In this video, two Aussie lads give a lesson on how to speak Australian.

Sam Smith will head to Australia for New Year's Eve to avoid arguing with his family.

No matter how exciting their lives overseas, Christmas is a time when most emigrants dream of home. Arlene Harris talks to emigrants in Ireland and overseas

Was Sunday the ultimate All-Ireland hurling final? Now that pulse rates are back to normal, we asked Michael Moynihan to be as objective as only he can be.

Eddie Lynam is keen to give Slade Power the chance to stamp himself the world’s best sprinter in Australia later this year after he continued his fantastic summer with a brilliant display in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday.

Was Cressida right to leave the royals? Yes, says Suzanne Harrington.

CHINA: People who eat rare animals could be jailed for 10 years or more under a new interpretation of the criminal law, state media reported, as the government seeks to close a legal loophole and better protect the natural environment.

Shane Lowry’s plans for his Movember moustache may not be too ambitious but he has higher expectations for his golf as he heads into his final run of tournaments this year.

I’m an ideas man.

Liz Hurley and Shane Warne reportedly split up over his ex-wife.

An eventful few hours in the Australia camp began with wing Digby Ioane being issued with an arrest warrant.

It seems that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has a sympathiser in the land Down Under.

Some of us may have looked at the world through the bottom of a pint glass, but have you done it through a pair of Google glasses?

Roger Charlton admits a decision on whether ante-post favourite Bated Breath will take his chance in the Darley July Cup is unlikely to be made until this morning.

Black Caviar finally boarded a plane heading towards Britain yesterday for her hugely-anticipated appearance in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Peter Andre has rushed to Australia after learning his older brother has stomach cancer.

JUST 14,000 spectators are expected to attend Friday’s International Rules second Test at the Gold Coast’s Metricon Stadium.

ASCOT Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory will drop in both class and trip to have his next race in the Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh on August 20.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has withdrawn from next week's Australian Goldfields Open after suffering neck and back problems on the first leg of his journey Down Under.

WITH a name like ‘Vogue’, model Vogue Williams was practically predestined to become a cover girl.

CHARL SCHWARTZEL should have known it was going to be a very good day at the very first hole.

Miley Cyrus is “not single”.

NOW that he and his players have gotten themselves off the hook big time with the memorable demolition of England, Declan Kidney is already looking forward to the World Cup in New Zealand next September and figuring out the composition of his squad.

LUKE FITZGERALD will pull on an Irish jersey for the first time in 12 months this evening buoyed by praise from within the Ireland camp and thrilled to have completed a long road back to recovery.

BEFORE anything else, just consider this brief sample of the fare yesterday.

Tourism chiefs hit back today after Australians were advised by their government to beware of the dissident republican threat in the North.

The Australian government has issued a safety warning to citizens travelling to the North.

Kate Moss' relationship with rocker boyfriend Jamie Hince is reportedly on the rocks again after he struck up a friendship with a PR girl on tour in Australia.

The usually reliable Luhrmann has brought us a film that resembles, in so many ways, his native land, the Australia of the title: big, good to look at, and empty.

Llanelli Scarlets could be on the verge of making two major southern hemisphere signings – despite sacking their rugby director Phil Davies.

MEDIA around the world regaled their audiences with stories of stretched French presidents and bisexual James Bonds yesterday, proving the tradition of April Fool’s jokes was alive and kicking.

Naomi Watts and Live Schreiber are hunting for a family holiday home Down Under.

Naomi Watts and Live Shreiber are hunting for a family holiday home Down Under.

Marco Fu held his nerve to win a tense final frame decider in the early hours of this morning to secure his place in the quarter-finals of the SAGA Insurance Masters.

A late night takeaway is offering Belfast party-goers something a little different this festive season.

Duran Duran frontman Simon LeBon still harbours doubts about friend Michael Hutchence's suicide - and refuses to believe the Australian rocker took his own life.

Bob Geldof's daughter Peaches has hit out at the Australian paparazzi, labelling the country's photographers the "worst I've ever experienced".

ERNEST HEMINGWAY called it a ‘Moveable Feast’ and how right he was: Paris is truly one of the world’s great cities.

AFICIONADOS of wine from Australia and Spain have reason to raise a glass to the 2007 National Off-Licence Association (NOffLA) Gold Star selection as those countries have made a clean sweep of two key categories.

Rapper Snoop Dogg has launched a campaign to gain Australian citizenship.

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman's new movie Australia has sparked a storm of controversy on location Down Under over plans to use a World War I memorial for a cattle stampede scene.

US singer Pink has shattered Australian Kylie Minogue's home record as the female artist to sell the most concert tickets in an arena tour Down Under.