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President Obama urges all of Northern Ireland to back the peace process - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:19:04 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

President Obama landed in Belfast this morning and delivered a strong speech urging Northern Ireland leaders to stay on course on the peace process.

An open letter to President Obama - some handy local tips for his visit to Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:03:55 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewDear President Obama,Not alone are you returning to Ireland one of these fine days, probably with your family I hear, but you will be spending almost all of your time on this Emerald Isle in the county of Fermanagh where I was bred and born Accordingly you are doubly and trebly welcome, and I hope the summit which brings you here with the other powerful world leaders goes wellConsider this as an early and perhaps unique briefing document in advance of your trip It contains the kind of local knowledge about Fermanagh and Enniskillen and the Killadeas venue for the summit which even the most astute of your aides are unlikely to access elsewhere READ MORE

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 president Jimmy Carter enjoyed fishing in Ireland while at The Elders summit (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 May 2013 05:06:44 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Former US President Jimmy Carter was in Kilkenny this past week as part of a summit for The Elders organization, an elite independent group of global leaders who work together for peace and human rights.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden set to visit Ireland in August report claims (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:12:47 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

US vice-president Joe Biden will tee it up with Irish PM Enda Kenny in his native Mayo this August – with a stop-off in Dublin along the way.

The Irish Independent reports that keen golfer Biden has accepted Fine Gael leader Kenny’s offer to visit Ireland this summer.

Sean Hannity says Yasir Arafat is the father of modern terror, but Arafat learned from Ireland’s Michael Collins. (IrishCentral)

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:32:27 PDT

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Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ireland later this year, he reveals (IrishCentral)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:59:12 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ireland this year, he told Irish leader Enda Kenny at a St.Patrick’s week breakfast yesterday at the vice presidential residence.

President Obama vows to return to Ireland for state visit says Enda Kenny (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:33:53 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

American President Barack Obama has promised Enda Kenny he will return to Ireland – but the visit won’t coincide with the G8 conference in Fermanagh in June.

Ireland’s former president Mary McAleese named Burns Scholar at Boston College (IrishCentral)

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:08:04 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Mary 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 Studies, the university announced today.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams calls for Border poll to create a United Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:37:41 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Gerry Adams, President of the political party Sinn Fein, has announced the launch of a campaign for a Border poll. This poll will allow voters in the North to determine the “status” of the area and “provide opportunity for a historic debate on the future of this island”.

Enda Kenny promises hope, possibility and confidence for Ireland entering EU Presidency (IrishCentral)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:49:11 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said the New Year will bring hope, possibility and confidence to Ireland as the country enters its presidency of the European Union.

Kenny said the presidency will bring hope and confidence to people of Ireland by delivering jobs, stability and economic growth.

He said “We all know too well here in Ireland the huge sacrifices the crisis has meant. The people of Europe and Ireland need to know and need to see there is progress being made. That there is a next step to recovery.”

The Irish leader was joined by the Deputy leader Eamon Gilmore and Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton at a special flag-raising ceremony at Dublin Castle, to mark the beginning of Ireland's six-month term.

Kenny insists that stronger relations with EU member states would lead to a brighter future for Ireland.

He said “The Irish presidency in 2013 will be about three crucial words: stability, jobs and growth.

"There are real actions to back up those three words. We will be in the business of solution, a recovery country, driving recovery in Europe."

The ceremony at Dublin Castle marked the beginning of Ireland’s seventh presidential term, honored the incoming European Year of Citizens and celebrates 40 years since Ireland entered the EU in 1973.

Kenny said “Let this presidency and the new year, this European year of the citizen, bring new hope, new possibility and new confidence to our peoples…And above all, may it find that, together, this family of Europeans, we are making a richer and more sustainable future for all our peoples.”

Why Ireland should want a Romney Presidency (IrishCentral)

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:45:37 PDT

96 percent in Ireland say they would vote for Obama in US election - Puzzled Americans ask why do Irish in Ireland dislike the GOP so much? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:16:00 PDT

Mitt Romney and Barack ObamaA Gallup International poll has revealed that Irish, in Ireland, would vote 96-4 percent for Barack Obama over Mitt RomneyThat’s not a landslide it is an avalancheBut it begs the question why Irish and Europeans in general see so little to like in the GOP candidates these daysAfter all many Irish are Catholic conservatives fiercely opposed to abortion and feel issues like immigration into Ireland is destroying the country READ MORE

President Higgins' last big push to hear the voice of the diaspora - Seeking a new vision of Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:32:35 PDT

