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 September 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 12:25 PM

Merde! French terror as Irish flight announces it is going to crash

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/15/2009 12:25 PM EDT

 

French-speaking passengers on a flight from Dublin to Paris got the fright of their life this week when a faulty PA system announced that the plane was about to crash!



Monday, September 14, 2009 at 08:54 AM

Housing prices continue to slide in Ireland

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/14/2009 8:54 AM EDT


So last year - the 2009 prices

I'm trying to figure out if this is a good time to buy somewhere to live in Ireland.



Friday, September 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM

Rachel Maddow show features Irish Central in Stephen Farrell report

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/11/2009 11:22 AM EDT

I wish Rachel Maddow had called me and told me she would be plugging our Web site!

I would have called in to the show; hell, I could have got my hair done and gone downtown to the taping!



Friday, September 11, 2009 at 09:06 AM

Remembering the Irish who were killed in the Trade Center

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/11/2009 9:06 AM EDT

The remains of Sligo man Kieran Gorman were found on March 19, 2002, ending an agonizing six-month wait for his family and friends.

His family held a wake for him in Hodders funeral home on McLean Avenue, not far from the Woodlawn home which Gorman had shared with his wife Ann and two young sons, 3-year-old Barry and 18-month-old Gavin.



Friday, September 11, 2009 at 08:47 AM

A bell is ringing downtown to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/11/2009 8:47 AM EDT

I have been trying not to think about it but the window of my office looks right downtown where the Trade Center stood.

A bell is ringing to mark 8.46 a.m.



Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 04:04 PM

Dear Boss, Can I have some time off for a week in Ireland?!

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/10/2009 4:04 PM EDT

Aer Lingus is offering a special September deal with flights, car rental and six nights in three four-star hotels all for the amazing price of $699.

The deals are valid from December 1 to February 11, 2010 and must be booked by September 30.



Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM

Playoffs loom for Irish soccer team as Italy demolishes Bulgaria

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/10/2009 10:21 AM EDT


Ireland has almost certainly been ruled out of automatic qualification for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.

Italy are now four points clear in Group 8 after they demolished Bulgaria Wednesday night in the home leg in Turin.



Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at 09:25 AM

When a reporter's safety outweighs a scoop

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/9/2009 9:25 AM EDT


It's not often that you get to be in the middle of an ethical dilemma and a huge scoop.

But that's where IrishCentral was on Saturday afternoon when we got a tip-off that Stephen Farrell (above) a second reporter for the New York Times had been kidnapped in Afghanistan.

We posted the story because Farrell holds Irish citizenship and because it was a worldwide scoop - and that's what journalists live for.



Tuesday, September 08, 2009 at 10:21 AM

MTA has taken my bus away!

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/8/2009 10:21 AM EDT

So, back from an idyllic stay at a secret location in Long Island (see above) to bad news from the MTA.

The express BXM4B is being axed.





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