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December January 2020 Issue

Paul Boskind: A Man and His Castle

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
December / January 2020

December 11, 2019 by 10 Comments

Paul Boskind, Ph.D. is a psychologist, chief executive officer, National LGBTQ activist, philanthropist, and Tony Award-winning producer and owner of a castle in Ireland. Paul Boskind couldn’t have picked a better time to visit Ireland. As he checked into the Fitzwilliam Hotel, the desk clerk warned, “It’s going to be crazy here tomorrow.  It’s the parade.”  It … [Read more...] about Paul Boskind: A Man and His Castle

We Banjo 3

By Christine Kinealy, Contributor
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by 2 Comments

The Band performing at Sellersville Theatre where they'll be again in January.

The band from Galway plays a blend of traditional Irish, old-time, and bluegrass music they call Celtgrass. The banjo has a long, contested and even controversial history. Musicologists now generally agree that an early form of the instrument was first brought to America by enslaved people from West Africa. It was possibly an akonting, a three-stringed instrument with a long … [Read more...] about We Banjo 3

First Word:
The Dreamer of Dreams

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

"We are the music makers / And we are the dreamers of dreams, / Wandering by lone sea-breakers, / And sitting by desolate streams; / World-losers and world-forsakers, / On whom the pale moon gleams: / Yet we are the movers and shakers / Of the world for ever, it seems. – “The Music Makers” by Arthur O’Shaughnessy Welcome to our annual Business 100 issue. Congratulations to … [Read more...] about First Word:
The Dreamer of Dreams

An Tánaiste Opens Georgia  Southern University Facility in Wexford

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Georgia Southern University is the first public university in the United States to open an outreach learning facility in Ireland. On November 20, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney officially opened the Georgia Southern Global Hub – Ireland in Wexford Town.There is a strong historic connection between Wexford and Savannah, with a large percentage of … [Read more...] about An Tánaiste Opens Georgia  Southern University Facility in Wexford

Fintech Couple Win Major Awards & Sell Company

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

On November 13, the Financial Times named Prepaid Financial Services’ Valerie Moran as one of the Top 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in Technology. One day later, European CEO magazine named Noel Moran as the first-ever double winner of the European Entrepreneur of the Year award. Noel and Valerie Moran came up with the idea for their financial … [Read more...] about Fintech Couple Win Major Awards & Sell Company

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