According to the annual Forbes Billionaires’ Circle list, which ranks in order the world's most richest people, five of the 1,426 billionaires in the world are Irish. The richest man in Ireland is the construction mogul Pallonji Mistry, ranked 103, with $10.5 billion. Formerly chairman of the India-based behemoth Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Mistry officially handed over the role … [Read more...] about Five Irish Make Forbes Billionaire List
Five Irish Make Forbes Billionaire List
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The Irish in the New York Marathon
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After a one year hiatus (the 2012 race was canceled in the wake of Hurricane Sandy) and amidst heightened security, the New York City Marathon retuned to the streets of the metropolis’s five boroughs on November 3. Two million spectators cheered on 48,000 runners, some of whom participated to win, some for fun, and others to raise money for various charities and causes. There … [Read more...] about The Irish in the New York Marathon
McCourt School of Public Policy Opens at Georgetown
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Georgetown University opened its first new school since 1957 after the donation of $100 million by alumnus Frank H. McCourt, Jr. The newly christened McCourt School of Public Policy is the university’s ninth. According to the Washington Post, the idea for a new public policy institute surfaced at a 2006 board meeting at which the president of the university floated the notion … [Read more...] about McCourt School of Public Policy Opens at Georgetown
Irish Involvement in Global Wildlife Trafficking Rackets
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Though the crime happened three years ago, the first week of November saw Limerick native Michael Slattery, Jr. (23) plead guilty to the charge of wildlife trafficking at a Brooklyn District Court. In 2010, two Irish men gave a homeless man an envelope with $18,000 in cash in it and instructed him to purchase the head of a rhinoceros at a taxidermy auction in Austin, Texas. The … [Read more...] about Irish Involvement in Global Wildlife Trafficking Rackets
Bringing Home the Bacon
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A new record was set in the art auction world on November 12, at Christie’s auction house in New York. Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a 1969 triptych by Francis Bacon of his friend and fellow artist Lucian Freud, was purchased by art dealer William Acquavella on behalf of an unnamed client for $142.2 million – the highest price ever paid for an artwork sold at auction. The … [Read more...] about Bringing Home the Bacon