Irish America
Irish America
Leadership, Learning, and Life: Tony Reilly’s journey from soccer scholarship to the world of finance.Tony Reilly, founder and CEO of Ascend Advisory Group, talks to Tom Deignan about his early days in the U.S., his mentors, his company, and how having "more" means giving "more" back. “I’ve Always Been a Dreamer” Tony Reilly vividly remembers a life-changing moment from his … [Read more...] about Building a Billion Dollar Business
A year ago, veteran correspondent Jim Clarity arrived in Dublin to work for The New York Times. Previous coverage of Ireland had generally been done by its three-man London bureau, a fact that left many Irish Americans dissatisfied and led to charges of Anglophilia especially when it came to the paper's coverage of Northern Ireland. Frank Shouldice reports. Several months … [Read more...] about The Times Man in Dublin: James Clarity
From unpretentious origins in Dublin, Bernard Shaw grew up to be the most celebrated playwright and polemicist of his generation. His life spanned an extraordinary period from publication of Darwin's Origin of Species to the dropping of the first atom bombs. Believing that an author's business was to mind everybody else's business, Shaw involved himself in everything. His … [Read more...] about A Great Performance
In 1970, at the age of 22, Bernadette ‘Devlin' McAliskey was elected to represent the constituency of Mid-Ulster, which includes her home area of East Tyrone. Although she is no longer a Member of Parliament, and her international profile has receded, this radical Republican activist is still a kind of people's tribune in her own embattled nationalist community. Nowadays … [Read more...] about Deadly Tales from County Tyrone
Tom Deignan (left) talks to Stephan Talty (right) about The American School of Spies: His recent release detailing the extraordinary efforts of archaeologists who fought the Nazis to preserve ancient Greek artifacts, his other books and growing up in Buffalo, NY with immigrant Irish parents. Stephan Talty is a New York Times bestselling author and journalist recognized for his … [Read more...] about Tom Deignan Interviews Stephan Talty
