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A warm welcome Is ensured for US graduate business students at The University of Limerick (IrishCentral)

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:00:02 PST

By: JANE WALSH

In an era of increasing globalization a graduate business qualification is prized by many employers and will significantly enhance career prospects and options. Ireland, as one of the most open trading countries in the world and a long term member of the European Union is an ideal place to experience the different cultures, nationalities and business practices that are contributing to and determining the changing nature of globalization. As an English speaking country with strong historical links to the US the American student can expect a warm welcome in Ireland. The Kemmy Business School (KBS) at the University of Limerick (UL) offers numerous programmes that will appeal to graduates of business courses and also welcomes those with a liberal arts qualification.

Bill Clinton to pick up a reported $250,000 for Limerick University speech (IrishCentral)

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:12:19 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Former US President Bill Clinton was the guest of honour at an awards ceremony in Limerick on Saturday – with Irish entrepreneur JP McManus picking up the tab.

Reel Swing puts a jazzy spin on traditional Irish dance (IrishCentral)

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:05:13 PDT

While Irish dance is evolving with each passing day, one dancer-choreographer is bringing Irish dance back a handful of decades and exploring a pivotal period in Irish-American history Reel Swing, choreographed and directed by Dervla McGee, is a throwback to America in the 1950s, told through the lens of the Irish immigrants who brought with them to the states a love of lively music and rhythmic dance, and a willingness to embrace cultural fusion in a new country The choice to highlight the swing era was easy for McGee, whose grandfather was a diehard Rat Pack fan She was intrigued by the "looseness" of swing music, paired with the rigid movement in Irish dance READ MORE

Loughran Shines at Limerick University (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:00:15 PDT

Last month I had the opportunity to visit the inspirational new home for the Irish World Academy of Irish music and Dance resting on the Clare side of the Shannon River at the foot of the iconic “Living Bridge,” as director Micheal O’Suilleabhain proclaims it as the spring semester was winding down Faculty, staff and students were eagerly using the purpose-built facility on the campus of the University of Limerick from Easter on to get away from the cramped quarters they were housed in since the inception of the innovative center for the Irish performing arts was created by Dr O’Suilleabhain back in 1994 when he was lured from UCC to UL The grandeur and spaciousness of the new 20 million euro palace was too long a vision not to be exploited at the earliest opportunity so even with a few weeks remaining in the current term everything moved over to it, including many of the year-end or final performances of students who were finishing their undergraduate or graduate training there in the ever-expanding program now known as the Irish World Academy of Irish Music and Dance READ MORE

Shannon magic by O'Suilleabhain's University of Limerick (IrishCentral)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:00:24 PST

Academos Concert by the Irish World Music Academy of Music And Dance artists at the Society of Ethical Culture in New York City (Photos by Erin Baiano for the Irish Arts Center)Recently in Manhattan not too far from its cultural mecca of Lincoln Center some of the magic that is regularly produced at the innovative Irish World Academyof Music and Dance along the banks of the Shannon on the campus of the University of Limerick was transported to the Big Apple Under the guidance and inspiration of founding Director, Dr Micheal O’Suilleabhain, a performance by Academos, the Irish World Academy Strings Ensemble with Cantoral, its Female Chant Ensemble was presented to an audience of six hundred people who came to the Ethical Culture Society Concert Hall on Thursday, Feb READ MORE