Several outstanding University College Cork graduates were recently honored at the university’s annual alumni awards in November, including the first visually-impaired athlete to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. UCC law alumna Sinead Kane (above right), who qualified as Ireland’s first legally blind solicitor in 2009, was among those honored. Kane, … [Read more...] about Girl Power: University College Cork’s Annual Alumni Awards
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UCD’s Smurfit Business School Annual New York Fundraiser
The University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School held its 15th Annual New York Benefit Dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New York in October, with more than 200 alumni and friends in attendance. Angela Moore (center), managing director of Macha Capital; Paul Mulligan (center left), president of Coca-Cola Refreshments North America; and Brian O’Driscoll … [Read more...] about UCD’s Smurfit Business School Annual New York Fundraiser
Gaelic League Donates Archives to NUIG
A new chapter in Irish language scholarship is about to begin as the National University of Ireland at Galway has received and plans to digitize the entire archives of Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League). The archives, which contain hoards of documents, press clippings, pictures, campaign materials, and letters, including personal correspondence of Douglas Hyde, Conradh na … [Read more...] about Gaelic League Donates Archives to NUIG
Irish Eye on Hollywood:
RFK Biopics in the Works for 50th Anniversary of his Death
June 2018 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and Hollywood is ready to mark the occasion with not one but two projects in the works telling the story of the Kennedy brother often considered the most Irish and Catholic. First there is a major motion picture featuring Matt Damon as RFK, who ran for president in 1968, only to be gunned down … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
RFK Biopics in the Works for 50th Anniversary of his Death
Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Rising Irish Stars On Both Sides of the Camera
The Hollywood Reporter recently highlighted 10 rising Irish stars set to make serious waves in front of, as well as behind, the camera. Among this new crop of talent was Dublin actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (above), set to appear in the May 2018 star-packed action film Avengers: Infinity War. Vaughan-Lawlor, who has appeared in Irish films such as The Cured, as well as Jim … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Rising Irish Stars On Both Sides of the Camera