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Hibernia: People

By Tom Deignan

December/ January 2021

September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Kelly Sworn in, Remembers McCain Newly elected U.S. Senator Mark Kelly honored fellow Irish American and former senator John McCain before he officially took office in late 2020. Kelly, along with his wife (former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords) and daughter, Claire, visited the gravesite of late Arizona U.S. senator John McCain. “The family laid a wreath at McCain’s … [Read more...] about Hibernia: People

First Word: Does this sound familiar?

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2016

March 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment

“I’m of Irish descent and in America, 100 years ago, we were refugees, my family. Irish were treated terribly in America for a period of time and not accepted, and America learned to accept all of these ideas. It’s what our country is, a country of immigrants. We have not recently done a very good job of remembering who we are.” — George Clooney, speaking to a group of Syrian … [Read more...] about First Word: Does this sound familiar?

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Clooney on the Money

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Meanwhile, in March 2016, two celebrated English actors with strong Irish roots will team up with a trio of Hollywood legends for a movie entitled Money Monster. Directed by Oscar winner Jodie Foster, Money Monster looks to be a biting satire of our money- and celebrity-obsessed culture, which also stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The film is about an average fellow who … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Clooney on the Money

Amal Clooney to Represent “Hooded Men”

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2015

March 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Amal Clooney (right), British international law and human right’s lawyer and wife of George Clooney, has joined the legal team representing 14 Irish men who claim to have been tortured by the British government in the 1970s. Though none of the men who subjected the 14 to “deep interrogation” techniques were ever convicted of wrongdoing, the European Court for Human Rights found … [Read more...] about Amal Clooney to Represent “Hooded Men”

George Clooney Has Nothing to Prove

By Patricia Danaher, Contributor
June / July 2012

May 16, 2012 by 5 Comments

The perennial leading man talks about his Irish roots, getting older, and his passion for activism.  George Clooney has nothing to prove as an actor and he knows it. It’s part of what makes him such a pleasant and relaxed interview – quick with the self-effacing jokes, interested in the wider world beyond where he now sits, at home in his own skin. At 51, he is aging … [Read more...] about George Clooney Has Nothing to Prove

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