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By Brian Dooley Fifty years ago, civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin caused havoc in the Irish American community by calling out doubling standards on support for justice in the north of Ireland but not in the United States. She criticized the “contradiction” of Irish Americans opposing civil rights in Boston but supporting them in Belfast. I’ve written before about the … [Read more...] about Irish America and Race

Is the stereotyping of Irish
America as racist based in fact?

By Tom Deignan Last year, National Geographic magazine highlighted this peculiar fact about our planet: “According to even the most generous estimates, more than 80 percent of the world's oceans are totally unmapped. The average ocean depth is nearly two and a half miles, and oceans cover 70 percent of the planet. Do the math and, in terms of total volume, 99 percent of … [Read more...] about Dr. Kathy Sullivan

First woman to walk in space is also the first female
to go to the deepest point of the ocean.

Bloomsday is an annual celebration that takes place around the world. It celebrates Thursday 16 June 1904, which is the day depicted in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Ulysses. Bloomsday in Brooklyn the annual literary pub crawl featuring readings from James Joyce will this year be presented in an online modern … [Read more...] about Bloomsday Lock-in

By Noel Shine John Boorman is best known as the film director behind the critically acclaimed Deliverance (1972) and Hope and Glory (1987), for which he received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. His Hollywood breakthrough came with Point Blank (1967), starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson. It was the first of two collaborations with Marvin that he completed, … [Read more...] about John Boorman at Home in Wicklow

A chat with the acclaimed director who made Ireland his home

By Tom Deignan Dr. Brian Patrick Monahan is a rare creature in Washington these days. He is praised by both Democrats and Republicans. “Throughout this (coronavirus) health crisis, the Senate, its members and our staffs have been lucky to have the steady leadership of Dr. Brian Monahan in our corner,” Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in late May. Dr. … [Read more...] about Dr. Patrick Monahan

The Doctor is in the House [of Representatives}.