Out&About
By Paddy McCarthy I got a call from the man himself, yes that’s Steve Duggan, Steve is the owner of Paddy Reilly’s Pub, a place I’ve frequented many a time, that is located at Second Avenue and 29th Street. Steve is...
Ireland Announces Squad For Six Nations
By Jonathan Bowen Andy Farrell announced the Irish squad last week that he hopes will deliver Ireland only their fourth Grand Slam title. Backs (17): Aki (Connacht), R Byrne (Leinster), Casey (Munster), Crowley (Munster), Earls (Munster), Gibson-Park (Leinste...
Munster Lift The Irish Women’s Interpro Championship
By Jonathan Bowen The Munster women’s rugby team retained its Irish Interpro title over the weekend with a big 50-24 win in the final game of the season against Connacht at the Galway Sportsgrounds. In a dominant performance, the Munster...
Lynch Pulls Off ‘Mission Impossible’?
ANALYSIS BY PETER KELLY It’s not often that a union leader inspires a nation. But against unlikely odds, this second generation Irishman and Londoner Mick Lynch pulls off the impossible – disrupting a national transport network – and millions of....
A ‘Fighting Irish Spirit’ To Protect Worker Rights
PETER KELLY meets the renowned labor union chief, empowered by his Irish roots Mick Lynch is no ordinary labor union leader. His ubiquitous presence on British TV screens, newspaper front pages, prime time talk shows and national radio phone-ins make...
Bernard O’Reilly Keeps Father’s Legacy Alive At Joe O’Reilly DMC
By Barry Coughlan In order to bring this week’s Irish tourism/travel article up to the present time, 2023, it’s necessary to delve back into the past to introduce a man who has departed this world but who will forever be...
Helen A. Sharkey, RIP
Helen A. Sharkey (nee Saunders) of Lido Beach, New York, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2023. Helen was born in Rockaway Beach, NY, to the late Thomas and Marian Saunders (nee Harrigan). She graduated from Saint Francis DeSales School,...
Out&About
By Paddy McCarthy What a turn out there was for the Grand Council of Emeralds’ 2023 Irishman of the Year Patrick Lynch, as there must have been at least 500 guests at the dinner last Wednesday. Yes, of course I...
Dutch-born Birgitta Visser Finds Spiritual Truths Out of Adversity and Transforms into Soul Empowerment Coach
Growing up, tall, beautiful Birgitta Visser had the deck stacked against her. As a kid, she suffered form a deep sense of inadequacy. Rather than being an asset, her physical aspects worked against her in many ways. As a kid...
Martin Mcdonagh’s Latest Ode to Peculiar People, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Wins Awards And Endless Accolades
When producer and Blueprint Pictures co-founder Graham Broadbent received Martin McDonagh’s script for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” he knew he had his next McDonagh movie. Broadbent and the Irish playwright previously made “In Bruges”...