Bono is set to become the richest rock star in the world this afternoon when Facebook finally starts trading on the New York stock market.

U2 Frontman, Bono

The star’s investment company, Elevation Partners, bought 2.3% of Facebook in November 2009 for $90m.

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Millions of people around the world are proud to celebrate their Irish heritage.

Essence of Irishness?

There are even some people with no Irish roots who want to become more engrained in Irish culture.

Now a Polish woman living in Ireland has produced a YouTube video in which she investigates how she could become more Irish.

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Molly Malone statue gets a golden cover up

Molly wrapped in gold

Shoppers walking through Dublin City Centre have been puzzled to see the iconic Molly Malone statue completely covered in gold cloth. (Picture courtesy of @pamille on Twitter)

There was no sign to explain the sudden cover-up so what was going on?

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Elvis Pressley

Danny Boy could soon be played every day in Limavady, Co Derry, if campaigners have their way.

The song, which is strongly linked with the town, is well known all over the world and has been recorded by some of the biggest names in music.

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A chance discovery has shown that hunter-gatherer tribes were living in Ireland hundreds of years earlier than was previously thought.

Burren Landscape (Galway Bay in the background)

In 2009, Elaine O’Malley from Co Clare was walking along Fanore Beach in the Burren area when she discovered a midden - a place where nomad hunters would cook their food. The midden contained tools such as axes from the Stone Age.

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