Periscope
by Niall O'DowdRSS 
Recent Posts
- 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
- Chilling testimony before congressional hearing on Pat Finucane death - New hearings told how informer was murdered before he could give evidence
- U.S. Tourism Ireland chief Joe Byrne says goodbye and hello again to massive acclaim - Popular Carlow native led tourist figures to Ireland to historic heights
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It is the most coveted ticket in Irish America, the invaluable access to the Obama White House for the annual St.Patrick’s Day event honoring the Irish Prime Minister.
This year there are many disappointed faces.
Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) has caught a bellyful from the Boston Herald editorial writers for his deeply unimpressive performance on the E3 visa bill which would help 10,500 Irish to emigrate legally to America.
This kind of hometown broadside from a mass circulation newspaper is exactly what Brown does not want to read, but the Herald has it exactly right.
What were Nike thinking?
They have a $3 billion dollar budget worldwide for marketing and the best they can come up with for the Irish this St. Patrick's Day is the 'Black and Tan' sneaker.
Did no one at this giant company just check on Google exactly what most Irish relate the term Black and Tan to?
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin shed tears on "60 Minutes" tonight as he recounted asking to see a class of eight-year old boys in a Dublin school so he could imagine what it was like for them to be abused.
He did so after meeting a man who was horrifically abused at that age by a priest in his own archdiocese.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin shed tears on "60 Minutes" tonight as he recounted asking to see a class of eight-year old boys in a Dublin school so he could imagine what it was like for them to be abused.
He did so after meeting a man who was horrifically abused at that age by a priest in his own archdiocese.
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