Steering The Tricycle
Nicolas Kent, the man behind the Tricycle, the uniquely innovative theater in Kilburn and launching-pad for many of...
MoreThey were busboys and bankers, grandmothers and newlyweds, firefighters, soldiers, tourists and priests. More than 6,000 of them died at their desks, or running down stairs, or clearing the way for...
More“With liberty and justice for all.” –Pledge of Allegiance ℘℘℘ This may be the most difficult editorial that I have written since the creation of the magazine 16 years ago. It is...
MoreAn historic breakthrough was made in the Northern Ireland peace process at the end of October when the first IRA arms were put permanently beyond use in a move monitored by the International...
MoreThe Northern Secretary John Reid announced recently that he considered the ceasefires of three loyalist groups to be over. The actions of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Loyalist...
MoreIreland’s national airline, Aer Lingus, has been pulled back from the brink of bankruptcy by a deal hammered out between the Irish government and the European Union transport authorities at the...
MoreNorth Belfast, Oct. 23 – Loyalist protestors who have spent the last eight weeks blocking Catholic children from entering their school were threatened with legal action if they do not call off...
MoreThe family of a Derry man who died in 1969 three months after being savagely beaten in his home by the RUC have welcomed a move by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan which...
MoreThousands of people queued for hours in front of the American Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin, waiting patiently to sign one of the many books of condolences to be presented to the U.S. government in...
MoreIreland is facing its worst tourism slump in more than ten years as a result of the attacks on the U.S. and the foot and mouth crisis which hit earlier in the year. Tourism Minister Jim McDaid...
MoreOn September 4 Collier Wimmer of Winston-Salem, North Carolina turned nine. On September 11 she was in Disneyworld to celebrate her and her little brother’s birthdays. At 8:42 a.m., 2,000 miles...
MoreEveryone knows where they were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when the horrific news broke. I was in my classroom on West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues in New York City. I was...
MoreAfter seven years, actress/model/producer Elizabeth Hurley will be sharing the commercial spotlight of Estee Lauder with another gorgeous face. The Irish eyes of Carolyn Murphy will be promoting...
MoreLast month “America: A Tribute to Heroes,” the telethon featuring just about everyone in the entertainment industry, raised more than $150 million for relief efforts in New York. But many...
MoreIn October Avon announced that it would donate the largest single corporate foundation gift ever made to the breast cancer cause – an unprecedented $50 million. Announced at the first-ever Avon...
MoreOn November 14, Town Hall, New York City will be lit up with stars of the Abbey Theater and RTE (Ireland’s national television station) as the premiere of John B. Keane’s play Moll takes...
MoreOn September 21, Irish musician Tom Carroll belted out “America the Beautiful” and kicked off an evening of tunes and airs to benefit the N.Y. Firefighters Association. The event was...
More“Will you hold my hand?” asked Lauren Murphy as she braced herself to greet her husband’s mourners. Lauren was speaking to Paddy Moloney, founder of The Chieftains, the Grammy...
MoreElizabeth Frances Martin talks to artist Elizabeth O’Reilly. ℘℘℘ “At first, it was hard for me to paint back in Ireland. Once you have left a place, it can be painful to return. It...
More“…We could see them [the Taliban soldiers] setting fire to houses on the hills around the village. We escaped before they captured our village. There were a lot of families, all running...
MoreWith the tragedy of September 11 there were smaller cultural casualties too. Set to launch the dynamic mixed media works in a show entitled “re:Sources/in:Sights” at Axel-Rabin gallery on...
MoreExecutive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition, Margie McHugh has build a coalition of more than 150 immigrant rights group to promote action at the local, state and federal levels on a...
MoreEnter any bookstore, be it mom and pop or chain retailer, and there are sure to be stacks upon stacks of coffee table books with Irish photographs. But now comes one so lovely it seems more suited...
MoreHow many hours did you spend learning your catechism? Could you still answer your questions and recite your prayers in Irish? For those of you who could use a review, or who just miss An Teagasc...
MoreRenowned broadcast journalist, Maria Shriver is know to millions of people who can’t even stay up to watch the late news; it’s past their bedtime. The best-selling author of What’s...
MoreHat designer and IA covergirl Marie Galvin joined the 7th Anniversary Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion show presented by POWERade in New York and Los Angeles in October (host committee included...
MoreAward-winning host for Ireland’s best Anchor of a News Magazine Show, Siobhan Cleary is bringing Health Diary to U.S. audiences this fall. Airing on the New York area’s channel...