Ireland's President Michael D Higgins wants to hear from the DiasporaThe President’s landmark series of Young & Irish seminars may nearly be at an end (the final seminar takes place this weekend in Galway) but there is still a chance for young Irish people abroad to have their say on the burning issues affecting them, with the deadline for submissions to The President being the 29th September In fact, that’s why the seminars are so-calledSpeaking to a small group of reporters (of which I was one) on Saturday in Monaghan, President Higgins revealed that originally the title of the series was Young in Ireland, but was amended to facilitate the great throngs of young people who have since left the country and to make sure they were not forgotten Higgins takes his role as President of all the people of Ireland very seriously and is confident that the emigration of now is not the same as that of the 50’s or 80’s, due in no small part to the advances in technology READ MORE

Still more negativity and nonsense - Trina Vargo President of the US-Ireland Alliance on Ireland and Irish America (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:02:24 PDT

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Trina Vargo President of the US-Ireland AllianceThe recently released September/October edition of Village, a left of center Irish political magazine, features an interview with Trina Vargo, President of the US-Ireland Alliance, which seeks to build a new, modern relationship between the two countries Most notably, the Alliance runs the George Mitchell Scholarship programme, which annually offers twelve highly-qualified American college and university graduates the chance to pursue postgraduate studies at universities across the island of IrelandMs Vargo is no stranger to IrishCentral readers READ MORE

Being Young and Irish - President Higgins wants to know your vision for Ireland's future - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:31:27 PDT

President Michael D Higgins at the launch of the 'Being Young & Irish' campaignThis time last year, President Michael D Higgins was making his case for becoming the ninth President of Ireland All through that campaign, in many different places and in many different ways, he stressed the importance of embracing the young people of the country as being the key to a prosperous future By encouraging them, by empowering them, by inspiring them to, as the President said at the landmark SpunOut youth debate during the campaign, "be the arrow, not the target" The President wants to hear young people's opinions READ MORE

Will Martin McGuinness end up as Irish president like De Valera? -- All things possible after handshake with Queen opens new possibilities (IrishCentral)

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:45:37 PDT

Martin McGuinnessSo Martin McGuinness and Queen Elizabeth II shook hands I wonder if it was what they thought it would be like? Time will tellBrian Hayes of Fine Gael called it a publicity stunt by the ‘failed Presidential candidate,’ a bit rich I thought coming from a government party whose candidate went around the country at the time of that election like a bloody old farmyard hen He only got 6 READ MORE

The Irish-American Presidents visits to Ireland - from John F Kennedy to Barack Obama (IrishCentral)

Sat, 26 May 2012 06:46:06 PDT

This week in County Offaly they celebrated the one year anniversary of President Obama coming to town by opening his ancestral home in Moneygall There in attendance were the US Embassy’s director of communications, Barack’s long-lost cousin Henry Healy and Canon Stephen Neill (Trading – quite successfully - as “Paddy Anglican” on Twitter) to mark the eventIt might be seen by some as a tenuous attempt at notoriety on the back of the most powerful person in the world, but Moneygall is right to take its place among the surprisingly plentiful locations all round the island to which The 44 can trace their ancestorsOf course, JFK’s visit to Wexford captured the imagination like no other, and Ronald Reagan’s trip to Ballyporeen, Co READ MORE

Rock the vote for Irish EU logo! (VIDEO) (IrishCentral)

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:00:17 PST

Logos were digital before there was digital--quick hits, with immediate impact and lots of message delivered in a tight, clean package A powerful visual tweet designed “to aid and promote instant public recognition” a good logo can quickly communicate brand, image, backstory, aspirations and propaganda A new Irish logo is about to go prime time and you can help decide which of the four prototypes will become the official logo for Ireland’s European Union (EU) Presidency during the first six months of 2013Vote now until Dec 31 (by 5PM Irish time) at the Irish government site, merrionsteet READ MORE

Assimilating differently, Irish Americans re-discover Gaelic Ireland (IrishCentral)

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:25:14 PDT

President O'Bama said it best when he said "is féidir linn," "yes we can," at a Saint Patrick's Day reception last year in the White House More and more these days, Irish Gaelic is returning to Irish American life at functions and in art, as perceptions of what makes something Irish shift towards more detail and care In multi-cultural America, the old Irish American assimilation model is giving way and making it possible for Irish Americans to rediscover what they were once told to give-up in the past Irish Americans have battled on behalf of "The Others" (themselves foremost) in American history for a hundred years, giving-up their language and culture as payment for acceptance READ MORE