16th May 2008

Ireland: Heaven or Hell?
After recently returning to Ireland, two Irish undocumented immigrants who lived in New York, one for 10 years, the other for seven, are adjusting to their new lives in a country that has changed dramatically in a short few years. APRIL DREW reports.

Nuala O'Faolain Dies
AUTHOR, broadcaster and former newspaper columnist Nuala O'Faolain lost her battle against cancer just a month after she revealed in a moving RTE radio interview with her friend Marian Finucane that she was dying.

Cowen Makes Changes, Pledges Loyalty
BRIAN Cowen's elevation to taoiseach (prime minister), accompanied by a Cabinet selection that placed his two closest confidantes in the most important positions and who, like him, are still in their 40s, sent out a clear signal that loyalty and energy will be the hallmarks of the new government.

Irish Voice Classifieds

Shaking Up The Housewives
In Desperate Housewives Dana Delany plays Katherine Mayfair, the impeccably groomed hurricane that blows through Wisteria Lane bringing sweeping change and soaring ratings. She talks to CAHIR O'DOHERTY about the show, her career and why she thinks she's becoming an Irish female bachelor.

Irish in Cannes
THE Cannes Film Festival which gets underway this week has been quite good to Irish entrants in the past and this year the Irish contingent at the famed French fest will be bigger than ever.

From Conan to Fallon
WILL the luck of the Irish strike again in the battle to snare late-night TV viewers? NBC sure hopes so, as they've named one Irish American comic, Jimmy Fallon, to replace another, Conan O'Brien, who's jumping into Jay Leno's highly successful chair.

Sports Digest: Kidney Confirmed for Rugby Boss
THE Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has finally confirmed that Declan Kidney will take charge of the Irish rugby team for the next three years.

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