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Farewell to a Legend

Jim Dwyer, a beloved figure and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter,
columnist, and author, passed away at the age of 63 on October 8, 2020

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By Niall O'Dowd It was fitting that in his last column for The New York Times on May 26th, Jim Dwyer wrote about the quiet heroism of his great grandmother in saving her family during the 1918 flu pandemic. She was known as Nan the Point from a remote area near Killorglin in Co Kerry. Her daughter Mary, her son in law Paddy, and seven children had all contracted … [Read more...] about Farewell to a Legend

Jim Dwyer, a beloved figure and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter,
columnist, and author, passed away at the age of 63 on October 8, 2020

Bobby Kennedy Has Been Turned into an Impossibly Perfect Hero

By Brian Dooley

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He deserves a better judgment As Bobby Kennedy lay dying on a hotel kitchen floor, we’re told his last words were of concern for those around him who had also been shot. “Is everybody okay?” Kennedy asked. These noble, altruistic last conscious thoughts chime with how many people see him – a champion of the poor, “a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, … [Read more...] about Bobby Kennedy Has Been Turned into an Impossibly Perfect Hero

Belfast Artist’s ‘Silent Testimony’

By Patricia Harty
IA Newsletter October 7, 2023

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Colin Davidson captures the suffering and loss that marked the lives of ordinary people and their families during the period known as the Troubles in his Native Northern Ireland. Colin Davidson, 55, is known for his striking large-scale portraits of celebrities such as Brad Pitt (which hangs in the Smithsonian), Tom Moran (which is on display in Queens University, Belfast), … [Read more...] about Belfast Artist’s ‘Silent Testimony’

The Healing Touch

By Leslie McCrea, Contributor
August / September 2015

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In rural Virginia, where poverty is a constant and medical care is a rarity, a team of nurses has provided mobile healthcare for 35 years. Today, the Health Wagon provides more than $1 million worth of medical care to more than 11,000 uninsured or underinsured patients who would otherwise have no access to the services they need. Through rolling hills, a red 1968 Volkswagen … [Read more...] about The Healing Touch