Tourism Ireland CEO, Niall Gibbons, confirmed to the Irish Examiner that efforts are underway to turn Dublin's dividing river green, with help from city plumbing authorities in Chicago.

From New York to Budapest, you can celebrate St Patrick’s Day almost anywhere in the world. Ciara McDonnell helps you get planning for next year

Update: Ireland boss Joe Schmidt has lauded the leadership skills of Rhys Ruddock after naming the Leinster forward captain for Saturday’s Test against Italy at Soldier Field.

Josh van der Flier was one of Ireland’s heroes of Soldier Field against the All Blacks in 2016 yet he his eager to make amends for missing out on last season’s Six Nations Grand Slam.

Italy coach Conor O’Shea is confident his under-strength team can stand up to the challenge of facing Ireland in Saturday’s test at Soldier Field in Chicago.

A prisoner released after serving 23 years for a crime he did not commit has more reason than most to look forward to the new baseball season in the US.

150 jobs are being reserved by a Chicago recruitment firm for Irish J1 students.

Latest: Former US president Barack Obama has been dismissed from jury duty.

Former US president Barack Obama has been called for jury duty in Chicago.

A gunman on a Chicago subway platform opened fire at an arriving train in a targeted attack, police say.

Gun violence in Chicago over the July 4 weekend left 14 people dead and scores injured, despite police deploying 1,300 extra officers on the streets.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Chicago today for a two-day trade and investment mission.

Chicago is the latest destination available at discount rates from Cork and Dublin thanks to the low-cost airline WOW air.

A Chicago man has been jailed for nine months for hacking the electronic accounts of 30 celebrities and stealing private information, including nude videos and photos.

US president Barack Obama has made an emotional farewell speech that sought to comfort and encourage a country on edge over economic changes, persistent security threats and the election of Donald Trump.

Brrrrrrrrr.

Ireland went for a cruise along the Chicago River yesterday afternoon, wending their way between the towering skyscrapers and enjoying some peaceful moments before the storm brewing in tonight’s clash with New Zealand. 

The out-half was left out of the squad after he was questioned about alleged sexual offences.

Thirteen people were shot dead over the Labour Day weekend in Chicago, making it the deadliest holiday weekend of one of the worst summers the city has experienced in decades.

Chicago has recorded its deadliest month in two decades in August as part of a sharp rise in gun violence in the nation's third-largest city this year.

In a Chicago case involving mistaken identity, LSD, and jail time, artist Peter Doig had to prove he did not paint a landscape.

A Muslim woman is suing Chicago police who mistakenly identified her as a potential ‘lone wolf’ terrorist as she was leaving a city subway station last year on July 4 wearing a headscarf, face veil, and carrying a backpack.

Close call!

A suburban Chicago gun shop is raffling a semi-automatic weapon to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando.

Police in Chicago have said finding Sinead O'Connor was a "wonderful outcome".

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has cancelled one of his signature rallies over safety concerns after protesters swarmed into the arena where he was due to speak.

The bodies of four men, one woman and a child have been found inside a house in Chicago in what is believed to be a murder-suicide.

A white Chicago police officer charged with murder over the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager has pleaded not guilty.

Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighbourhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after she hosted family on Christmas Day.

A Chicago police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call accidentally shot and killed a 55-year-old woman, who was among two people fatally wounded.

The US Justice Department will investigate patterns of racial disparity in the use of force by Chicago police officers, the US attorney general has announced.

Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel fired his police superintendent after it took 13 months to charge a white policeman with the shooting death of a black teenager.