Rounding out his first week of hosting the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, viewers were treated to the most earnest Stephen Colbert he has allowed himself to be Thursday night when he interviewed Vice President Joe Biden. It was a vulnerable conversation shared between two men who both have experienced deep loss and found solace in their Irish Catholic faith. It was the type of … [Read more...] about Biden and Colbert’s Emotional Late Show Interview
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North Shore LIJ’s Michael Dowling Named 2015 Irish America Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 Keynote Speaker
September 11, 2015
On Wednesday, October 7th, Irish America magazine will celebrate the Irish America Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 honorees at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan with Michael Dowling as the Keynote Speaker. The reception will be co-hosted by ICON plc, one of the leading clinical research companies in the world, headquartered in Dublin. Michael Dowling is the President and … [Read more...] about North Shore LIJ’s Michael Dowling Named 2015 Irish America Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 Keynote Speaker
Remembering Dr. Garrett O’Connor, an Addiction Treatment Pioneer
The renowned physician and psychiatrist Dr. Garrett O’Connor, lauded for his work on addiction treatment and the founding president of the Betty Ford Institute for Prevention, Research and Education in Addictive Disease, died early September at his home in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow. Dr. O’Connor was born in Dublin and graduated as a physician from the Royal College of Surgeons and … [Read more...] about Remembering Dr. Garrett O’Connor, an Addiction Treatment Pioneer
Red Heads Galore
(Photos from the 6th Annual Red Head Convention)
By Julia Judge, Contributor
September 4, 2015
September 4, 2015
Red heads galore – all shades, lengths, sizes and ages and a bunch of wanna-be’s too at the 6th annual Red Head Convention in Crosshaven, Co. Cork.
Turns out red hair and blue eyes are the rarest combo in the world –you wouldn’t have known in it Crosshaven Cork the weekend of Aug. 21st during the 6th annual Red Head Convention.
Crosshaven is a village near Cork City with … [Read more...] about Red Heads Galore
(Photos from the 6th Annual Red Head Convention)
Weekly Comment:
What Ted Kennedy & John Sweeney Built On
By Harold Meyerson, The Washington Post
September 4, 2015
September 4, 2015
As we celebrate Labor Day and the history of the Irish in the Labor Movement we bring you this commentary piece from our archives. Irish American leaders had a strong influence within and over the labor movement in the U.S., the Democratic Party, and other liberal institutions, Harold Meyerson argues.
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What Ted Kennedy & John Sweeney Built On