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Emotions run high in suicide aftermath
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Emotions run high in suicide aftermath
At a heated school committee last Thursday evening, parents expressed chagrin over unconfirmed reports that the bullying students are facing detent...
Basketball loses link to past with passing of legend McGuire
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Basketball loses link to past with passing of legend McGuire
McGuire was a Bronx native, who moved with his Irish father and English mother to the Rockaway peninsula of Queens at about the age of 12. There, o...
Irish win, but dreary 2nd half doesn't augur well for Paris
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Irish win, but dreary 2nd half doesn't augur well for Paris
So, if the team's unbeaten run has now been extended to a record 12 games, Ireland strutted only for a while, then stumbled. They scored two tries ...
Qualification for 2012 will be far from easy
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Qualification for 2012 will be far from easy
Of course, O'Donoghue has been on the road with Ireland a long time. He's seen the way so-called pushover countries can turn over the boys in green...
Deal Done
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Deal Done
On Friday of last week, Sinn F
Hundreds mourn Irish Haiti victim
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Hundreds mourn Irish Haiti victim
Grene was serving as special assistant to the head of the UN stabilization mission in Haiti. He died with 84 other United Nations workers when the ...
Annie Moore's life emerge in pictures
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Annie Moore's life emerge in pictures
Now, in the space of a few weeks, we are up to three photographs, this assuming that a photo featured on the cover of this issue is indeed of Annie...
Sisters sponsor concert for earthquake victims
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Sisters sponsor concert for earthquake victims
"They suffered a great deal in the earthquake," said co-organizer Jim Whelan, "not just in terms of lives lost but also in the destruction of prope...
The performance is everything for artist Henry
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The performance is everything for artist Henry
So, few people who knew him as a youngster would be surprised that he found his calling as a provocateur or, to use the more polite term, a perform...
Club to organize 2nd bone marrow drive
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Club to organize 2nd bone marrow drive
The Lions and the entire rugby community in New York and New Jersey have rallied behind former club president 42-year Kieran Holohan, who was diagn...
Kelly holds out investment plum
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Kelly holds out investment plum
The agreement, said Kelly, was another important step forward by Northern Ireland, its government and its people. "It is a moment where the world c...
In U.S., praise flows for North justice deal
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In U.S., praise flows for North justice deal
A statement issued by the White House said that the president appreciated "the personal contributions and steadfast support" of Taoiseach Brian Cow...

 

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