Irish America
Irish America
Ronan Ryan, co-founder and president of IEX, helped revolutionize the way stocks are purchased and traded, and now he has another goal in mind. As he looks back now, on the near-decade since Flash Boys’ release, Ronan Ryan says, “I feel like we’ve been running on a treadmill at speed ten for the last ten years.” But that hard work has paid off. “We’ve done remarkably well,” … [Read more...] about Looking Beyond Tech and Finance
Pa Ryan's Birthplace in County Clare The last time a Ryan stood in the low doorway of the dirt-floored byre-dwelling would have been the day before Willie Ryan passed, 7 Nov. 1967. I say the seventh instead of the eighth (the actual date of his death) because Willie was laid up with pneumonia in his kitchen, where he’d been living since the thatch roof had collapsed on the … [Read more...] about Calling on Carrowduff
The Northwell Health Nurse Choir skyrocketed to fame last year on America's Got Talent. Tom Deignan Finds the Irish Connection. It is the late 1970s, and an Irish American from Queens is working at a pub that regularly features the musical stylings of Tommy Mulvihill and his band. And the crowd gets so lively at times that they join in on the singing – as does … [Read more...] about The Choir That Inspires
Irish Americans Confront U.S. Nursing Shortage Dr. Linda Flynn knows all too well that the COVID pandemic placed a tremendous strain on nursing staffs across the U.S. “There was so much burnout,” explains Flynn, a Washington D.C.-area native, who now serves as dean of the School of Nursing at Rutgers University. “There’s only so much trauma, and death and dying (nurses) … [Read more...] about “It Really Is a Crisis”
Her likeness appears on a banknote and in portraits by famous artists. Who was Lady Lavery Women rarely have their faces on currency. Except, of course, for the recently departed Queen Elizabeth II who was on the currency of Great Britain and her colonies for over 70 years and, until recently, showed no sign of retiring or expiring. In 1928, Ireland, too, cast a woman on … [Read more...] about The Lady From Chicago & The Pound Note
