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Novel by Irish author selected to help traumatized Newtown survivors (IrishCentral)

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:32:41 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

An Irish author's book has been selected to help Newtown survivors overcome the grief and trauma they suffered after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults in one of the worst school massacres in US history.

Beautiful healing music in Newtown, CT with the Shamrock Traditional Irish music Society (IrishCentral)

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:17:23 PDT

Sliabh Notes, Matt Cranitch, Donal Murphy and Tommy O’SullivanNewtown, Connecticut --It was indeed a picturesque New England town in Connecticut before that awful day in December when a deranged young man perpetrated a senseless killing spree that claimed the lives of 26 beautiful educators and children who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time The world saw a different, harsher image of the bucolic town on the edge of suburbia just a few months ago than the one in my mind from a number of lovely visits to hear Irish music there hosted by the Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society (STIMS) rooted in Fairfield County I am a firm believer that music plays a very important part in the healing process when sadness and grief strike the heart, so there wasn’t a question that I would venture to Newtown once again for a concert READ MORE

Benghazi-Newtown; what difference does it make Hillary? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:01:03 PST

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Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly meet with Newtown shooting victims' families (IrishCentral)

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:13:51 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly met with family members of the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting on Friday.

In memory of the children who lost their lives in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:00:17 PST

Even after all these years together the Dutch Nation still constantly amazes and surprises me We were watching the unbearably sad and senseless classroom slaughter on the TV news together the other evening, the unbearably horrific massacre of beautiful innocent babies and their teachers and, because I am still hobbling around on my afflicted ankle, she drove off to bring home the cottage Christmas treeShannon town is only five minutes away, and you can buy neatly cut and trimmed trees there for about €15 She should have been back in about a half-hour, but she phoned to say she would be delayed READ MORE

Senator Bob Casey’s mind changed by Newtown tragedy - calls for ban on assault rifles (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:47:06 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Pennsylvania Democratic Senator Bob Casey, a longtime champion of guns rights, has changed his stance in regards to new legislation on guns in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, CT. Senator Casey said he is “haunted” by last week’s events.

Top ten crazy quotes about American gun laws in wake of Newtown massacre (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:39:53 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Last Friday morning, the news of the massacre in Newtown began to filter through about an unknown gunman who went on a killing spree in Sandy Hook elementary school.

NYPD head Ray Kelly reflects on shock of Newtown killings of 'poor little innocents' (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:33:02 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said that in all his decades in law enforcement he has never seen anything comparable to the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Will the Newtown massacre finally force American to tackle its control of guns? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:15:16 PST

The closest that the vast majority of Irish can get to purchasing a gun exists only in replica form, such as the fake guns pictured inside a Dublin shop last yearWhat is wrong with Americans, my daughter asked, her voice shaking with anger and frustration She's 21, a third year college student, and she has a low tolerance for bull Like everyone else in Ireland, she was both upset and appalled by the slaughter of the innocents in the school near Newtown, Connecticut READ MORE

VP Joe Biden to lead push for new gun law policy after Newtown massacre – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:09:44 PST

By: DARA KELLY

President Obama has appointed VP Joe Biden to lead an effort that will work on concrete proposals for changes to gun laws in America, following Friday’s massacre in Sandy Hook elementary school, where 26 people, including 20 children, were murdered.

Trailer for Colin Farrell’s 'Dead Man Down' pulled after Newtown massacre (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:08:37 PST

By: DARA KELLY

No surprise here – E! News reported on Tuesday that the online trailer for Colin Farrell’s upcoming flick, Dead Man Down, has been pulled because of the atrocity in Newtown.

It’s time for the US Government to take on the National Rifle Association after Newtown tragedy (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:48:39 PST

By: Irish Voice Editorial

The angelic faces of the 20 children gunned down so mercilessly last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut will haunt us forever.

No requiem for Newtown killer - don’t give the perpetrator the attention he most definitely craved (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:32:47 PST

By: SEAN BROSNAN

It is hard to look at the unspeakable tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut without remembering the watershed moment for school shootings in America. This came with the Columbine massacre in 1999 where two students armed with an array of high powered weapons and a thirst for infamy opened fire on fellow students, killing 13 and then themselves.

Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman drop comedy acts to voice disgust at Newtown massacre - VIDEOS (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:38:14 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

On Monday, talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman spoke about the Newtown Massacre and offered their sympathy in lieu of their usual comedic monologue.

Irish disgusted by US gun culture that facilitates Newtown massacre -- as an Irish American I don’t blame them (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:30:14 PST

A vigil for the 26 murdered in Newtown last weekLike everyone else, I was horrified last Friday by the news of the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut This, the latest in a seemingly endless list of mass gun killings in the US, is made all the more painful by the facts that it took place in the supposedly safe environs of a school and that so many of the victims were young children I have never seen President Obama as emotional – or, indeed, as human and frail – as he was at the White House press conference afterward There is no doubt but that he was thinking of his own children READ MORE

A blue Christmas made worse by Newtown massacre of the innocent -- Memories of my late nephew Rory Staunton amid sad scenes from Connecticut (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:16:01 PST

Rory Staunton taking his first flying lesson in 2011 Last Saturday I should have been at my sister and brother-in-law’s in Sunnyside, Queens, trimming their tree with my daughter Alana and wife DebbieTheir kids Rory and Kathleen should have been there Rory, as always, the more serious older one, watching the two other scamps as they dressed up and performed silly sketches READ MORE

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

Little angel Grace McDonnell remembered by family after Newtown massacre (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:14:26 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

An Irish American grandmother has surrounded herself with the Christmas presents intended for her precious angel Gracie, lost forever in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Anne Marie Murphy died ‘serving children and serving God’ in Newtown tragedy (IrishCentral)

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 04:39:57 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

An Irish American family have paid tribute to their hero daughter who died ‘serving children and serving God’ in the Connecticut school massacre.

Gun toll; America 9,369 dead, Great Britain 14 -- get the picture? Obama should attend all the funerals in Newtown after massacre (IrishCentral)

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 04:31:42 PST

A vigil was held in front of the White House on Friday night for the victims of the Connecticut shootingHere are the statistics; Murders with a firearm in one year: Great Britain, 14; Australia 59; Canada, 144: USA, 9,369Are we crazy or has the rest of the world got lucky?The fault lies in ourselves it seems Gun violence is out of control READ MORE