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By Siobhán Peters, Editorial AssistantJuly 2, 2015

Weekly Comment: New Ross Celebrates Irish America Day

By Siobhán Peters, Editorial Assistant
July 2, 2015

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Celebrations are taking place this weekend in the southeast port town of New Ross in Co. Wexford to mark America’s Independence Day. Now in its fourth year, Irish America Fest looks set to be three days of live music, culinary delights and fun-filled activities planned to cater to all age groups. Events officially kick off on Friday afternoon with a Carnival taking place along … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: New Ross Celebrates Irish America Day

The Irish Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

By Brendan Patrick Keane, Contributor

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The Declaration of Independence is a beautiful document, and when I was a kid, I had an image of it on my wall. There were Irish names, including "McKean" on that original parchment, and that gave me the story I needed to feel at home here like a native. My love of country, the United States, and my heritage (Irish) converge in that document because I acknowledge the Irish who … [Read more...] about The Irish Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Weekly Comment: Justice
Anthony Kennedy’s Majority
Opinion in Gay Marriage Case

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June 26, 2015

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In a five to four ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively voted to overturn states’ bans on same-sex marriage June 26th – the same day as United States v. Windsor (which overturned the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013) and Lawrence v. Texas (which overturned a Texas law – and by extension all state laws – forbidding consensual sex between two persons of the same sex in 2003). … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: Justice
Anthony Kennedy’s Majority
Opinion in Gay Marriage Case

Weekly Comment:
Mourning the Berkeley Tragedy


By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June 19, 2015

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This week, a tragedy of national proportion befell Ireland and Irish America. In the first morning hour of Tuesday, June 16th, a fourth floor balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, killing six Irish citizens, and critically injuring seven more who were standing on it at the time. Five of the dead were on short-term J-1 student work visas for the summer. The sixth was … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Mourning the Berkeley Tragedy

Bloomsday 2015: Global Irish
Celebrate Joyce’s Ulysses

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
June 15, 2015

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Literary fireworks are once again set to go off all over the world as nations celebrate Bloomsday on June 16. Celebrated in honor of Leopold Bloom, the quixotic wanderer in James Joyce’s classic novel Ulysses, a smorgasbord of literary revivals and readings will take place in Ireland and across the globe. Bloom, who may have been prophetically alerted to his impending “day” … [Read more...] about Bloomsday 2015: Global Irish
Celebrate Joyce’s Ulysses