TG Lurgan's Irish Christmas EP includes "A Fairytale of New York" as Gaeilge - AUDIO

The folks at TG Lurgan have put together a great Christmas EP under the title "EP na Nollag 2012" which includes three songs including an Irish version of The Pogue's "Fairytale of New York", as Gaeilge.

The album also includes two other Irish tunes for Christmas.

TG Lurgan  puts together Irish versions of popular songs, including hits such as Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", to aid people trying to learn Irish. They say their songs are a great way to learn and sign" along the lyrics of popular songs is an enjoyable as well as being a very effective way of improving your Gaeilge. So put on your headphones and give it a go."

Here's the album to listen to:

You can download the album for free here.

Christmas shopping blues - Jimmy Kimmel’s “As seen on TV” guide will help - VIDEO

No one ever said Christmas shopping was easy! Thankfully, TV host Jimmy Kimmel is here to help.

The late night TV host of ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ compiled a handy video featuring some of the best  ‘As Seen on TV’ products that promise to be unique holiday gifts .. with the added bonus of a money back guarantee.

Check out the hilarious video below. Would you order any of these gifts for the holidays?

'Jimmy Kimmel Live' punks kids for Christmas - "I Gave My Kids a Terrible Present" - VIDEO

FYI: Children do no react well to bad presents

Jimmy Kimmel pulled a Christmas prank on the children of American this week. He told parents across the country to give their kids a "terrible presents".

Surprisingly a  number of the children "reacted poorly to this".

The children's reactions are really hilarious. However as Jimmy points out if Santa is still working off the naughty and nice list some of this little darlings are in trouble.

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140 Irish Twitter users launch Christmas single ‘Winter Song’ on iTunes – VIDEO

'Winter Song' - Twitter

What started with a notion, tweeted by Brenda Drumm (@BrendaDrumm )turned into a reality when 140 Irish Twitter users came together to record a charity Christmas single.

Their charity single, with all proceeds going to Neonatal special care unit at Holles Street National Maternity Hospital, has reached number one on the iTunes store.

On November 19th Drumm tweeted “Wouldn't it be great to have a Twitter Xmas Single?”

By November 27th 140 Twitter users included professional musicians and producers had gathered in the Westin Hotel in Dublin.

For more search for #twitterxmassingle on Twitter.

Click here to buy the single. 

Here’s RTE’s report on the charity song -