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An Athlone company is behind the development of smart technology for guns which has caught the attention of White House officials.

Saturday July 18 sees The High Kings, one of Ireland's top ballad groups play in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Athlone. Members Brain Dunphy, Darren Holden, Finbarr Clancy, and Martin Furey who make up this band have appeared numerous times on the Late Late Show, have headlined the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in London in front of 15,000 people, and also played in the White House on St Patrick’s Day.

Minister Phil Hogan’s eyes were still adjusting to natural light last week after spending the duration of the recent referendum campaign locked in the basement of Government Buildings.

Currently in the middle of a national tour, covering venues the length and breadth of the country, Frankie Gavin and De Dannan will perform for one night only at Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday April 13 at 8pm. Tickets for this event are priced €20/€18 and are selling fast with a limited number of seats remaining.

A former Miss Ireland and Moate native is celebrating a personal letter of thanks from President Barack Obama for the gift of a painting he received following his Irish trip.

Frankie Gavin and De Dannan are currently in the middle of a nationwide tour which will see the band perform in a variety of venues and locations the length and breadth of the island. In a move which Frankie Gavin states is largely motivated by the band’s wish to “lift the hearts of the Irish people during this extraordinary economic climate in Ireland”, the band will for the most part bring its music to local communities throughout Ireland and are looking forward to their performance in Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday April 13 at 8pm.

On December 7 1941 Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on the US naval base of Pearl Harbour. America declared war on Japan, and Germany declared war on the United States four days later. This was no longer just a war in Europe. It had leapt onto the worldwide stage

Newly crowned Irish Coffee making champion Roisin Sweeney, of the Galway-based Corrib Princess, could be demonstrating her skills to US President Barack Obama during next year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

US president Barack Obama has been invited to a sheep shearing event in Mayo during his whistle-stop tour of Ireland next month.

US President, Barack Obama, has been formally invited to visit Callan where he is being encouraged to view various landmarks, chief among them the homestead of James Hoban, the architect who designed the White House.