Periscope
by Niall O'DowdRSS 
Recent Posts
- The Irish community returns to Hurricane Sandy hit Rockaways to aid ongoing recovery
- Young Irish woman turned in to U.S. authorities by Irish immigrant support group - Boston-based Irish International Immigrant Center does the unspeakable
- Profile in Irish fighting courage - Heffernan’s campaign for respite care for families dealing with fatal rare illnesses such as Batten’s disease
- Senator Schumer says Irish deserve a separate deal for visas because of 1965 shutout - Says “Schumer visas” set to give Ireland 10,500 visas a year for the future
- Prospects for immigration reform bill are 50-50 say the pols privately - House seen as major obstacle as Senate gets closer to a vote
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I dread the upcoming September 11th tenth year anniversary.
I am not alone. I know several families of those killed on that day that feel the same way.
The late and unlamented Hurricane Irene has departed our shores, never to return but has left some vital lessons behind.
Authorities were right to hype it in the end.
One in two homes in Connecticut, 40 per cent of homes in Long Island without power is a grave crisis in itself.
Driving back to New York yesterday from upstate New York it was clear that most of the traffic was departing the city, not heading towards it.
I made it down to the city in record time, empty bridge approaches, no heavy trucks, a compete absence of highway patrol as I motored along around 75 miles per hour.
I had left Saratoga Springs about 180 miles from New York on a balmy late summer morning but as I approached the city the clouds darkened and the first squalls began to manifest, driving microbursts of rain that came and went with astonishing speed.
The death of a newspaper, especially in these tough economic times, is always a source of deep regret, but the closure of the Irish Post in England is a truly awful event.
The announcement that Britain’s leading Irish newspaper was about to close down was a shock to the system. How at a time when tens of thousands of Irish are streaming into Britain again could their main newspaper be closing?
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