LAKELAND (AP) — A Tampa couple and an Irish tourist were shot at a Lakeland gun range after a handgun accidentally fired. ...more

October 4, 2009

A doctor who vanished eight years ago after he was charged with molesting two girls in Pinellas County has turned up under a different name in Ireland, and now is fighting extradition, according to Dublin news organizations. ...more

April 1, 2009

The Irish Connection has formed in Sun City Center for people with an interest in Ireland. ...more

April 1, 2009

A U.S. military contractor in Iraq has been arrested for allegedly hacking into teenage girls' computers in America to coerce them into sending sexually explicit photos of themselves. Federal authorities in Orlando say if victims refused, Patrick Connolly threatened to reveal personal information gathered from hacking into their computers. ...more

March 17, 2009

President Barack Obama tapped Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney as U.S. ambassador to Ireland, marking St. Patrick's Day with the surprise nomination and a special welcome for Irish leaders — White House fountains that ran green for a day. ...more

March 17, 2009

A New York company has issued a recall on pork products imported from Ireland and shipped to stores in Florida and six other states, the U.S. Department of Agricultural said today. ...more

December 11, 2008

India's only gorilla is lonely. Even though Polo is 6 feet tall, dark-haired, bilingual and good-natured, the 36-year-old silverback gorilla is still single after a fruitless eight-year search. ...more

October 24, 2008

Although I am a Swedish woman, I live in the United States. ...more

June 10, 2008

Erin Ireland, 18, doesn't want young people making the same mistake her grandfather did. ...more

June 4, 2008

Shad Ireland was diagnosed with kidney failure 25 years ago and once weighed 75 pounds. Today, he is an Ironman competitor. ...more

December 1, 2007