Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Announcements on Feb 12th, 2013
The youngest ever recipient of the Tipperary International Peace Award has gone to a Pakistani fifteen year old Malala Yousatzai who survived an attack by the Taliban. She was targeted after writing a blog for BBC chronicling the Taliban’s ban on educating girls. Other nominees were Hillary Clinton and Indian congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
Posted in Announcements on Jan 20th, 2013
Maeve Binchy has won posthumously the “Energy Irish Book Award.” Her last book topped the best seller lists in Ireland and abroad.
Posted in Announcements on Jan 18th, 2013
Seamus Heaney has been appointed Professor of Irish Literature at Trinity.
Posted in Announcements on Jan 12th, 2013
Lasell College in Newton, MA has teamed up with the Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The partnership offers students in business, education, graphic design, hospitality and support management the chance to directly enroll in the Letterkenny College in Donegal. The students at Letterkenny Institute will also have the opportunity to travel to Lasell for study abroad.
Posted in Announcements on Dec 31st, 2012
A New Year’s Wish: Here’s to the bright new year and a fond farewell to the old. Here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold dear.
Posted in Announcements on Dec 8th, 2012
Enda Kenny will attend a Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony on behalf of the E.U. in Oslo on Dec 10 with other European leaders.
Posted in Announcements on Dec 5th, 2012
Notre Dame football team is ranked #1 among college teams. “The Fighting Irish” will play in the Orange Bowl in Jan. Some of the players remarked that when the team played in Dublin in Sept. the players bonded as never before. Irish magic?
Posted in Announcements on Nov 9th, 2012
The Ireland Canada Working Holiday Program will double the number of visas available to Canadian and Irish participants to 10,000 by 2014 and extend the length of stay from one year to two.
Posted in Announcements on Nov 8th, 2012
A cross border bridge will be built over the Narrow Water between Co. Louth and Co. Down connecting Omeath and Warrenport.
Posted in Announcements on Nov 7th, 2012
A new cancer center at Derry’s Almagelvin Hospital is under construction. Patients from Donegal who previously had to travel to Dublin for treatment can now receive treatment in Derry. It is a cross-border facility and is partially funded by the Irish government.
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