John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes are 19 year old identical twins from Dublin who like to sing. Well, 'perform', anyway.

Ever since auditioning in the UK X-Factor in 2009, they've enjoyed a powerful large fan base (average age 11.8), and an even larger and more vocal hate base (average age 46.1). This polarity of opinions is expected to continue into the 2011 season.

� You smell like Lipstick, again. - Sat 12 Feb

� Jedward return – along with four others for Ireland [updated] - Wed 2 Nov

� Jedward return treading on the Waterline - Sat 25 Feb

� Ireland seeks survival in Malmö - Sat 23 Feb

� Irish finalists revealed - Wed 5 Feb

� Ireland listens to your Heartbeat - Sat 1 Mar

� Irish Same Sex Marriage Referendum Set For The Day After Semi 2 - Fri 20 Feb

� Sterling effort from Ireland - Sat 28 Feb

� RTÉ internally selects "Sunlight" by Nicky Byrne to represent Ireland - Wed 13 Jan

� Brendan Murray to perform the Irish entry in Eurovision 2017 - Sat 17 Dec

Ireland described as the Republic of Ireland is a state in northwest Europe with a population of almost 4.5 million people. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional republic that occupies approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland which was partitioned into two jurisdictions in 1921.

Ireland as you may already know is famous for stout whisky soda bread horse racing tap dancing winning Eurovision lots of times shamrocks and people who don't use commas.

Important dates:
18 January: First day of summer
17 March - St. Patrick's Day (national holiday)
14 June: First day of winter
06 October: The next summer starts
16 December: The winter after next starts
28 December: The summer after next starts. However later that day the winter after after next officially begins

National plant: Palm tree