MoreThe Irish Immigration Center in Boston is having its annual fundraising awards luncheon on November 20 at the Boston Copley Mariot Hotel. This ear’s winner of The Solas Award will be former...
MoreThe Murphy family business, which originated in 1939 with Margaret Murphy of Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, selling hand-embroidered linen, is now a major retailer on the world-wide web with over 50 items...
MoreFire Chaplain Mychal Judge arrived just as bodies were falling like missiles from the sky. Few in those last precious moments thought the Twin Towers would actually collapse, which is why so many...
MoreThe New York Fire Department suffered harrowing losses on September 11. Pete Hamill writes on the men, women and the history of this fine institution. ℘℘℘ We would see them on summer...
MoreThe Irish Diaspora is the outworking of two forms of colonialism, those of Mother England and Mother Church. I have been interested since boyhood in what was then known not as the Diaspora, but as...
MoreBrian Rohan visits Croke Park and finds it utterly changed, except for the heartbreak. ℘℘℘ Twenty years ago, it seemed only politicians and priests had plastic molded seats. Twenty years ago,...
MoreThe Grand Dame of the Big Band era is still moving hearts. ℘℘℘ The houselights in the expensive supper club on New York’s East Side slowly began to dim one evening last spring and...
MoreLos Angeles Times film reviewer Kenneth Turan wryly observed that Liam, director Stephen Frears’s British film about an Irish family in 1930s Liverpool, “does a better job of re-creating...
MoreIn my father’s town, Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland, market day still goes on in a muddy field, behind “the diamond,” the town center, a ritual preceding memory. I walked down...
MoreNicolas Kent, the man behind the Tricycle, the uniquely innovative theater in Kilburn and launching-pad for many of Ireland’s most successful plays, is interviewed by Marilyn Cole...
MoreThe name Delaney comes from the Irish O’Dubhshlaine. Its earliest anglicized form is O’Dulany with a broad `a.’ Delane is another variant (the O’ has been long since dropped)....
MoreYoung people today know John F. Kennedy primarily for being assassinated and for his presumed dalliance with Marilyn Monroe. And that’s a shame, because he meant something far different to an...
MoreA sampling of the latest Irish books on offer. ℘℘℘ RECOMMENDED The scope of Tim Pat Coogan’s latest book Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora is like nothing he’s...
MoreChristmas is one of those words that immediately brings thoughts to mind. First, and foremost in these troubled times, is the hope for peace on earth. Hard on the heels of our heartfelt sentiments...
MoreMy mother was an outsider, having grown up in the Colonies – India and Jamaica, owing to the fact that her father, though Irish, was a doctor in the British Army. She married my father, a Tipperary...
MoreThe Cranberries performed to a small audience at the Bowery Ballroom in downtown Manhattan on August 22 to promote their new CD Wake Up and Smell the Coffee. Less than a month later New York would be...
MoreHow many hours did you spend learning your catechism? Could you still answer your questions and...
On September 4 Collier Wimmer of Winston-Salem, North Carolina turned nine. On September 11 she was...
After seven years, actress/model/producer Elizabeth Hurley will be sharing the commercial spotlight...
In October Avon announced that it would donate the largest single corporate foundation gift ever...
The Murphy family business, which originated in 1939 with Margaret Murphy of Ballybofey, Co....
Hat designer and IA covergirl Marie Galvin joined the 7th Anniversary Gen Art’s Fresh Faces...
“Will you hold my hand?” asked Lauren Murphy as she braced herself to greet her...
Everyone knows where they were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when the horrific news broke. I was...
Award-winning host for Ireland’s best Anchor of a News Magazine Show, Siobhan Cleary is...
Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition, Margie McHugh has build a coalition of...
Elizabeth Frances Martin talks to artist Elizabeth O’Reilly. ℘℘℘ “At first, it...
On November 14, Town Hall, New York City will be lit up with stars of the Abbey Theater and RTE...
Last month “America: A Tribute to Heroes,” the telethon featuring just about everyone...
Enter any bookstore, be it mom and pop or chain retailer, and there are sure to be stacks upon...
On September 21, Irish musician Tom Carroll belted out “America the Beautiful” and...
With the tragedy of September 11 there were smaller cultural casualties too. Set to launch the...
Renowned broadcast journalist, Maria Shriver is know to millions of people who can’t even...
The Irish Immigration Center in Boston is having its annual fundraising awards luncheon on November...
“…We could see them [the Taliban soldiers] setting fire to houses on the hills around...