Amidst a great deal of online casino news widely reported during March was a piece of Irish online casino news which pleased us greatly. After some unexpected hiccups during the initial launch the new All Irish casino is back online and raring to go. The launch of a good new online casino is always welcome news, but an online casino specifically designed for the Irish market makes this particular bit of Irish casino news even better. Regular readers of this site will know that we are great fans of the Paddy Power online casino and sports gambling site, but we also believe that there is room in the market for another Irish online casino operator, particularly one which offers something exciting and new. The All Irish casino site concentrates solely on casino games, and because the software is supplied by a small independent company many of the casino games, particularly the slots are brand new and cannot be found on any other online casino sites. They have also managed to take the idea of the Live casino format to its logical conclusion, so rather than setting up a studio to simulate a real casino, their Live casino option is streamed from a real casino based on the island of Malta. Let’s hope that this idea proves successful, because it is clearly as close as any online casino can get to acheiving the atmosphere that a real casino generates when full of casino games enthusiasts and we wish them luck. Meanwhile our other Irish online casino operator Paddy Power has reported excellent full year financial results, with pre-tax profits up 15% to a record 139.2 million euros. Turnover was up to 654 million euros, which we are told was mainly due to a massive surge in online gambling over the year. Online sports gambling and playing online casino games is clearly a growing market in Ireland so we also wish Paddy Power every success in the coming year. Good Irish casino news all round.