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Take a walk (or a drive) on the wild side. West Cork offers an abundance of wildlife, nature, and scenery. ℘℘℘ Is...
MoreThe fifth annual Healthcare & Life Sciences 50 keynote speaker, chairman and CEO of Boston Scientific Mike Mahoney, on forging ahead with new solutions. Read to the end for details on how to be...
More“As long as you have your health, you have everything,” my mother, Norrie, used to say. She said a lot of things that annoyed me when I was younger, but as the years go by I realize that...
MoreTake a walk (or a drive) on the wild side. West Cork offers an abundance of wildlife, nature, and scenery. ℘℘℘ Is there a more intriguing place in Ireland than West Cork? On a recent trip, I...
MoreThe highs, lows, benefits, and downfalls of legalizing marijuana. ℘℘℘ The archeologists who discovered the bones of a man in China’s Gobi Desert determined his age at over 2700 years and...
MoreThe famous British Army surgeon was actually an Irish woman. ℘℘℘ Dr. James Barry was born in County Cork as Margaret Anne Bulkley, the daughter of Jeremiah and Mary-Ann (neé Barry). Accounts...
MoreKaren Duffy writes about living with chronic pain. ℘℘℘ There is pain that hurts you and pain that changes you. Pain is a survival mechanism; it’s a signal that you need to pay attention to...
More“The Irish-American Florence Nightingale” of the Civil War – Sister Mary Anthony. ℘℘℘ The name of this Civil War medical pioneer has unjustly slipped between history’s...
MoreWhy it’s time to reclaim the last days and figureheads of the old Gaelic world. ℘℘℘ Stories matter, so here’s a good one. Four hundred and ten years ago this November the last two...
MoreThe surname Mahoney originally designated the descendants of Mathghamhain, an Irishman of the early 11th century who was killed in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. He was the son of Cian mac...
MoreThe passion, competition, and camaraderie of supporters and players of Gaelic games were on display at the USGAA Finals in Philadelphia over Labor Day Weekend. ℘℘℘ September is traditionally...
MoreThe birth, re-birth, and enduring legacy of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. ℘℘℘ In 1968, Van Morrison was on the lam from the mob and hiding in Boston. Author Ryan Walsh takes Van’s...
MoreCaricatured as “Buck Mulligan” in Joyce’s masterpiece, Oliver St. John Gogarty was more than just a swashbuckling figure – he was a poet, a playwright, a politician, and a renowned surgeon...
MoreIn his second budget as Minister of Finance Pascal Donohue in the Dail on October 9, spending plans totaling €66.5bn for the coming year. €59.3bn of that will be on current expenditure and...
MoreThe best Irish whiskeys of 2019 have been revealed in news that’s sure to make essential reading for dram drinkers everywhere. Scotch may go down well with some, but over in Ireland, it’s got to...
MoreA number of firearms, namely three GLOCK handguns, have been intercepted and seized in postal packages destined for Ireland from the United States. The Special Crime Operations (SCO) branch of An...
MoreRedheads are significantly less likely to age badly. That’s according to a study conducted by Erasmus University in Rotterdam who discovered the gene that keeps people looking young is the same as...
MoreUNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN A Radical Approach in Diabetes Research An international collaboration jointly led by University College Dublin (UCD) and Monash University in Melbourne has found that...
MoreIn November, Liam Neeson and Colin Farrell will team up with Irish American writer Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) in a crime thriller loaded with talent. Entitled Widows, the film features Neeson as one...
MoreQueen lead singer Freddie Mercury was a giant of the British music scene. But his birth name was actually Farrokh Bulsara, and he was born in what, at the time, was British-ruled India. And with a...
MoreOne of HBO’s more surreal, yet entertaining, recent projects was My Dinner with Hervé, about the life and times of 1970s diminutive Fantasy Island star Hervé Villechaize. The film featured Game...
MoreWith Martin Scorsese’s Netflix epic The Irishman–about the hitman who supposedly whacked Jimmy Hoffa–slated for release next year, now comes word that Oscar-nominated tough guy Tom Hardy (Dark...
MoreFormer 007 Pierce Brosnan is re-teaming with Goldeneye director Martin Campbell for a very different kind of movie. The duo are looking to bring Ernest Hemingway’s war novel Across the River and...
MoreIt has been 150 years now since Louisa May Alcott wrote her beloved novel Little Women–and filmmakers can’t stop returning to this classic. Just as one updated version was being released this...
MoreYou can catch a creepy Irish horror story called The Lodgers on Netflix right now. Directed by Brian O’Malley, The Lodgers is set in 1920s Carlow, where a brother and sister live a mysterious...
MoreThe Gaelic Players Association (GPA) held its annual dinner on Thursday October 4, at Capitala, 130 Bowery, New York City. The gala event featured awards, Q&A with all-star Gaelic players, and a...
MoreOn Monday, October 1st, supporters of The Ireland Funds gathered at Bayonne Golf Club for the 16th annual NJ Golf Classic. This year’s honoree was Bob Garrett, New York Office Managing Partner,...
