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Senate President Murray Visits Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:18:46 PDT

Senate President Murray meets with the Mayor of Donegal, Frank McBrearty, and Mayor of Letterkenny, Dessie Larkin, to discuss collaboration and economic development opportunitiesSenate President Therese Murray is currently in Ireland as part of a trade-mission to connect with politicians and local councils, with Governor Deval Patrick also traveling to Ireland later this week as part of an effort to drum up business for companies in MassachusettsMurray began her 10-day trip in Derry on Thursday by attending the launch of the North West Health Innovation Corridor with the Derry City council and on Friday The senate president also traveled to Donegal where she met with the Mayor of Donegal and Mayor of Letterkenny to discuss collaboration and economic development opportunities READ MORE

Former Irish PM Bruton attacks President’s calls for end to austerity as ‘immoral’ (IrishCentral)

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:53:23 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton has attacked President Michael D Higgins’s call for an end to austerity – as he enjoys a near $200,000 state pension.

Former Irish President Named Visiting Scholar at Boston College (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:48:12 PDT

Mary McAleese, President of Ireland from 1997-2011Mary McAleese, who as president of Ireland helped bring about an end to “The Troubles” she had known during her youth in Northern Ireland, will come to Boston College this fall as the Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish StudiesAs Burns Scholar, McAleese will teach a course and present public lectures during the fall semester while pursuing research in the Burns Library“Coming to Boston, using that wonderful Burns Library, talking with students and faculty members from a variety of disciplines, including my beloved Irish Studies,” said McAleese, “will be for me a seminal opportunity to enrich and deepen the insights I can bring to my own research and also hopefully to add a little to the insights of others”A Catholic from Belfast, McAleese became the first Northern Irish native to be elected Irish president when she took office in 1997, bringing with her memories of sectarian violence that forced her family to move out of North Belfast READ MORE

Irish president Michael D Higgins says hunger greatest ethical challenge facing world (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:02:30 PDT

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

President Michael D. Higgins opened the Hunger-Nutrition-Climate Justice conference at Dublin Castle and said that hunger is the grossest of human rights violations and the greatest ethical challenge facing the world. Former president Mary Robinson will address the conference on hunger and climate change on April 16.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams claims Margaret Thatcher ‘did great hurt to Irish people' (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:29:36 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said Margaret Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people in her reign as the first female British Prime Minister.

Drunk Irish teen charged with threatening to kill Guyanan president - 17-year-old told bodyguards he'd like to shoot Donald Ramotar (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:02:52 PDT

Crosson: booze fulled threatto kill Guyana's president landsteen in legal troubleAn Irish teenager on a gap year in the small South American state of Guyana has been charged with threatening to kill the country's presidentCillian Crosson, now seventeen years old, was a high-achieving student at his hometown of Dundalk, and has plead not guilty to the offense before a hearing of the local magistrate's courtProsecutors allege that the teen remarked that he would like to shoot incumbent president Donald Ramotar in the head, but lawyers for Mr Crosson have argued that the remarks were not intended seriously and were made in the course of a drunken conversationThe Irish teen was drinking with two of the president's official bodyguards, but as they didn't carry any identification, Crosson doubted they were READ MORE

US Senator says President Obama is not serious about immigration reform, it’s only a ploy (IrishCentral)

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:04:06 PDT

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President Obama tells Northern Irish officials he's 'really looking forward' to G8 Fermanagh visit (IrishCentral)

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:15:57 PDT

By: MATT KEOUGH

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness joined a crowd of about 80 for the annual St Patrick’s visit to the White House. President Obama spoke of his upcoming trip to Ireland.

Vice President Joe Biden to speak at Irish America Hall of Fame lunch in New York (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:37:24 PDT

By: Irish Voice Reporters

After missing the official Washington, D.C. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on Tuesday because he was in Rome for the papal installation, Vice President Joe Biden will spend Wednesday morning hosting Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny at a breakfast at the vice presidential residence, and Thursday delivering remarks at the Hall of Fame luncheon in New York hosted by Irish Voice sister publication Irish America magazine.

Optimism for immigration reform clear at St. Patrick’s White House bash - President Obama signals change, praises Irish for Hurricane Sandy work - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:02:20 PDT

President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner &Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Credit: White House by Pete Souza)The White House rocked to the sound of Irish traditional music and laughter last night as the annual StPatrick’s bash took placeInside the main East Wing entrance a group of marines bedecked in kilts played Irish tunes and harmonies and had the toes tapping as the evening beganPoliticians of all stripes and states, Irish community leaders, all mingled and ate at the food stations in the beautifully appointed rooms waiting for the big moment when the Taoiseach Enda Kenny and President Obama appeared on stage in the East Room READ MORE

Irish leader Enda Kenny to discuss undocumented Irish with President Obama and on Capitol Hill (IrishCentral)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:11:45 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is to raise the plight of undocumented illegal immigrants when he meets President Obama on Tuesday.

Irish leader Enda Kenny to meet with President Obama and Hurricane Sandy victims (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:10:07 PDT

By: Irish Voice Reporters

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny will visit several U.S. cities for St. Patrick’s celebrations, culminating with a meeting with President Obama at the White House on Tuesday, March 19. The Obamas will also host their annual St. Patrick’s reception in the White House that evening in honor of Kenny and his wife Fionnula.

Irish president reaches out to the Irish worldwide with craic and ceol this St. Patrick’s Day (IrishCentral)

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:55:26 PST

By: AMANDA DRISCOLL

This Saint Patrick’s Day will see the broadcast of a very special programme which is dedicated to Irish culture, Irish creativity and its reach and impact across the world.

Irish president pays tribute to Venezuelan leader Chávez (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:57:51 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The Irish president has said his thoughts are with the people of Venezuela after the death of Hugo Chávez.

President Obama officially launches Irish-American Heritage Month, 2013 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:27:57 PST

By: JANE WALSH

On Thursday evening President Barack Obama issued a proclamation officially announcing the launch of Irish-American Heritage Month, 2013. With ancestral roots in Moneygall, County Offaly, Obama referred to Ireland’s tradition of immigration to the United States, their contribution and inspiration.

President John F Kennedy mementoes of 1963 Irish visit fetch $18,500 in Massachusetts (IrishCentral)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:06:46 PST

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS

White House memorabilia, including photos of John F Kennedy’s four day trip to Ireland in 1963, have fetched $18,500 at auction.

Vice President Joe Biden to be honored in Irish America Hall of Fame -- Biden set to be main speaker at annual Irish America event (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:16:40 PST

Vice President Joe BidenOur sister publication Irish America magazine is delighted to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will be the main speaker and an honoree at the annual Irish America Hall of Fame event in March in New YorkThe Irish America Hall of Fame was founded in 2010 by Irish America magazine to honor the extraordinary achievements of Irish American leadersBiden is of Irish descent on his maternal side of the family His great-grandfather, James Finnegan, emigrated to America from Carlingford, Co READ MORE

Irish immigration lobbyist praises President Obama’s reform plans (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:12:56 PST

By: BILLY LAWLESS

The Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform applauds President Obama for his courageous step forward in declaring his commitment to a comprehensive overhaul of our broken immigration system.

President Obama can reform immigration and stimulate the economy -- build a border fence (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:01:26 PST

President Obama says immigration reform bill may pass as early as June (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:51:00 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

President Obama believes a new immigration bill can be passed by June, but two leading political figures in immigration reform warned that Congress faces a "tough slog" to pass the new bill.