Robert P. Gannon President, Chairman and CEO The Montana Power Company Revenue: $1.2 billion Employees: 2,906 Before joining Montana Power in 1974 as an attorney, Bob Gannon served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Montana for two years and as an assistant U.S. attorney for another two and a half years. A native of Butte, Montana, Gannon is chairman of the … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: R. Gannon – M. Gibbons
The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: R. Gannon – M. Gibbons
The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: J. Keyes – T. Lynch
James W. Keyes Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 7-Eleven, Inc. Revenue: $7.35 billion Employees: 30, 325 worldwide James W. Keyes was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of 7-Eleven, Inc. in 1998. His responsibilities include company store operations, merchandising (including sales and marketing), logistics, information systems and … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Influential Irish Americans in Business: J. Keyes – T. Lynch
Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland
By Christine Kinealy
IA Newsletter October 30, 2021
IA Newsletter October 30, 2021
If you had been in London on 15 May 1835, you could have heard Daniel O’Connell, Ireland’s Liberator, speak at a large Anti-Slavery meeting in the prestigious Exeter Hall. O’Connell, the hero of Catholic Emancipation, had established himself as the leading transatlantic opponent of enslavement and as a thorn in the side of American enslavers. But if you had been almost 300 … [Read more...] about Ira Aldridge: An ‘AFRICAN ROSCIUS’ in Ireland
Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland
IA Newsletter, May 13, 2023
The National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, and Irish Heritage Trust have released Ira Aldridge: Black Tragedian in Ireland in collaboration with Professor Christine Kinealy from the African American Irish Diaspora Network and Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, as part of its Great Famine Voices 2023 season which is funded by the Government of Ireland … [Read more...] about Ira Aldridge: African Tragedian in Ireland
Home & Away: This Week’s News
By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter October 23, 2021
IA Newsletter October 23, 2021
As we emerge, finally, through the long tunnel of the Covid-19 pandemic, everything from the economy to the arts has risen, dusted itself off and asked, “so what now?” Irish Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Mr. Colm Brophy T.D. visited the Consulate General of Ireland in Manhattan this week. His visit comes shortly after Taoiseach Micheál Martin … [Read more...] about Home & Away: This Week’s News