The Irish Special Olympics team departed for Los Angeles yesterday on a quest for glory at the World Summer Games, which get under way on Saturday.

The star-studded event was penciled in the couple's calender only days after the Irish footballer met US President Barack Obama.

Philomena Lee, Robbie and Claudine Keane, The Strypes and Snow Patrol were some of the guests at the US-Ireland Alliance’s ninth Oscar Wilde party which saw TV host Conan O’Brien and YouTube founder Chad Hurley honoured.

A smartphone tilted at 45 degrees above your eyeline is the most forgiving angle, against the flattering beam of a backlit window or a supernova of flash reflected in a bathroom mirror, as you prepare for a night out.

Tricolours erected to mark Ireland reaching the finals of the Euro 2012 Championship still hang on many buildings on the main street of Blessington.

The funeral has taken place of James Nolan in Co Wicklow.

Sun-soaked Sopot saw Wags and fans hit the sand in search of the elusive Irish tan yesterday.

After the capture of Poznan, the Green Army today takes its own brand of craziness north to Sopot.

They’ve come inplanes, trains, cars, minibuses — even on bikes — but they’re nearly all here. And they’re all going mad.

Night terrors and nerves gave way to relief and resolve following English Paper 1 at Mt Saint Michael’s in Rosscarbery, Co Cork yesterday.

Posh will have to wait for the Olympics and Crouchy’s omission has kept Abbey Clancy at home. So, asks Larry Ryan, where will frisky TV directors point the cameras during injury stoppages this month?

HERE COME the WAGs.

The wife of footballer Robbie Keane unveiled a new lingerie range.

BLONDES may have more fun, but now that Claudine Keane’s new husband has joined the Reds she obviously feels she must become more rosy.