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By Irish America StaffOctober 6, 2017

Coming Up: Extraordinary Events in Irish America

By Irish America Staff
October 6, 2017

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Five upcoming or ongoing events to watch out for if you're in the area ℘℘℘ Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History, which premiered last year in San Francisco to correspond with the centenary of the 1916 Rising, is coming to Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral on October 12. The one-night performance will illuminate 140 years … [Read more...] about Coming Up: Extraordinary Events in Irish America

Window on the Past:
Wall Street’s Forgotten Financial News Genius

By Paul M. McCarthy
October 6, 2017

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Etched against the burgeoning lower Manhattan skyline, a lone figure rowed his tiny skiff toward the white-capped inner port. This was no fitness buff; his dark suit and bowler hat rose and dipped rhythmically from one ship to another, visits to each brief and businesslike. The year was 1868. The solitary oarsman was John J. Kiernan, an innovative pioneer in the field of … [Read more...] about Window on the Past:
Wall Street’s Forgotten Financial News Genius

Tim Ryan: A Champion for Diversity in the Workplace

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2017

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PwC’s U.S. chairman has permanently opened the door to frank and honest dialogue about difference in the workplace at his firm and recruited the country’s top CEOs to an effort to improve corporate diversity, inclusion, and communication nationwide. Tim Ryan, the senior partner and U.S. chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, is the youngest executive of the Big Four auditing … [Read more...] about Tim Ryan: A Champion for Diversity in the Workplace

The 20th Annual Irish America Wall Street 50 Awards

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2017

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The 2017 Irish America Wall Street 50 is published. View the honorees here. In 1998, we introduced the inaugural Wall Street 50 with the story of John J. Kiernan, the son of Irish emigrants who “would row from ship to ship in New York Harbor gathering financial information from overseas” for his 1860s Wall Street Financial News Service. The man had pluck and a good eye for … [Read more...] about The 20th Annual Irish America Wall Street 50 Awards

First Word:
Tabhair dom do Lámh

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
October / November 2017

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"If you really want to help society, you have to figure out a way to share all the lessons that you’ve learned." – Tim Ryan Congratulations to all our honorees on this the 20th anniversary of our Wall Street 50. Some things have changed in the 20 years since we began to explore the relationship between the Irish and our steady ascent in the financial sector. For example, our … [Read more...] about First Word:
Tabhair dom do Lámh