Power And Persuasion In Presidential Peace Building?
April 26, 2023 No Responses

Power And Persuasion In Presidential Peace Building?

ANALYSIS BY PETER KELLY Assembling the might of trans-Atlantic political power-brokers for Irish peacebuilding is a gargantuan task.Yet as a ferocious sign of loyalty to the Good Friday cause, the assembled Who’s Who were present from the big power blocs...
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A Perfect Storm For Progress Once Again?
April 5, 2023 No Responses

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...
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Clinton: ‘Thank God For The Good Friday Agreement’
April 4, 2023 No Responses

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...
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Adams: Irish-America Helped Bring Peace To Ireland
April 4, 2023 No Responses

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...
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New York Parade Official Receives ‘A New York City Hero’ Award
March 27, 2023 No Responses

New York Parade Official Receives ‘A New York City Hero’ Award

The day before hosting the world’s largest and oldest St Patrick’s Day Parade, Parade official, Hilary Beirne who hails from Boyle, Co Roscommon, Ireland, received the inaugural “A New York City Hero” award presented by the Bowling Gree...
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Oscar Wilde Awards Celebrate A Big Year For The Irish In film
March 10, 2023 No Responses

Oscar Wilde Awards Celebrate A Big Year For The Irish In film

With an historic number of Academy Award nominations, the Irish had much to celebrate at the US-Ireland Alliance’s annual Oscar Wilde Awards, held again at Bad Robot, the Santa Monica production company of J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath. Alliance founder,...
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Omagh Delight At Historic Inquiry Breakthrough
February 9, 2023 No Responses

Omagh Delight At Historic Inquiry Breakthrough

PETER KELLY meets Omagh’s victorious campaigners who defy the odds for justice Families bereaved by the Omagh bombing have welcomed the historic breakthrough of securing a Public Inquiry into the 1998 atrocity. Following over a decade of pressure from surviv...
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Lynch Pulls Off ‘Mission Impossible’?
January 20, 2023 No Responses

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....
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A ‘Fighting Irish Spirit’ To Protect Worker Rights
January 19, 2023 No Responses

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...
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Helen A. Sharkey, RIP
January 18, 2023 No Responses

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,...
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