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‘Lucky Guy’ Tom Hanks evokes Irish America’s heyday in tabloid journalism - A Broadway play that celebrates and mourns an Irish era in its glory days - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:03:23 PDT

Tom Hanks as Mike McAlary in 'Lukcy Guy'The era of hard drinking Irish reporters who ran the tabloid empires of The New York Post, Newsday, and the New York Daily News has just recently passedHowever, it comes alive in a deeply evocative production of ‘Lucky Guy’ on Broadway, written by the late Nora Ephron, that I finally saw last nightTom Hanks plays tabloid columnist and all around bad boy Mike McAlary, who was king of the New York tabloid scene in that era before internet and when the sniffy New York Times would not touch the brazen Irish scribes with a bargepoleHanks just got nominated for a Tony for best actor and it is easy to see why READ MORE

Tim Pat Coogan returns to the United States - iconic figure in Irish journalism who had been denied a visa (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:03:30 PDT

Consul General Noel Kilkenny, Jean Kennedy Smith and Tim Pat Coogan at Coogan’s launch party on Friday night (Photo by James Higgins)Tim Pat Coogan is an iconic figure in Irish journalism and a well known historian He has had a long absence from this side of the Atlantic, but made a welcome appearance around New York last weekChances are you have read his definitive works on Eamon de Valera or Michael Collins, but his new book on the Great Hunger entitled 'The Famine Plot' may be his best yet, laying out in scalding terms the British government’s responsibility for Europe’s greatest tragedy before the Holocaust READ MORE

How the Internet has changed sports journalism – we know our fate in an instant (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:17:34 PDT

Kevin DoyleThere is a beauty about the Internet that is a scourge for the print media, a beauty that occupies the minds of sports editors on nights such as Tuesday – or it shouldYears ago, Ireland soccer fans relied on the written word and the printed word for news of their heroes in far flung corners of the world like Moscow and MaltaGreat men like Con Houlihan and Peter Byrne and Charlie Stuart travelled with notebooks -- although not always in Con’s case -- in the name of Irish soccer READ MORE

Irish famine immigrants saved large amounts of money says American History Journal (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:54:23 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Irish immigrants, who fled the famine and arrived on US shores, were exceptional savers, according to the most recent issue of the Journal of American History.

Wall Street Journal op-ed writer slams Irish economy (IrishCentral)

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:16:07 PDT

By: FRANK HARRIS

Influential Irish commentator Eddie Hobbs has written in the Wall Street Journal that talk of a Celtic comeback is utterly exaggerated and Ireland is in worse shape than ever.

Alan Shatter calls for an end to ‘creepy keyhole journalism’ after Kate Middleton fiasco (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:04:15 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

The Irish Justice Minister has called for an end to "creepy keyhole journalism".

Sports journalism legend Con Houlihan passes away at 86 (IrishCentral)

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 07:39:46 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Legendary Irish sports journalist Con Houlihan has died at the age of 86 – and tributes have poured in for the great Kerryman.

Boston Business Journal recognizes Netwatch co-founder Niall Kelly as CIO of the Year (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:19:50 PDT

By: By Maria DelGreco

Netwatch USA, a remote visual monitoring company, co-founder and Chief Technical Officer Niall Kelly was recently recognized by the Boston Business Journal and Mass High Tech as a 2012 CIO of the Year. The award, reviewed and selected by a team of editors, is given to those who exemplify innovation in the use of information technology and in IT strategy. Winners of the prestigious award were honored at a ceremony in downtown Boston earlier last week.

