Out&About
By Paddy McCarthy This week we have some pictures of the Cork Pipe and Drums Band New York who are a part of the Cork Association here in New York that traveled over to Cork City, Ireland for the Easter...
Thomas G. Waites Transitions To Filmmaker from Veteran Actor with “Target” — His Directorial Debut
Photo: Brad Balfour Interview by Brad Balfour Actor, teacher and now director Thomas G. Waites doesn’t shy away from taking chances or courting controversy. For his first directorial outing, he pushed the envelope creating “Target” — a gender-bendi...
Out&About
By Paddy McCarthy How was your Easter Sunday? I am sure it was a good one as the weather was just perfect. I traveled up to Norwalk, Connecticut as I took the ferry from Port Jefferson to Bridgeport, Connecticut. I...
Glen Hansard Plays A Secret Gig At The Scratcher Bar In New York
By Jonathan Bowen Glen Hansard was in New York City recently. He was in in town to appear at the tribute concert to Paul McCartney, alongside Graham Nash, Christopher Cross, Peter Asher and Denny Laine at Carnegie Hall. It was...
EVs, A “Back to the Future” Delorean and 007’s Cars are All to be Seen at the 2023 New York International Auto Show
the New York International Auto Show is back yet again in the he Jacob Javits Center. Running April 7th to the 16th, the NYIAS is a perennial favorite of gear-heads around the world. The sprawling event takes up nearly a million square feet of the NYC's major ...
Easter On The Island Of Ireland Has Surprises For Everyone
By Barry Coughlan For anyone interested in nature, discovery and adventure, Birr Castle Demesne might provide an option for families over the coming Easter weekend in Ireland. As always, particularly with an improvement in temperatures and, hopefully, a cessat...
Out&About
By Paddy McCarthy I will be heading back to Ireland in August as the Cork Association will be honoring a great gentleman: Denis Mulcahy, a native of Rockchapel, County Cork and founder of Project Children. Throughout the 40 years of...
A Perfect Storm For Progress Once Again?
ANALYSIS BY PETER KELLY Irish-America undoubtedly was a central player in the securing of both the IRA Ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement. And with both, came peace in the homeland. The Clinton administration were the game-changers. And for the...
Clinton: ‘Thank God For The Good Friday Agreement’
EXCLUSIVE BY PETER KELLY AT COOPER UNION, MANHATTAN Former President Bill Clinton declared this week that “Ireland and the pursuit of peace meant the world to me and still does.” He spoke as President Joe Biden prepares to depart the...
Adams: Irish-America Helped Bring Peace To Ireland
EXCLUSIVE BY PETER KELLY Gerry Adams told the Irish American audience at Manhattan’s Cooper Union commemorative event that due to the achievement of the Good Friday Agreement, “many are alive today who may otherwise have been killed, and that is...