Archive for 'Irish Echo'
Live tweeting the New York New Belfast Conference
I believe I may be the only person interested in live-tweeting the New York New Belfast Conference which begins today, but so be it! As someone who is interested in the post-conflict regeneration of the North of Ireland, absolutely loves Belfast (and New York!), I’m really looking forward to this conference. I’m also [...]
Posted: June 9th, 2010 under Brooklyn, Falls Road, Irish America, Irish Echo, Irish language, Irish peace process, NYC, New York New Belfast Conference, West Belfast, awesome, belfast, cross-community, economic justice, human rights, ireland.
Comments: none
notes on a united ireland
Now that I can finally say I own a computer, I am finally getting around to writing a post about my participation in and my thoughts about the recent United Ireland forums hosted by Sinn Féin in New York and San Francisco. That’s a picture of me at the mic taken by my [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2009 under American politics, Gerry Adams, IAUC, Irish America, Irish Echo, Irish language, Irish peace process, Legacy Commission, Sinn Féin, adventure, awesome, cross-community, economic justice, gerry, human rights, ireland, justice, republican, truth, truth and reconciliation, united Ireland.
Comments: none
Targeted investment is crucial to the peace process
This afternoon I am off to New York, where aside from visiting long lost friends, I will be attending tomorrow’s Index 30 luncheon on Wall St, hosted by The Irish Echo. Mary Louise Mallick, Deputy Comptroller of NY State, whom I had the good fortune to meet in Belfast last May, will receive the [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2009 under American politics, Barack Obama, Cultural Economy Conference, Falls Road, IAUC, Irish America, Irish Echo, Irish language, Irish peace process, MacBride Principles, West Belfast, belfast, economic justice, environmental justice, human rights, ireland, justice.
Comments: none
“Micks for O’Bamagh”
A friend of mine helped put together an ad hoc group of Irish American writers and actors who support Obama, which debuted this week with this ad and an article in the Irish Echo. The group formed partly in an effort to fight back against the mainstream media’s stereotype/generalization of the Irish American [...]
Posted: April 17th, 2008 under American politics, Barack Obama, Irish America, Irish Echo, presidential elections.
Comments: none
Michael Patrick MacDonald on NPR
Follow this link to hear author Michael Patrick MacDonald’s interview on NPR’s Soundcheck yesterday. MacDonald is the author of the best-selling memoir All Souls: A Family Story from Southie (soon to be made into a movie!) about his experience growing up in the Irish American working class neighborhoods of South Boston amidst drugs, [...]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Irish Echo, awesome, books, ireland, music.
Comments: none
Unionists spark heated debate at IAUC convention
Unionists spark heated debate at IAUC convention
By Irish Echo Staff
(Pictured from the left are: republican ex-prisoner Terry Kirby, IAUC President John Fogarty, IAUC Treasurer Gretchen Bales, and IAUC Chairman of the Board Dr. Robert C. Linnon)
Unionist voices at the Irish American Unity Conference annual convention in Boston last weekend brought a new dimension to the [...]
Posted: October 10th, 2007 under IAUC, Irish Echo, Irish peace process, Raymond McCord, cross-community, human rights, ireland.
Comments: none