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Kate Gleason: A Century Ahead ­of Her Time

Even in recent decades, women engineers have at times felt like they’re trying to make it in an “old boy’s club.” But back in the era of Kate Gleason, a woman with engineering…

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Glitz, Glamor, and Pride in Heritage at the Irish Post Awards

Irish talent from across the worlds of arts, sport, business, and culture lit up London on November 27 as the Irish Post Awards 2025 returned to the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane…

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Hibernia: Ireland and U.S. Join to Improve Literacy

The Irish and American governments are joining together in the fight against illiteracy. They plan…

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Sláinte! Irish Eats Down Under

Regular readers have probably deduced I’m a boomer – a member of that generation born…

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March 9, 1995

U.S. President Bill Clinton approved a visa for Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams to enter the United States on this day in 1995. Adams is the current president of Sinn Féin who, in the late 1980s, became an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process. Several days after granting Adams’ visa, President Clinton welcomed him as a guest to Congress’s 1995 St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon. The President kept the luncheon’s tone light, joking that he was happy to finally be somewhere he would not be criticized for drinking Guinness.

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