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Interview with the Vampire Maker

By Colin Lacey

January/February 1995

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With his 1992 Oscar-winning film, The Crying Game, Irish director-screenwriter Neil Jordan staked a claim as a major force in the international film industry. In 1994, Jordan's spectacular film version of Anne Rice's cult novel, Interview with the Vampire, consolidated that claim. Starring box-office heavyweights Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Christian Slater the movie is … [Read more...] about Interview with the Vampire Maker

Sacred Mysteries

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
January/February 1995

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There are few men of the cloth world-wide who arouse the passion and interest that Chicago's Andrew Greeley does. Priest, sociologist, Irish historian, and best-selling novelist, Greeley is always controversial. In New York recently to promote his latest novel, Irish Gold, a romance mystery with historical overtones, he talked to Patricia Harty.  "The Irish are the most … [Read more...] about Sacred Mysteries

Away No More

By Colin Lacey

September/October 1994

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Canadian writer Jane Urquhart returns to her Irish Roots  Even with three successful novels, a collection of short stories, several volumes of poetry, and a prestigious French literary award under her belt, Canadian-Irish writer Jane Urquhart still gets excited by the little things.  Like touring Ireland to promote her latest book, Away, which has hovered near the top of the … [Read more...] about Away No More

Lynch’s Law

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
September/October 1994

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Peter Lynch, the most successful money manager in history, and author of two best-selling books, One Up on Wall Street and Beating the Street, talks to Patricia Harty. Peter Lynch knows how to make money. If you had invested $10,000 in the Fidelity Magellan Fund when Lynch became manager, ten years later you'd have had $180,000. Under his stewardship, Magellan grew from a … [Read more...] about Lynch’s Law

An Irish Launch On Wall Street

By Niall O’Dowd, Founding Publisher
July/August 1994

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The Jefferson Smurfit Group, Ireland's largest company, successfully launched its U.S. subsidiary on the New York Stock Exchange recently, despite widespread jitters about new offerings on Wall Street. Niall O'Dowd interviews company Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Smurfit. Going public on the New York Stock Exchange is a little like watching your children being born -- … [Read more...] about An Irish Launch On Wall Street