MoreAn international seminar celebrated and reflected on the progress made in improving wellbeing in Northern Ireland. In the year of the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, it is an...
MoreThe 28th annual Flax Trust New York banquet took place in the 21 Club on October 10, 2018, honoring Ed and Brigid Kenney and Tom O’Brien, Director and Audit Chair of Prudential Financial Annuity...
MoreOn Wednesday October 17th, the 16th annual New York UCD Smurfit School Benefit Dinner took place at the Metropolitan Club, New York City. This year’s honorees were Aidan Connolly, Chief innovation...
MoreThe Irish Consulate in New York hosted a reception on Wednesday, September 26, on the occasion of the visit to New York for UN Week by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney,...
MoreThe Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival in New Ross, called “One Festival, Two Countries,” was a big success. The first half of the festival, the 19th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival in...
MoreKevin M. White, Duke University’s vice president and director of athletics, who was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame in 2017, paid a visit to the Hall of Fame in New Ross, Co. Wexford,...
More17th annual Imagine Arts Festival set to open with Art Exhibitions, trails and a Tremendous Trad Weekend ℘℘℘ The 17th annual Imagine Arts Festival opened in Waterford on October 18th for 10...
MoreNew York University’s Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago, and since then has led and witnessed tremendous changes in both nations’ cultures. Being New York, Being Irish gathers...
MoreJudy Collins and Stephen Stills, two American singer-songwriters celebrated the golden anniversary of their formative time together in the 1970s, when Stills penned “Judy Blue Eyes” and other...
MoreShowcasing the best in contemporary Irish arts and literature ℘℘℘ he Irish Arts & Writers’ Festival brought together Irish writers and audiences in the historic and intimate town...
MoreAuthor Anna Burns. Anna Burns Wins Man Booker Prize Novelist Anna Burns won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her third book, Milkman. Burns is the first writer from Northern Ireland to ever win the...
MoreRecently-published books of Irish and Irish American interest. ℘℘℘ FICTION Normal People by Sally Rooney. Normal People By: Sally Rooney There is something quietly knowing in the title of Sally...
MoreThe therapeutic benefits of seawater and seaweed baths, as well as seaweed as an important food source, is explored by Edythe Preet. ℘℘℘ I’ve got this thing about immersing myself in water....
MoreThe extraordinarily gifted John Benjamin Murphy, who turned surgery into performance art. ℘℘℘ Like other influential doctors, John Benjamin Murphy saved and improved lives with his medical...
MoreRecent passings in the Irish and Irish American communities. ℘℘℘ William “Bill” Barry 1927 – 2018 Bill Barry. Bill Barry, who grabbed Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin’s gun and prevented...
MoreWhen we were children, my brother and I spent our summers in southwest Donegal in the village of Kilcar, with my mother’s people. Our parents sent us there so they could build their business in...
MoreThe Irish Consulate in New York hosted a reception on Wednesday, September 26, on the occasion of...
In his second budget as Minister of Finance Pascal Donohue in the Dail on October 9, spending plans...
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury was a giant of the British music scene. But his birth name was...
You can catch a creepy Irish horror story called The Lodgers on Netflix right now. Directed by...
One of HBO’s more surreal, yet entertaining, recent projects was My Dinner with Hervé, about the...
Showcasing the best in contemporary Irish arts and literature ℘℘℘ he Irish Arts &...
New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago, and since then has...
The 28th annual Flax Trust New York banquet took place in the 21 Club on October 10, 2018,...
On Wednesday October 17th, the 16th annual New York UCD Smurfit School Benefit Dinner took place at...
17th annual Imagine Arts Festival set to open with Art Exhibitions, trails and a Tremendous Trad...
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN A Radical Approach in Diabetes Research An international collaboration...
A number of firearms, namely three GLOCK handguns, have been intercepted and seized in postal...
Former 007 Pierce Brosnan is re-teaming with Goldeneye director Martin Campbell for a very...
The best Irish whiskeys of 2019 have been revealed in news that’s sure to make essential reading...
An international seminar celebrated and reflected on the progress made in improving wellbeing in...
The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) held its annual dinner on Thursday October 4, at Capitala, 130...
On Monday, October 1st, supporters of The Ireland Funds gathered at Bayonne Golf Club for the 16th...
The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival in New Ross, called “One Festival, Two Countries,” was...
Kevin M. White, Duke University’s vice president and director of athletics, who was inducted into...
It has been 150 years now since Louisa May Alcott wrote her beloved novel Little Women–and...
Redheads are significantly less likely to age badly. That’s according to a study conducted by...
With Martin Scorsese’s Netflix epic The Irishman–about the hitman who supposedly whacked Jimmy...
In November, Liam Neeson and Colin Farrell will team up with Irish American writer Gillian Flynn...
Judy Collins and Stephen Stills, two American singer-songwriters celebrated the golden anniversary...