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Exhumed body not one of disappeared
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Exhumed body not one of disappeared
A body exhumed from an Irish cemetery is not that of a teenage IRA victim who was murdered in 1975 and listed as one of "disappeared," forensic tes...
Saluting the ghosts in high spirits
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Saluting the ghosts in high spirits
I recently attended George Kimball's memorial gathering. I would hardly call it a service, for George bowed his head to Lady Luck alone, and then o...
The end of Quartermaster Qaddafi
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The end of Quartermaster Qaddafi
[caption id="attachment_66455" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Colonel Qadaffi in a less than jovial mood."][/caption] Interesting that Mu...
Boston bar denies race charges
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Boston bar denies race charges
BOSTON --- Massachusetts Attorney General, Martha Coakley, has filed a civil rights suit against a Dorchester pub, Peggy O'Neil's, for allegedly en...
Peter King praises Hugh Carey
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Peter King praises Hugh Carey
Congressman Peter King has praised the life and work of former New York governor Hugh Carey, who died earlier this month. King, a Republican, prais...
Renewed pressure on Irish tax rate
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Renewed pressure on Irish tax rate
Ireland's low corporate tax rate is fast becoming the republic's economic Alamo. The Irish government is coming under renewed pressure to give grou...
Bishop Magee breaks his silence
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Bishop Magee breaks his silence
[caption id="attachment_66444" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Bishop Magee"][/caption] The Irish Catholic bishop criticized in the Cloyne...
Dublin archdiocese  faces financial crisis
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Dublin archdiocese faces financial crisis
Ireland's largest Catholic archdiocese has admitted it is facing serious financial problems with parishes on the brink of going bust because of the...
O'Brien found true vocation in NYC classroom
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O'Brien found true vocation in NYC classroom
[caption id="attachment_66439" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT Schoolteacher Pauline O'Brien pictured at the New ...
Around Ireland
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Around Ireland
GALWAY CITIZENS OFFERTO SAVE SENIOR HOME Several Good Samaritans have come forward offering to make the necessary refurbishments to St Francis' pub...
North teens inspired by 9/11 group
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North teens inspired by 9/11 group
[caption id="attachment_66434" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Photo by Matthew Schmiemann. Learning lessons of peace in order to spread t...
Kilkenny delivers strategic vision
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Kilkenny delivers strategic vision
The charity group SightSavers International held its annual general meeting recently in New York with Irish Consul General Noel Kilkenny delivering...

 

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