeding the baby because he “is definitely the mum in the relationship, where David is more like the strict masculine school teacher.”

The photo is on sale at a Dublin art gallery for $19,500 and already has two prospective buyers.

Prior to this Sharkey painted the pope conducting a gay marriage after the Catholic leader criticized homosexuality.

Donegal family set to launch their own brand of soda

A soda made from a secret homemade recipe and enjoyed locally for the last 50 years is about to be launched nationwide.

McDaid’s Football Special is a cola-style beverage which comes from Ramelton, a small town in Donegal. The owner, Edward McDaid plans on selling the homebrew nationwide.

"It is a strange product in many senses. Whatever it is about it, it seems to hit a memory button and conjure up pleasant memories of childhood, even with people who haven't tasted it before," he told the Irish Independent.

His father and his uncle developed the recipe over 50 years ago.

"My father was a founder member of the Swilly Rovers Football Club in Ramelton and they were trying to come up with a soft drink that could be put into the cup after a win, instead of whiskey.

"The fruit syrup flavors that are used are all fairly common and shouldn't belong together but they do," he said.

McDaid is currently adding a marketing and sales component to his company and is aiming to have the product available nationwide in June.