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Kelly's Corner

by Kelly Fincham
Kelly is a longtime Irish and Irish-American journalist, a lecturer at Hofstra, and IrishCentral's editor.

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Kelly's Corner for August 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 12:13 PM

Red faces at Kennedy funeral over Irish oversight

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 8/29/2009 12:13 PM EDT



(Brian Cowen at Sen. Kennedy's funeral)
Whoops!

Did anyone else notice that Ireland - the birthplace of the Kennedys - was left out at the welcome speech in the church today?



Friday, August 21, 2009 at 04:34 PM

Part of Dublin Belfast rail line collapses

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 8/21/2009 4:34 PM EDT


I couldn't tell you the amount of times I've traveled on this rail line from Drogheda to Dublin and back again.

And every time we've crossed over the estuary just north of Dublin I've looked out the window and thought 'what if.'



Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 01:22 PM

Hats off to Diana Donnelly for daftest costume at Miss Universe!

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 8/19/2009 1:22 PM EDT


Hats off to Ireland's Diana Donnelly for daftest outfit ever worn by an Irish woman!

Diana wore this loopy leprechaun outfit for the "national costume" section of the Miss Universe pageant taking place in the Bahamas.



Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11:31 AM

'Sex and the City' and the 'big-boobed Irish nanny'

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 8/11/2009 11:31 AM EDT


So, "Sex and the City" is looking for someone to play a "naturally sexy big-boobed Irish nanny called Erin."

WTF!



Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 02:17 PM

Major questions over Taconic Parkway crash tragedy

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 8/6/2009 2:17 PM EDT

One of the biggest stories in New York at the moment concerns a horrific wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkway which killed eight people - including three children.

Diana Shuler, 36, from Long Island, was driving her three nieces plus her own two children home from a campground in the Catskills when she ploughed into a van carrying three men.



Sunday, August 02, 2009 at 11:06 AM

The €100,000 home returns to Irish property market

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 8/2/2009 11:06 AM EDT



Here then is the photographic proof of Ireland's property crash.

This three-bed townhouse went on sale in Cavan for just €100,000 or $140,000.





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