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‘The Gunfighters’ Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg and Gabrielle Giffords make the cover of TIME (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:14:49 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Vice President Joe Biden, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Arizona Senator Gabrielle Giffords are on the cover of this week’s TIME Magazine stamped over as ‘The Gunfighters.’

Christine Quinn slams New York administration over relief for Hurricane Sandy victims (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:56:17 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has been highly critical of the relief efforts following October’s Superstorm Sandy. Now, the mayoral hopeful is speaking out hoping to bring some reform.

Can Mike Bloomberg keep Barack Obama honest on new gun laws? -- Obama’s speech in Newtown reveals he has got the message - for now (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:31:46 PST

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on NBC's "Meet the Press" (Photo:NBC)Let’s hear it for Mike Bloomberg for putting it up to President Obama in no uncertain fashion on the guns issue in AmericaThe bodies of the little ones and adults killed in Newtown are hardly cold and already we are hearing the weasel words of the gun lobby about how kindergarten teachers should be armed and people kill people not gunsThis time however we see an enormous revulsion across the country against the insane unregulated market in guns for madmen, psychopaths, and the deranged that exists in the US READ MORE

Anger towards Obama, Cuomo, Bloomberg in Irish Rockaways - President’s visit may trigger a hostile reception for governor, mayor too (IrishCentral)

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:45:58 PST

Governor Cuomo and Mayor BloombergNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo will accompany President Obama on his tour of ravaged areas in New York on ThursdayExpect a hostile reception especially in the Irish Rockaways, the people that New York forgot, in the aftermath of Hurricane SandyTalking to people there the sense of betrayal is very real “We feel utterly betrayed by the government” said one Rockaway Irish resident to me today READ MORE

Mayor Bloomberg met by angry crowds as aid fails to reach Sandy rocked Rockaways (IrishCentral)

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:56:07 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

Desperate Hurricane Sandy victims were held back by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s security detail as they pleaded with the New York leader for “some help”.

Why Mayor Michael Bloomberg is ignored on gun violence (IrishCentral)

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:16:49 PDT

If ever there was a time to act on the shocking levels of gun violence in the United States it would be now Yesterday two people were shot dead and nine were injured near New York's world famous Empire State Building Thirty minutes earlier the city's mayor Michael Bloomberg had been on the radio talking about guns There are too many guns on Americas streets, he claimed READ MORE

Why a brain dead immigration policy is harming America -- New York Mayor calls for more and smarter immigration, not less (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:30:10 PDT

Mayor Mike Bloomberg addresses a crowd on the topic of immigrationOccasionally a politician speaks truth to power, and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg did so on TuesdayHe pointed out that in 1991, 18 percent of Canada’s and America’s immigrants were rated as highly skilledThen he stated that in 2011, Canada’s percentage had soared to 67 percent, while the United States was falling further behind, at 13 percentWhat an obvious idea Canada had, bring in the best and brightest and watch your economy thrive—it certainly has compared to the US READ MORE

Bloomberg reports Michael Noonan’s economic predictions are over optimistic (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:13:40 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Bloomberg has reported that Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan’s, forecast of a faster growing Irish economy maybe over-optimistic.

Michael Bloomberg likely to back Christine Quinn for NYC’s 2013 Mayor (IrishCentral)

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:14:18 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Mike Bloomberg looks set to back City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for the 2013 race for Mayor of New York.

9/11 Families & the New York Times on the Right Way to Remember (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:40:13 PDT

The top Op-Ed in the New York Times on Saturday was entitled Sept 11, 2010, The Right Way to Remember The New York Times has usually been exemplary in memorializing the people killed on that day nine years agoIn this specific piece's eleven paragraphs, however, the reader is told not to "wallow" and that the right way to remember 9/11 is to think about the memorial, the transportation hub and the overall architectural boon of urban life that will come out of the ashes READ MORE