Donegal high school epic Teenage Kicks/Gangnam Style lip-dub goes viral- VIDEO

Scoil Mhuire, in Buncrana, Co. Donegal was the setting for the YouTube track in which students lip dub various tracks starting with The Undertones Teenage Kicks and finishing with PSY’s Gangnam Style. The lip-dub has already clocked up more than 50,000 views on YouTube.

Teacher Katrina McGonagle told the Donegal Democrat the entire school was thrilled by the response.

 “We never, ever expected a response like this… It really is exciting for us all - not just the students!”

“On Sunday, we were on the trending list on YouTube.”

“It really has been great for the school. Everyone here is floating on air today.”

Watch the video below:

A leggy Leprechaun puts Irish guys smiling at Victoria’s Secret bash in New York

Hilary Rhoda
as a sexy leprechaun. Photo: Kevin Mazur

The annual Victoria Secret’s lingerie catwalk show in New York had an Irish theme last week.

Two of world’s top models strutted their stuff in jaw-dropping Irish-themed outfits as part of 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Dressed in elbow length green gloves, American beauty Hilary Rhonda wore a sexy leprechaun outfit, with giant shamrock wings.

Aussie supermodel Miranda Kerr took to the catwalk in a Celtic princess outfit.

Performers on the night included Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Bruno Mars.

The Rubberbandits promote Science Week 2012 with ‘guide to physics’ - VIDEO

Rubbertbandits guide to Physics

Have The Rubberbandits found their new calling in life? It would appear so, as the famous Limerick duo has released their second science-themed video aptly titled ‘Rubberbandits guide to physics.’

The video, published on Wednesday on YouTube, is the lads’ second promotional video for Ireland’s Science Week 2012. Their first was ‘Rubberbandits guide to chemistry featuring Louis Walsh’ which was uploaded at the end of last month.

The Rubberbandits shared their video with nearly 50,000 followers on Twitter by tweeting “Our new science video, this is our guide to Physics. You'll learn loads. RT if you like it,” with a link to the YouTube video.

The Science Week website says, “The aim of Science Week is to promote the relevance of science, technology, engineering and maths in our everyday lives and to demonstrate their importance to the future development of Irish society and to the economy.”

Surely, The Rubberbandits are the perfect promotional device for the upcoming event!

Check out the hilarious video here:

Irish music video reaches out to Irish immigrants the “Teaspora” around the globe

A still from Roisin O's video for "The Tea Song"

With now 70,000 Irish emigrating every year Roisin O’s video-makers decided to use this vast resource to a great affect. They reached out the #Teaspora, the tea drinking Irish immigrants around the globe, to contribute to their video for Roisin O’s “Tea Song”.

The footage gives a poignant snap shot of young Irish immigrants around the globe from New Zealand, Hong Kong, Australia, London, Italy, a family in Denmark, and more the video shows the tea drinking Irish shattered around the globe. The video also lists the number of days these immigrants have been away from home.

The constant in all of these clips is a cuppa cha. What’s better and more comforting when you’re away from home, as long as it’s Barry’s or Lyon’s of course.

For more information visit Roisin O’s website here.


Here’s the video:

Dracula’s Irish author Bram Stoker honored with Google Doodle

For his 165th birthday, Google honored Irish author Bram Stoker who penned famous Gothic novel ‘Dracula’ by featuring him on their homepage Google Doodle.

Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847. An ailment that confined him to his bed in his early childhood for a number of years allowed him to immerse himself in literature, with a special focus on Irish folklore, which would later come to influence his literary endeavors.

Though perhaps most famous for his work on ‘Dracula,’ Stoker has a number of other literary works which deal with the supernatural and occult. Aside from ‘Dracula,’ a number of Stoker’s works are available for free online via The Gutenberg Project - ‘The Jewel of Seven Stars,’ ‘The Lady of the Shroud,’ ‘Lair of the White Worm,’ and ‘The Man.’

Last month, Dublin paid homage to the centenary of the famous author’s death with the inaugural ‘Bram Stoker Festival: My Name is Dracula.’ The event included screenings, talks and readings all relating to Stoker and his literary influence.

The Rubberbandits promote Science Week 2012 with ‘guide to physics’ - VIDEO

The Rubberbandits at the Science Week launch

Have The Rubberbandits found their new calling in life? It would appear so, as the famous Limerick duo has released their second science-themed video aptly titled ‘Rubberbandits guide to physics.’

The video, published on Wednesday on YouTube, is the lads’ second promotional video for Ireland’s Science Week 2012. Their first was ‘Rubberbandits guide to chemistry featuring Louis Walsh’ which was uploaded at the end of last month.

The Rubberbandits shared their video with nearly 50,000 followers on Twitter by tweeting “Our new science video, this is our guide to Physics. You'll learn loads. RT if you like it,” with a link to the YouTube video.

The Science Week website says, “The aim of Science Week is to promote the relevance of science, technology, engineering and maths in our everyday lives and to demonstrate their importance to the future development of Irish society and to the economy.”

Surely, The Rubberbandits are the perfect promotional device for the upcoming event!

Check out the hilarious video here:

Barack Obama beats Justin Bieber for most retweets - Twitter goes wild with Election results

Obama victory breaks Twitter records

Upon the news breaking that incumbent President Barack Obama had won the state of Ohio during Tuesday’s election, thus securing his re-election, Obama gained himself another new title - most retweeted ever.

The record-breaking tweet went out on Tuesday from the @BarackObama account which stated simply “Four more years.” accompanied by a picture of him and his wife Michelle Obama embracing. At time of publication, the tweet has received a massive 691,348 retweets and growing.

The number of retweets far surpasses previous record holder Justin Bieber, who brought in the previous record of around 223,000 retweets, according to The Washington Post.

Twitter confirmed in a blog post that as new organizations began calling the election in Obama’s favor, the tweets-per-minute peaked at an astounding 327,452, by far the highest of the duration of the election.

Another Obama Tweet that read, “We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you. -bo,” clocked in a similarly impressive 159,271 retweets. An earlier tweet read “This happened because of you. Thank you,” which gained 241,887 retweets.

Will Ferrell is serious about voting, Barack Obama and helping you move your couch - VIDEO

Will Ferrell will do anything to get you to vote

It turns out that Old Milwaukee beers and taking babies aren't the only thing that Will Ferrell feels strongly about. With the election just days away he pulled out the big guns and reminded everybody to vote on November 6.

And man is her serious! He'll even help you move furniture or make you dinner. Can we hold him to this.

His very very serious video appeared on Barack Obama's campaign official YouTube page.

Here's the video: