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Meet the Nolans

By Marsha Sorotick, Contributor
December 21, 2019

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Family stories endure. It has been 75 years since the publication of Betty Smith’s best-selling novel A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Since that time, Tree has been hailed as a modern classic and was cited by the NY Public Library as one of the best books of the 20th century. In a national survey conducted by PBS in 2018, it was chosen as one of America’s 100 best-loved novels. As … [Read more...] about Meet the Nolans

We Banjo 3

By Christine Kinealy, Contributor
December / January 2020

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The band from Galway plays a blend of traditional Irish, old-time, and bluegrass music they call Celtgrass. The banjo has a long, contested and even controversial history. Musicologists now generally agree that an early form of the instrument was first brought to America by enslaved people from West Africa. It was possibly an akonting, a three-stringed instrument with a long … [Read more...] about We Banjo 3

Fintech Couple Win Major Awards & Sell Company

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
December / January 2020

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On November 13, the Financial Times named Prepaid Financial Services’ Valerie Moran as one of the Top 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in Technology. One day later, European CEO magazine named Noel Moran as the first-ever double winner of the European Entrepreneur of the Year award. Noel and Valerie Moran came up with the idea for their financial … [Read more...] about Fintech Couple Win Major Awards & Sell Company

Fighting Poverty and Climate Change

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
December / January 2020

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Global poverty and climate change can be averted by 2030. That’s according to Declan Kelly, a businessman from Portroe in Tipperary. Speaking on Ireland’s Late, Late Show in November, Kelly outlined “Global Goal Live: The Possible Dream,“ which aims to do just that. The United Nations has 17 global goals for sustainable development and Kelly is focusing on three of those: … [Read more...] about Fighting Poverty and Climate Change

A Citizen's Assembly on a United Ireland

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor
December / January 2020

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A united Ireland seems more possible now than at any point in our history “Brexit has catapulted this issue forward,” says Pádraig Ó Muirigh, advisor to the Republican Sinn Féin Party. “There is a real sense that we’re living in historical times.” In October, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively agreed to place the de facto future border in the sea between … [Read more...] about A Citizen's Assembly on a United Ireland