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Independent News & Media sells off South Africa portfolio for $227 million (IrishCentral)

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:43:22 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The Irish media company, Independent News & Media PLC, has sold off its newspaper group in South Africa for $227 million.

Irish lawyer for Savita’s husband said he wanted to keep media waiting (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:16:45 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Gerard O’Donnell, the Galway-based lawyer who is representing Praveen Halappanavar, said in an interview that he and his client deliberately made the release of information regarding the case slow in order to sustain the media’s attention.

Irish journalist who brought down Lance Armstrong is vindicated at last (IrishCentral)

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:07:41 PST

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

Lance Armstrong has apparently confessed his dope use and has made a public apology in an interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey, but this confession comes after Irish journalist David Walsh spent 13 years working to expose the world’s greatest cyclist’s drug use.

Focus should be on depression not media in Irish Minister’s suicide -- Deep seated issue of depression and suicide needs full exploration (IrishCentral)

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:15:25 PST

Shane McEntee RIP (Photo - AP)We in the media business take our fair share of the blame for demonizing individuals and sometimes jumping to wrong conclusionsBut I think it is stretching it to say that media is responsible for the suicide of a prominent politician as is being alleged in IrelandI knew Shane McEntee the Minister of State for Agriculture who took his own life in tragic circumstances last week I had met him on many occasions and he struck me as the prototype of a rural Irish politician deeply involved in his community and well liked and respected READ MORE

Dublin's Israeli Embassy posts derogatory Christmas comment about Palestinians on Facebook (IrishCentral)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:46:24 PST

By: BERNIE MALONE

The Israeli Embassy in Dublin has apologized after it posted a derogatory message on their Facebook wall for the holiday season on Monday.

Irish America stands up for Denis O’Brien and applauds loudly -- Ireland’s top businessman and philanthropist wows New York crowd (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:16:29 PST

Irish media mogul and philanthropist Denis O'Brien (Photo: Forbes)Denis O’Brien is Ireland’s equivalent of Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish emigrant who made billions and gave it all away in the final decades of his lifeThough he roamed and prospered far and wide, Carnegie never forgot the millions in need in his own country or anywhere else he operatedO’Brien has made his billions through his telephone company Digicel which has provided cell phone service to millions of the world's poorHe has also given back in the countless millions to those countries where he has prospered READ MORE

Alas, news of Kate Middleton’s pregnancy will now dominate world media -- Forget famine, fires and foreign conflicts – a baby is due (IrishCentral)

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:16:29 PST

Duchess Catherine and Prince William announce they're pregnantThe news of Kate Middleton’s pregnancy will cause great joy across Britain and indeed many parts of the worldBut nowhere will it be greeted with more anticipation than in the world’s gossip-crazed media, crazy for the next royal storyAnd this is the big one, the next heir to the throne, a great-grandchild for the Queen, and the latest member of “the lucky sperm club” as Warren Buffet so memorably described those born into wealthSo forget, dear world, about the serious issues facing us such as fiscal cliffs, Afghanistan, and European meltdowns READ MORE

The best news is local - the power of grassroots media has not gone away (IrishCentral)

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:00:49 PDT

In the same month that our taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny grimly eyeballed the whole wide world from the cover of the European edition of Time magazine, I picked up a copy of his own local Mayo weekly paper It is known as The Western People, and it is one of the venerable and highly respected weekly county newspapers in IrelandThese mighty old weekly newspapers never forgot the power of their grass roots Here dwelt those who bought the paper and advertised in it and got their world view from it READ MORE

Local newspapers help sew Ireland’s cultural fabric - the importance of regional press at a community level (IrishCentral)

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:30:24 PDT

Local newspapers are vital to Ireland's communitiesI’ve always been a news junkie But more than anything else, I’m a local news junkie Considering that I live 3,000 miles from where I was born and raised on Boston’s southern fringe, I am lucky to be able to access the local newspapers I grew up reading – the Milton Times, Patriot Ledger and Dorchester Reporter foremost among them – online Perusing them regularly and conveying what I glean from them to my father on the phone often leads him to retort that I know more about what’s going on at home than he does READ MORE

'Adios Amigo' Farewell to the showband king Larry Cunningham - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:30:28 PDT

Farewell to Larry CunninghamThe last time I met and interviewed the great Irish showband star Larry Cunningham he was in great form altogether in sunny Salthill as we discussed such recent highlights of his career as leading the first Irish showband to play Carnegie Hall, and the craic of having earlier performed in Monaco for Princess GraceHe was a lovely man He was special He had the gift of a mighty country music voice and, despite his huge success in the entertainment business in the peak era of the unique showbands, he never lost the common touch READ MORE

Fox News & the Irish Americans behind it, are an inconvenient truth to the liberal dominated media (IrishCentral)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:32:47 PDT

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Ten-year-old Barney Flaherty was the first newspaper boy in New York in 1833 (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:02:03 PDT

(courtesy Museum of the City of New York) The Museum of the City of New York released this photo today from their extensive archives, showing a former fixture of New York City life, which got its start on this date in 1833 with an unsung Irish American media pioneer The photo's caption read: "Today in 1833 a 10 year old boy named Barney Flaherty became the first newsboy after responding to an ad in the New York Sun Newsboys became a prominent fixture in NYC life well into the 20th century This fellow below was photographed ca READ MORE

