Kelly's Corner


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 May 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 10:23 AM

Niall Ferguson has been wrong before

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 5/28/2009 10:23 AM EDT

 

So, I wake up this morning to yet another dire prediction that Ireland is about to go bust.



Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 08:33 AM

Why did Ireland's religious institutions go so bad?

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 5/21/2009 8:33 AM EDT

Not a day went by in Ireland during the 1990s that there wasn't yet another report about terror and abuse that had been inflicted on children. Parents, uncles, siblings. It seemed like a free-for-all of horror. There had long been rumors of dreadful things at the "Catholic" facilities but the wall of silence from the Church kept any serious investigation at bay.

And then an incredibly brave woman called Christine Buckley was interviewd in an documentary called "Dear Daughter."



Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 05:44 PM

Irish paper falls for Spidey hoax

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 5/14/2009 5:44 PM EDT

An Irish newspaper appears to have fallen for an April Fool's day prank which claimed that Spider-Man 4 was set to be filmed in Ireland.





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