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News Roundup February 4, 2023

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IA Newsletter February 4, 2023

February 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Women's Organization AwakenHub Launches in New YorkAwakenHub, a social enterprise that supports women’s business startups across the Island of Ireland, announced the launch of sister company AwakenAngels at the Bank of Ireland Hub in New York City on Saint Brigid’s Day, Wednesday, February 1. Founded by six Irish women, the mission of AwakenHub is to level up opportunity, … [Read more...] about News Roundup February 4, 2023

Wild Irish Women: A Most Sorrowful Mystery

By Rosemary Rogers, Columnist
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by 4 Comments

Oh! star of Erin, queen of tears, Black clouds have beset thy birth, And your people die like morning stars, That your light may grace the earth. – "Stars of Freedom," 1981 By IRA volunteer Bobby Sands, M.P. H-Block, Long Kesh Prison Camp Watching Bobby Sands die in 1981, much of the world realized, finally, that the young IRA soldier and hunger striker was a freedom fighter, … [Read more...] about Wild Irish Women: A Most Sorrowful Mystery

Cyprus Avenue’s Stroll Off-Broadway

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor

July 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment

David Ireland’s Cyprus Avenue opened for its debut in North America at the Public Theater in New York City on June 25th. Starring Stephen Rea, the play is a discomfiting cross between cathartic and alienating, summoning painful notes of recognition along with a worrisome awareness that everything in this world is just slightly, tragically, off-kilter. Directed by Vicky … [Read more...] about Cyprus Avenue’s Stroll Off-Broadway

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Queen Elizabeth of England visits the Republic of Ireland for the first time. She is the first British monarch to visit in 100 years, and the first since Ireland became a Republic. George V visited in 1911 when the country was still part of the British Empire. The four-day visit went well, despite minor protests. Her Majesty met with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, visited the Garden of Remembrance, which is dedicated to all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom, dined with President Mary McAleese and even visited the Guinness Brewery where she declined a sip of the black stuff.

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