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“Gift of Wisdom” from Waterford Crystal for Ball Drop

Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter January 1, 2022

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 The “Gift of Wisdom” was the message last night, as the ball dropped in Times Square, and we said goodbye to 2021. Waterford Crystal, who have designed the famous ball since the turn of the millennium, has been carrying out a “Greatest Gifts” series since 2014. Each ball has represented a different gift, with last year’s celebrating the “Gift of Happiness”. Every year, … [Read more...] about “Gift of Wisdom” from Waterford Crystal for Ball Drop

Jim Dwyer: The Journalist

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

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In the aftermath of our national tragedy came the need for understanding. The need to probe the surface, to find the personality behind the name, the stories beneath the rubble. The very best writers brought us those stories. Dwyer, who won a Pulitzer in 1995 in part for his coverage of the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, honed his skills over many years as a columnist for the … [Read more...] about Jim Dwyer: The Journalist

Joe Sexton:
The New York Times

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

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After the attacks of September 11, the public turned to newspapers in a fever reliable information on a situation that was changing by the hour. At The New York Times, Joe Sexton, deputy metropolitan editor, distinguished himself by overseeing much of the paper's acclaimed local investigative and enterprise efforts. In the early days, when estimates of casualties ran as high as … [Read more...] about Joe Sexton:
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Return to Derry

By David Tereshchuk, Contributor
June / July 2001

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I had almost a worm's-eye view of Bloody Sunday. I was working as a junior TV journalist covering a protest march through Derry on January 30, 1972, and like every other observer I was dumbfounded when the British Parachute Regiment opened fire on the protestors. I had just maneuvered my way over a low barricade of rubble when the shots rang out, and I flung myself on the … [Read more...] about Return to Derry