Peter Barry is managing director of small companies at Bear Stearns. He joined the company, which has a branch in Dublin, in 1997, and his research focus with the company includes industrial technology, security products and services, as well as an array of distribution companies. He has been in the investment industry for over 44 years, and has been cited on numerous occasions … [Read more...] about Peter J. Barry
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Nancy Barry
As president of Women's World Banking since 1990, Nancy Barry has been at the forefront of microfinance. Founded in 1979, Women's World Banking is a not-for-profit financial institution with 55 microfinance institutions all over the world providing financial services to 15 million low-income women and men in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, North America and the Middle … [Read more...] about Nancy Barry
Interview: Gerry Adams
As we go to press, Northern Ireland is immersed in elections, the outcome of which could mean serious implications for the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. Sinn Féin is expected to emerge as the dominant nationalist party, while the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will likely end up as the leading Unionist party. Under the peace agreement, this should lead to the … [Read more...] about Interview: Gerry Adams
First Word: The Way Forward
There is a sign on the wall at Gleason's, Brooklyn's storied boxing gym, posting an invitation from the poet Virgil: "Now whoever has courage, and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forth, lace up his gloves, and put up his hands." John Duddy, a young boxer from Derry, was in Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, far from his hometown in Northern Ireland, when … [Read more...] about First Word: The Way Forward
Mayo Gas Terminal Provokes Concern
Residents in the west of Ireland have voiced concerns about planning authorities giving the go ahead to a proposed gas refinery on the Erris peninsula. The giant gas rig is being built by Royal Dutch Shell on a 160-acre inland site at Bellanaboy, Co. Mayo. The refinery will process gas from the 800-million Corrib gas field in the Atlantic Ocean, but local people believe … [Read more...] about Mayo Gas Terminal Provokes Concern