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Weekly Comment: 9/11 Fifteen Years On

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
Sept. 9, 2016

September 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Back in July, on a hot afternoon at Kennedy International Airport in Queens, a truck carried a 40,000-pound piece of debris – draped in an American flag – out of a building known as Hangar 17. The building, for well over a decade, housed over 2,000 items collected from the rubble of the World Trade Center. But, as the New York Times noted, Hangar 17’s “storage room is now … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: 9/11 Fifteen Years On

Weekly Comment:
Remembering Edward Daly
(1933 – 2016)

By Olivia O'Mahony, Editorial Assistant
August 12, 2016

August 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Irish Roman Catholic bishop and author Edward Daly, a former Bishop of Derry, died in hospital during the early hours of August 8th. He was 82. Throughout his Church career in Derry, Bishop Edward Daly participated in civil rights marches. He was present at the Battle of the Bogside in 1969, the early years of the Troubles, internment, and the events of Bloody Sunday, where … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Remembering Edward Daly
(1933 – 2016)

Weekly Comment:
Enda Kenny’s Statement on U.K. Brexit Vote

By Irish America Staff
June 24, 2016

June 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment

On June 23, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, with 51.9 percent voting to leave, and 48.1 percent to remain. The British exit will take two years to fully be implemented, but the ramifications for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are already being considered, particularly fears of a return to the violence of the Troubles and increased border … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Enda Kenny’s Statement on U.K. Brexit Vote

Weekly Comment:
Call for Irish Women’s Suffragette Artifacts


By Irish America
June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment

An Irish researcher is currently undertaking a public appeal for information on surviving objects related to the Irish women suffragettes who fought for the right to vote nationally almost a hundred years ago. Donna Gilligan is a museum archaeologist and material culture historian who is compiling a research thesis on the visual and material culture of the Irish women’s … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Call for Irish Women’s Suffragette Artifacts

Weekly Comment: 2016 Hall of Fame Speeches

By Irish America Staff
April 15, 2016

April 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Five feature speeches from the 2016 Irish America Hall of Fame. President Bill Clinton received Irish America's Lifetime Achievement Award and Col. Eileen Collins, America's first female space shuttle pilot; journalist, novelist, columnist, and commentator Pete Hamill; humanitarian Ed Kenney; and Gen. Martin Dempsey, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were inducted … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: 2016 Hall of Fame Speeches

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