Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Announcements on Nov 6th, 2013
Irish President Michael Higgins has announced the 2013 winners of Presidential Distinguished Service for Irish Abroad. They are Senator George Mitchell, former Intel CEO, Craig Barrett and Dr. Anne Merriman. The awards are given for peace efforts, business, education, arts, culture and sports.
Posted in Announcements on Oct 27th, 2013
In a speech in Dublin, former Pres. Clinton praised Ireland for being the first country to help with his global AIDS initiative.
Posted in Announcements on Oct 11th, 2013
Arrangements have been concluded concerning inter-country adoption between Ireland and the U.S. which will provide information as to how the process will operate.
Posted in Announcements on Aug 31st, 2013
Seamus Heaney, a native of Co Derry, died in Dublin August 30 at the age of 74. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1995. Mr. Heaney has been called the greatest poet since Yeats and wrote essays and plays along with numerous works of poetry. He often evoked the beauty […]
Posted in Announcements on Aug 29th, 2013
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pres. John Kennedy’s visit to Ireland, two stamps are being issued. One will have a picture of him being served tea by his cousin’s daughter and the other of the president with the Taoiseach Sean Lemass laying a wreath at Arbour Hill Cemetery, the burial place of many Irish […]
Posted in Announcements on Jul 2nd, 2013
The Irish Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney is about to grant a license to allow for a fish farm in the middle of Galway Bay in spite of objections from environmentalists.
Posted in Announcements on Jun 28th, 2013
Pres. Obama has nominated Samantha Powers, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, to be Ambassador to the United Nations. Powers was born in Ireland in 1970.
Posted in Announcements on Apr 20th, 2013
Vice-President Joe Biden has been inaugurated into the Irish-American Hall of Fame and he plans on visiting Ireland later in the year. U2’s Bono has offered to help him trace his Irish roots.
Posted in Announcements on Feb 16th, 2013
Brian Kelly from Notre Dame has been named ‘Coach of the Year’ by the Football Writers Association of America. Other Notre Dame coaches to receive this honor are Lou Holtz, Ara Parseghian and Charlie Weiss.
Posted in Announcements on Feb 13th, 2013
Pierce Brosnan will open the” International Film and Television Festival for Young People” in Los Angeles on Feb. 20 at the Fairmount Hotel.
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