Check out how everyone is celebrating St Patrick's Day. Irish success at the Oscars and lots more big news stories!
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With St Patrick's Day nearly here, communities in Ireland and across the world are going green. Cathal got the party started with the gang from St Ultan's in Cherry Orchard, Dublin. And in Chicago, USA they are dying the entire river emerald green.
Hamnet star Jessie Buckley has made history by becoming the first Irish woman to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards in Hollywood. And there was more great news as Dubliner Richard Baneham won his third Oscar for his visual effects work on Avatar: Fire and Ash.
And there are more great stories including a way to learn how to play chess through Irish. Dyane O'Connor has the story as we continue to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge 2026.
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