Facebook push from New Yorker Ed Shevlin - the sanitation worker trash talks in Irish (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:31:53 PDT

Ed Shevlin is a man on the move In his “9 to 5” he's behind the wheel of a garbage truck, cleaning-up after us as one on “New York's Cleanest” His total immersion in all things Irish moved this high school dropout to an advanced study of the Irish language in its native land and to teach it when he returned home He's a man moved by a good cause, and his grassroots work in the community and charities have earned him many awards and honors READ MORE

Google spots an acre of Ireland in upstate New York (IrishCentral)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:15:19 PDT

You know the old line about the Great Wall of China being the only manmade object visible from outer space? Now Google Maps and Google Earth are bringing the whole world into focus, right down this acre’s worth of Ireland, rendered in red brick in the Irish Park in the upstate New York town of East Durham It’s the largest county-accurate map of Ireland in the worldThe park was built in 2001 at a cost of 500,000, funded in part by New York State, Greene County and the Michael J Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre, Inc READ MORE

Irish TV boss in hot water over notorious RTÉ documentary "Mission to Prey" (IrishCentral)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:15:24 PDT

The chairman of Irish State broadcaster RTÉ, Tom Savage, is facing a tabloid grilling in Ireland over his role as head of Dublin-based the Communication Clinic and that company's involvement in the broadcaster's ill-fated 'Mission to Prey' documentaryThe TV boss is now also facing increased pressure to explain how his leadership of the TV station does not pose a direct conflict of interest with his directorship at The Communication Clinic - a public relations outfit that has gained a reputation as the go-to PR firm for Irish politicians and political parties since its foundation in 2004The firm, which also specializes in political speechwriting and 'spin' control is owned by Savage and his wife, Terry ProneProne is something of a celebrity in her own right: an outspoken Irish media commentator and television critic seldom off Irish airwaves, while the couple's son is a DJ for TodayFM READ MORE

A frenetic month in Irish politics: The European Fiscal Compact referendum campaign (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 May 2012 06:15:18 PDT

A mock poster on the European Fiscal Compact referendum Some weeks ago, this column identified six specific factors to watch out for over the course of the campaign on the latest referendum question posed to Irish voters The six factors were as follows: the overarching context; the tenor of the Yes campaign; the packaging of the No campaign; Fianna Fáil’s management of internal dissent to its official endorsement of a Yes vote; the difficulties that support for the referendum as the junior party in government might occasion for the Labour party; and the impact of the campaign on Sinn Féin’s political fortunesOn Friday, June 1st, we will know if Ireland has decided to join or to reject the fiscal compact, which will impose a stringent requirement of balanced budgets, but will also facilitate access to funding from the European Stability Mechanism if this country requires another bailout in future As the day of reckoning is now upon us, it is worth examining how each of the six factors above has played out READ MORE

Putting Irish science on the Google map (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 May 2012 02:15:10 PDT

It’s a digital, interactive, online, tricked-out Google map called The Atlas of Ingenious Ireland Dedicated to "Putting Irish Science on the Map," it locates and annotates key science, tech and natural history landmarksClick on the blue “Astronomy” icon with the silhouette of Saturn in the center of the Irish map for the story and a photo of the Birr Castle Telescope, 150 years ago the world's largest telescope and even mentioned in a Jules Verne novelTo lean more, just click the link to the Birr Castle website READ MORE

Why Irish media bias is under attack by government ministers and critics (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:45:11 PDT

Pat Rabbitte speaking to the pressWhile tighter regulation is necessary, the traditional media is best placed to help police more balanced and unbiased news reportingIs our media too self-obsessed? Well, according to Minister of Communications Pat Rabbitte it is He believes that, “no other sector of society has the same ability or willingness to elevate their office politics to national news”However, many believe the problem with the media is that it is not self-obsessed enough READ MORE

Ireland punching above its weight in design, too (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:50:14 PDT

Curse you shimmering, trend-setting Frank Gehry designed museum in Bilbao Curse you gorgeous seaside and mountains setting of Cape Town with your peppy BRICSA economy Dublin is right back at you with its new Kevin Roche designed Convention Centre and so much more! Ireland has been pulling off a few upsets in international sporting competition (rugby, okay, but cricket?), and has already confound the odds by making the shortlist of three, along with Bilbao and Cape Town, for the international designation in 2014 of “World Design Capital,” an honor previously bestowed on Seoul and Torino and which will next go to HelsinkiWorld Design Capital is a biennial designation awarded through a competition held by The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, which will make the official announcement of the 2014 World Design Capital designated city on October 26 READ MORE

Casey Anthony’s shamrock tattoo - a response to reader reaction (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:20:26 PDT

Casey AnthonyAn average day in any media organization consists of several news meeting and IrishCentral is no differentOn Wednesday, we sat in our editor’s office and discussed the biggest stories of the dayIrishCentral endeavors to report on all things Irish, if something breaks at home in Ireland we want to be the first port of call from our Irish-American readers We aim to inform, educate, entertain and promote lively debate READ MORE