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Irish Sweep World Handball
Championships

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2015

October 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Two Irish GAA handball players retain the rights to call themselves the king and queen of handball following the 2015 World Handball Championships in Calgary this past August. Paul Brady, from Cavan, won the men’s event for a record fifth straight year, while Belfast’s Aisling Reilly retained her title from last year’s win in a tie-breaking round (and despite having been hit in … [Read more...] about Irish Sweep World Handball
Championships

Irish Sweep World Handball Championships

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2015

October 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Two Irish GAA handball players retain the rights to call themselves the king and queen of handball following the 2015 World Handball Championships in Calgary this past August. Paul Brady, from Cavan, won the men’s event for a record fifth straight year, while Belfast’s Aisling Reilly retained her title from last year’s win in a tie-breaking round (and despite having been hit in … [Read more...] about Irish Sweep World Handball Championships

John Kelly’s Irish Landscapes

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2015

October 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment

World-renowned Irish-Australian-British artist John Kelly makes his U.S. debut in New York City through mid-October, bringing his stark land and seascape paintings and several small sculptures to a whole new audience. Born in 1965 to an Irish father and English mother in the U.K., his family immigrated to Australia when he was six months old and he grew up there. He moved to … [Read more...] about John Kelly’s Irish Landscapes

Ireland's Action Plan for Jobs Brings Results

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2015

May 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment

In his April 28th Spring Economic Statement speech, Finance Minister Michael Noonan T.D. announced that Ireland currently has the fastest growing economy in Europe. He said that 95,000 new jobs have been created since 2012, with a record 20,000 being created last year. The jobs are being created across a number of sectors including medical research. Ciaran Murray, CEO of ICON … [Read more...] about Ireland's Action Plan for Jobs Brings Results

Compadre Plant Matrix

By Irish America Staff
February / March 2015

January 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Botanists at Trinity College Dublin have launched a database that documents significant ‘life events’ for nearly 600 plant species across the globe. Working with like-minded individuals across five continents the team has gathered data over a near 50-year span. At a time of climate change, the researchers hope their COMPADRE Plant Matrix database will … [Read more...] about Compadre Plant Matrix

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