Maggie Timoney Selected As Next Year’s NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal

Maggie Timoney Selected As Next Year’s NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Inc. Board of Directors selected Maggie Timoney from Ballina, County Mayo to be the Grand Marshal of the 2024 New York City St Patrick’s Day parade.   Maggie Timoney is the first female President & CEO of HEINEKEN USA...
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Omagh Remembers – Twenty-Five Years On

Omagh Remembers – Twenty-Five Years On

Survivors Thank Irish-America For Support EXCLUSIVE BY PETER KELLY IN OMAGH, County Tyrone Hundreds of supporters joined families of those bereaved by the Omagh bomb as they gathered in the town to mark the 25th anniversary of the attack. It...
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Sinead O’Connor Has Died

Sinead O’Connor Has Died

[THE HOT PRESS NEWSDESK] Sinead O’Connor, one of the most important Irish artists of the past 50 years, has died. The news, which had been spreading through the music community over the past hour, has now been confirmed. No details...
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Exhibition Marks 60 Years Of The Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet

Exhibition Marks 60 Years Of The Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet

The 60th anniversary of the Bunratty Castle Medieval Banquet was celebrated in County Clare today with the launch of a new exhibition chartering the history, evolution and popularity of one of Ireland’s oldest running evening entertainment shows. More th...
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The Rest Is History: Celebrating The Good Friday Agreement

The Rest Is History: Celebrating The Good Friday Agreement

EXCLUSIVE BY PETER KELLY Giants of trans-Atlantic politics gathered in Belfast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.Former Irish peace talks chairman Senator George Mitchell led the US delegation featuring former President and Secreta...
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Power And Persuasion In Presidential Peace Building?

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?

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’

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

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

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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