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By Joe ZentnerIA Newsletter, August 3, 2024

Saint-Gauden’s Celtic Vision

By Joe Zentner
IA Newsletter, August 3, 2024

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The most important American sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th century was born in Ireland. If there was such a thing as an American Renaissance, Augustus Saint-Gaudens embodied it in sculpture. To Saint-Gaudens, an artist is an interpreter of beauty in the world. A work of art is the artist's vision of a subject, colored by the light of imagination and expressed in … [Read more...] about Saint-Gauden’s Celtic Vision

A Gold For Ireland

By Fiona Audley

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SWIMMER Daniel Wiffen has ‘written himself into the history books’ by becoming Ireland’s first gold medalist of the Paris Olympics and the first man to ever secure a medal in the pool for Ireland. The Armagh native swam his way to victory on July 30, securing an Olympic gold medal in the final of the men’s 800m freestyle, in a new Olympic record time of 7:38.19. In doing so the … [Read more...] about A Gold For Ireland

‘Normal for Northern Ireland’
Should not Dull us to Troubles Abuses

By Kevin Meagher
IA Newsletter July 13, 2024

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THIRTY years after they ended, the capacity of Northern Ireland’s Troubles to shock us should probably have reached its limits by now.   Alas, the past bleeds into the present and two recent court cases, reported by the assiduous Belfast media, caught my eye. The first concerned a hearing, which is set for November, concerning the importing of an arms cache for loyalist … [Read more...] about

‘Normal for Northern Ireland’
Should not Dull us to Troubles Abuses

St. Dymphna: The Lily of Eire

By Rosemary Rogers
IA Newsletter July 6, 2024

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PATRON OF THE MENTALLY ILL; INVOKED AGAINST INCEST, DEPRESSION, STRESS, INSANITY, AND SLEEPWALKING.In Belgium, near the town of Geel, can be found one of Europe’s largest and most progressive hospitals for the care and cure of the emotionally disturbed. It was founded on the site of Saint Dymphna’s martyrdom and is named in her honor. Dymphna, born in the 7th century, was the … [Read more...] about St. Dymphna: The Lily of Eire

Impunity and The Northern Ireland Conflict

By Brian Dooley
IA Newsletter July 6, 2024

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An international expert panel from Norway, Argentina, Israel, and Ireland has produced a monster piece of research on the British forces during the North of Ireland conflict that details impunity for torture, hundreds of killings, and many more in the context of collusion. Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Washington DC-based Human Rights First, and Honorary Professor of Practice … [Read more...] about Impunity and The Northern Ireland Conflict