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Hall of Fame: NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
March / April 2019

March 1, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2019/05/maggie-holland/">Maggie Holland</a>, Assistant Editor<br/> <a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/march-april-2019/">March / April 2019</a> 3 Comments

“Jimmy’s not just a cop’s cop. He’s a New Yorker’s New Yorker.” When it comes to James O’Neill, New York City’s 43rd and current police commissioner, those words by Chirlane McCray, the wife of N.Y.C. Mayor Bill de Blasio, could not be more spot-on. A more fitting NYPD commissioner couldn’t be found in Central Casting. He is a steadfast New Yorker who started his career … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill

The Fading of
The Green at NYPD

By Marian Betancourt, Contributor
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by </a> By Marian Betancourt, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2003-archive/august-september-2003/">August / September 2003</a> Leave a Comment

"The Irish were part of the problem and part of the solution," said former New York cop and current college professor Hugh O'Rourke, PhD. O'Rourke spoke at the First Annual Irish Heritage Day at the New York City Police Museum, a literal slip of a building in lower Manhattan in late April. The official New York police department was set up in 1845. Coincidentally, 1845 was … [Read more...] about The Fading of
The Green at NYPD

October 24, 1945

The United Nations was born in Washington, D.C. on this day in 1945. During a short ceremony, representatives from a total of 29 nations ratified the UN charter which declared that nations work together to uphold human rights and work together to overcome social, economic, humanitarian and political challenges. Formed in the wake of World War II, Ireland was at first denied access to the UN on the grounds that the country took a neutral stance during the war and did not aid the Allied forces. Ireland was accepted into the UN ten years later, in 1955. Although Ireland did not join NATO, they became an active nation, contributing Irish Defence Forces to UN peace-keeping missions in Congo, Cyprus, Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Hall of Fame: NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill

The Fading of
The Green at NYPD

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