Mike Greenly – Irish Examiner USA

August 16, 2022 No Responses

Making Music on Her Own Terms, Performer/Composer Ruth Weber Stays True To Her Own Melodies

Profile by Brad Balfour Most kids, when they embark on a musical trajectory, focus on making pop hits, club gigging and eventually radio. At the very least. Supposedly, they hope for a career that means big tours, private jets and...

April 17, 2021 No Responses

Chai Lifeline Offers Solace To Children With Terminal Disease — Especially in This Time of Need

Story by Mike Greenly Only a few months ago, Irish media reported that elective surgeries were being postponed across the country. At the same time, many American hospitals were also unable to give care to patients who needed “elective” surgery....

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Former Beaufort, SC, Mayor Billy Keyserling Advocates For Teaching Reconstruction’s History In A New Book

Q&A by Brad Balfour Within the last two 1/2 months, we’ve seen an election won, a President in denial, a country in turmoil and a siege of the Capitol by people who had reacted to Trump’s lies about losing —...

January 12, 2021 No Responses

IBO President John Lee Offers A New York Perspective on the Global Irish Nation

Interview by Mike Greenly Founded in 1973, The Irish Business Organization of New York was at its inception an organization named The Irish Insurance and Reinsurance Society. The name reflected that its founding members were insurance professionals. As early a...

November 11, 2020 No Responses

From Coast To Coast, a New Musical Partnership Takes Off

Story by Brad Balfour With his Irish roots firmly in place, music creator Delon Scott Williamson [pictured above] is probably the last person one might imagine making hot dance music. A proud member of the Irish diaspora — both sides of...

July 8, 2020 No Responses

The Landry Brothers Are Pioneers In Improving The Aging Experience

Interview by Mike Greenly The topic of growing older is about as universal as one can imagine. Being no spring chicken myself, I often think about growing older — while still loving the zest and commitment I feel for everything...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

How Words Brought Me To My Irish Connections

Special Feature by Mike Greenly (Eileen Shapiro & Rosie O’Donnell photo: Billy Hess ) With my last name, people assume I’m Irish. Not so. My father’s original name was “Greenberg” – but when he was applying to medical schools in...

December 18, 2019 No Responses

Irish-Diaspora Singer Grant Maloy Smith Masters “American Roots”

Special Report by Mike Greenly Along with Eileen Bluestone Sherman – playwright, lyricist, theater producer and more – Grant Maloy Smith founded the Indie Collaborative, which is how I met him. This wonderful organization is for people involved in the...