Patricia Harty talks to the Princess of Daytime Talk: Rosie O'Donnell They call her the Princess of Daytime talk shows. Our own Rosie O'Donnell who, at just 35 years old, seems to have the world at her feet. In 1989 when I.A. first interviewed Rosie she was already a successful comedian and "vee-jay" on VH-1. Since then she has received an Emmy nomination for her HBO Comedy … [Read more...] about Rosie Revealed
Issues
U.S. Elections and N.I.
With the election coming up in November, Irish Americans have to decide who to vote for. When it comes to Irish policy, President Clinton wins hands down for being the only president to risk Britain's wrath and put aside the "special relationship" to extend the U.S. role as facilitator between the parties in Northern Ireland. As readers of this magazine will know, Clinton, … [Read more...] about U.S. Elections and N.I.
London’s Irish Mozart: Sir Arthur Sullivan
By Ray Cavanaugh
Fall 2025
If asked to name a writer of Irish background, many of us could rattle off a half-dozen names like we were reciting our date of birth. But if asked to name an Irish composer, then most of us would begin to hesitate. Our eyes would blink, our lips would curl, our heads would tilt while the brain struggles to process the mustier files in our index of knowledge. Surely there must … [Read more...] about London’s Irish Mozart: Sir Arthur Sullivan
A New Light for Labor?
By Brian Rohan
September October 1996
Organized labor has been declining steadily for the past two dedicates. Can John J. Sweeney, elected last year as the president of the AFL-CIO, reverse the trend? EIGHT stories above the ground in Washington, D.C., in an office just a few blocks from the White House, John J. Sweeney smiles at the suggestion that he is dangerous subversive. It is a suggestion he has heard … [Read more...] about A New Light for Labor?
Death of the Heart
By Sharon Parish Bowers
March/April 1995
Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen who penned such wonderful novels as The Death of the Heart and Demon Lover, and helped establish the 'Big House' in Irish literature, failed in her own efforts to save Bowen's Court, the family home in County Cork. The N73 between Mallow and Mitchelstown in County Cork is a sharply twisting two-lane road, shadowed by high hedges and unforgiving … [Read more...] about Death of the Heart