Irish journalist who heckled President Obama should be fired - Cheap-shot journalism should have no place at the White House (IrishCentral)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:15:21 PDT

The Irish-born journalist Neil Munro who heckled President Obama yesterday in the Rose Garden displayed not only bad manners but also a lack of professionalism that should get him firedMunro’s Twitter feed says he was “Born Irish, then became a Cold War bridegroom” – whatever that meansJournalists have a job to do and the rules are pretty much defined, the White House press corps rules even more so, given the importance of every speech and the need for ground rulesPresident Obama was making a major speech on immigration policy READ MORE

Are French parents really superior? - Wall Street Journal review raises questions (IrishCentral)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:30:16 PST

Petit Madamoiselle Did you see the article in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal entitled "Why French Parents Are Superior", by Pamela Druckerman? It’s another cleverly timed, contentiously inclined piece of prose (a la the “Tiger Mom”) promptly published just days before the release of the book that expounds upon this very premise, “Bringing up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting” According to the article (and I assume the book as well), there are five key tenets to French parenting success:· Children should say hello, goodbye, thank you and please It helps them learn that they aren’t the only ones with feelings and needs· Whey they misbehave, give the “big eyes” – a stern look of admonishment· Allow only one snack a day READ MORE

Wall Street Journal speculates Ireland ready to print Irish punts (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:23:48 PST

By: BERNIE MALONE

The Irish Central Bank has denied it is in negotiations with printing companies in case it needs additional capacity to print Irish punts.

Irish economy will be an issue in US 2012 presidential election ---Economic miracle or still a basket case? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:25:07 PDT

The Irish economy looks set to become an issue in the American presidential election in 2012 with competing visions of how austerity is working in the Irish economyThe right-leaning Wall Street Journal has carried a series of articles pointing to Ireland’s improved economic figures and pointing out that austerity is working thereHowever liberal economists such as The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman disagree with that analysis saying reports of an Irish recovery are way overblown,The latest Wall Street Journal article was the influential ‘Heard on the Street’ column by Richard Barley on Friday which stated boldly;“Austerity works—or at least, it is working in Ireland The country's bonds now yield less than when Dublin received a €85 billion ($115 READ MORE

Is Celtic Tiger purring again asks Wall Street Journal (IrishCentral)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:28:46 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Could Ireland’s Celtic Tiger could be once purring again, the Wall Street Journal asks. It points out that last Thursday the Irish government announced that the economy experienced growth in the second quarter, showing the first promising signs of emerging from the recession.

Shameful Journalism (IrishCentral)

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:05:17 PDT

By: THE Irish corporate media's coverage of the Windsor visit could not be described, no matter how broad a definition used, as “journalism.”

Irish recovery going nowhere says Wall Street Journal columnist (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:21:56 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Ireland’s recovery is faltering and the country is showing no signs of pulling out of its recession says Wall Street Journal columnist Eamon Quinn.

Wall Street Journal asks United States to learn lessons from Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:30:39 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The Wall Street Journal ran a blistering take down of Ireland's 12.5 corporate tax rate this week.

Ireland should default on debt says Wall Street Journal columnist (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:14:14 PDT

By: PATRICK COOPER

New York Times takes a stand for journalism in Catholic Church sex abuse scandal (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:50:15 PDT

Talk about trying to shoot the messenger!The New York Times is being attacked from all sides over its coverage of the sex abuse scanadals in the Catholic ChurchAs Public Editor Clark Hoyt noted Sunday, the Vatican says the Times “lacks fairness," an archbishop of Brooklyn said the paper was using the church as its “personal punching bag” and a columnist in Canada said the paper was publishing "falsehood upon falsehood"Well all I can say is that the newspaper must be doing something rightThe Catholic Church has spent decades, if not centuries, covering up for the crimes of the pedophile priests and and nuns READ MORE

Let's cut Robert Pattinson a break (interviews, context clues and good journalism) (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:45:17 PST

Okay, Irish Central readers You seem to have this thing about Robert Pattinson It's a love/hate relationship Not that I can blame you: our website seems to have a thing about him too READ MORE

Bill O'Reilly set to talk bull at Boston University (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:26:22 PST

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 9/17/2009 8:34 AM EDTFrom the "you couldn't make this stuff up" departmentFox's Bill O'Reilly (above) will debate the future of news at Boston University on October 23Yes, you've read that rightThe man who screams at America from his bully pulpit is going to share his thoughts of the future of news READ MORE