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Ciaran Staunton

News Roundup October 15, 2022

Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter October 15, 2022

October 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Is a United Ireland Likely in the Near Future? For the first time in the history of the state, Catholics outnumber the Protestant population in Northern Ireland, and that is giving supporters of Irish unification substantial hope for their cause.  The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency released the 2021 census data which revealed that Catholics, at 42.3% of … [Read more...] about News Roundup October 15, 2022

Coping with Grief and Loss by Helping Others

By Emily Moriarty

Fall 2022

October 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment

How the parents of a young boy from Queens, New York, who died from sepsis, created a nationwide movement to address the issue. On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, twelve-year-old Rory Staunton cut his elbow on the floor of his school gymnasium diving for a basketball. The gym teacher did not clean the cut but rather applied band-aids. By Sunday, April 1, 2012, Rory died in the ICU … [Read more...] about Coping with Grief and Loss by Helping Others

Spotlight on Mulvaney at U.S.-Ireland Business Summit

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2017

March 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment

In March, the Ireland-U.S. Economic Business Relations Summit will host one of the top Irish American members of the new presidential administration team in New York. Former congressman Mick Mulvaney (R – South Carolina), who was appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget in February, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the conference. The summit, … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Mulvaney at U.S.-Ireland Business Summit

Ireland’s Commitment to Sepsis Awareness

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
August / September 2015

July 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment

On July 2, Ciaran Staunton introduced the Rory Staunton Sepsis Video at the opening of the first National Irish Sepsis Summit held in Dublin, Ireland. The Rory Staunton Foundation was set up in 2013 by Orlaith and Ciaran Staunton in honor of their son. Rory died at age 12 after he contracted sepsis from a cut he received in gym class. In his remarks, Ciaran welcomed the … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Commitment to Sepsis Awareness

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June 14, 1690

King William III (of Orange) landed in Ireland to confront former King James II. Ireland was controlled by Roman Catholics loyal to James, and Franco-Irish Jacobites arrived from France with French forces in March 1689 to join the war in Ireland and contest Protestant resistance at the Siege of Derry. William sent his navy to the city in July, and his army landed in August. After progress stalled, William personally intervened to lead his armies to victory over James at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690, after which James II fled back to France.

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