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IA Newsletter January 22, 2022

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Economics and Business Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 12:00pm EST, 5:00pm GMT Join a panel of industry experts discussing Economics and Business challenges and opportunities facing the island of Ireland today. Co-operation Ireland USA brings you The Elevate Series, a four part program of thought-provoking, topical themes seeks to enlighten a broad audience on the … [Read more...] about Co-operation Ireland Presents:
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IA Newsletter December 11, 2021

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Storm Barra hits Ireland As Covid restrictions increase across Europe, residents of the Emerald Isle found themselves staying at home for an entirely different reason. Storm Barra battered the UK and Ireland earlier this week, leaving 59,000 Irish homes without power. Originally hitting the south-west, Barra moved upwards, and the north-west of Ireland, as well as Scotland, … [Read more...] about News Roundup

March 23, 1847

On this day in 1847, the Choctaw Native American tribe collected money to help starving victims of the Irish potato famine. Several years before, in 1831, President Andrew Jackson seized Choctaw territory in what is now southeastern Mississippi and parts of Alabama, forcing the Choctaw to travel five hundred miles along the “Trail of Tears” to reserved Indian Territory in Oklahoma. The Choctaw people sympathized with Ireland’s forced submission to Britain, and with the starvation and disease that plagued them. A group of Choctaws gathered in Scullyville, Oklahoma and raised $170, which they then forwarded to a U.S. famine relief organization. Though U.S. contribution in aid to Ireland totaled in the millions, the Choctaw donation was by far the most generous.

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