Taoiseach Micheál Martin awards Research Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Medal to Leading Experts in Philosophy and Healthcare Taoiseach Micheál Martin trip to Washington, D.C., included his much publicized visit to the Oval Office to meet with President Trump, but he also made time to give out some very important awards to leading experts in the philosophy and healthcare … [Read more...] about St. Patrick Day Medals & Honors
Boston College
The McLaughlin Way
By Patricia Harty
PUTTING TRUST IN WEALTH MANAGEMENTWhen he first started working at Merrill Lynch – before he became one of Merrill’s leading wealth managers – Kevin J. McLaughlin’s duties included setting up meetings and seminars across the country. Future Merrill Lynch President and CEO Dan Tully was the featured speaker at one such gathering in Scottsdale, Arizona, when a … [Read more...] about The McLaughlin Way
Hibernia Culture
Theater of ComedyThe Dublin-based Barabbas…the Company hit the United States with their innovative production of The Whiteheaded Boy, an Irish repertory classic, in September and October. The whirlwind tour took in dates in five cities, including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the New Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Readers who didn't manage to catch … [Read more...] about Hibernia Culture
Wild Irish Women: A Most Sorrowful Mystery
Oh! star of Erin, queen of tears, Black clouds have beset thy birth, And your people die like morning stars, That your light may grace the earth. – "Stars of Freedom," 1981 By IRA volunteer Bobby Sands, M.P. H-Block, Long Kesh Prison Camp Watching Bobby Sands die in 1981, much of the world realized, finally, that the young IRA soldier and hunger striker was a freedom fighter, … [Read more...] about Wild Irish Women: A Most Sorrowful Mystery
Guestbook Project Marks Good Friday
Agreement’s 20th Anniversary
On Monday, December 3, Guestbook Project, an initiative started by Boston College Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney that uses the power of digital storytelling to promote peace and heal divisions, honored the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement with a media reception at Boston College.
Founded in 2008 on the 10th anniversary of the Agreement, the Guestbook … [Read more...] about Guestbook Project Marks Good Friday
Agreement’s 20th Anniversary