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Caring for Veterans

By Tom Deignan
IA Newsletter, November 11, 2023

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Vets Focus on Healing We honor all who have served this Veterans Day, including these military personnel and experts working to ensure that the men and women are getting the help they need. “Our veterans are warriors, and those warriors are trained to look out for their unit, to look out for their battle buddies. But as much as they support everybody else, too often they're … [Read more...] about Caring for Veterans

The Empire Builders

By Tom Deignan
December/January 2010

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The Irish who built the Empire State Building and the photographer who captured the work.   In 1908, acclaimed photographer Lewis W. Hine snapped a simple portrait entitled “Irish Steel Worker.”  The aged laborer has a weathered face and sad eyes.  A pipe sprouts from his mouth.  He sports suspenders, a thick handkerchief in his front pocket, and a woolen cap atop his … [Read more...] about The Empire Builders

Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan
Spring 2023

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Oscars Moments There was good, bad and ugly news for the Irish at the Academy Awards back in March. Of the 20 nominees in the Oscar acting categories, five were Irish – which computes to 25 percent, an amazing statistic for a nation whose entire population is not much bigger than that of the City of Los Angeles. The good news: there were two Irish winners at the Oscars, Ross … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood

Against the Tide

By Tom Deignan
Spring 2023

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Sean Granahan is determined to keep The Floating Hospital afloat It’s been nearly 20 years since Sean Granahan found himself in a diner on the West Side of Manhattan, staring at a piece of paper. “The numbers weren’t pretty,” Granahan recalls. “In fact, they were un-pretty.” A lawyer, Granahan had spent the previous several years doing work on behalf of a New York-based … [Read more...] about Against the Tide

Thomas Cahill: An Irish Gift to the Human Race

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We mourn a writer who shed a light on Irish monks who kept the fires of Christian learning alight during the Dark Ages, and in doing so, helped banish some of the stereotypes leveled at our race. Best-selling author Thomas Cahill – who died on October 18 at the age of 82 – once described a bitter irony of history in this very magazine. “Ireland had been a place of fabulous … [Read more...] about Thomas Cahill: An Irish Gift to the Human Race