Catherine Day, the former Secretary-General of the European Commission, spoke at a Barrett Family Lecture, for Notre Dame in Dublin, last week on the topic “Will the EU survive Brexit?”
Book review: "The Adoption Machine" by Paul Jude Redmond - Ireland, from the year it received it's independence in 1922, set the global standard for the mistreatment of single women and girls aged from 12 to 48, as well as the neglect or cruel mistreatment of their babies.
Almost 70 years since the University of Buffalo bought the greatest collection of Joycean materials ever assembled, plans are afoot to bring the priceless manuscripts, first editions, notebooks, letters and even canes and eye-glasses of the famed author to Ireland.
Last Monday, I signed in to my Chase Bank account to pay a credit card bill and nearly screamed. The total balance of the accounts was $ -99,999,995,124.69. Yes, that’s negative 99 billion dollars.
The vote on whether to repeal the 8th Amendment of Ireland's constitution, paving the way to change abortion law in Ireland, is set for May 25, and campaigning is taking off.
"Dylan may be our most gifted and enduring lyricist but, like Joyce, he has transcended mere words – he speaks his own language now and its snarls, sighs, and syllables are imbued with a universe of moods and meanings."
There's something frightening and sad about Irish Catholic Americans forgetting their roots but there is something important missing from this equation.
It is a remarkable piece of history, mostly unknown, but the greatest giver to famine relief in Ireland was the London MP and Jewish financier Lionel de Rothschild.
What about parents or grandparents spare rooms? If there's a child involved where the other parent's support? There's more to the 10,000 homeless in Ireland than meets the eye.
Trump's presidency thus far has proved all of his campaign promises to be empty, and the scope of the job to be beyond his abilities. Who suffers? America.
Still waiting for an inquest that provides answers to a State killing 30 years ago. The inquest and others need to be funded immediately, so that answers are provided.
