by Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew Many of you may have read by now of the sad fate of Lennox, a Labrador-bull dog mix, who had the misfortune to look like a pit bull “type.” Pit bulls have been banned in the United Kingdom, and… Continue Reading
By Liam Cassin For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Irish Open golf tournament will be held in Northern Ireland this year. The decision was made by the European Tour in January that the Open will take place… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke On a picture-perfect day for a parade, Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Fein’s Minister for Agriculture in the North and a passionate advocate of social issues and rural regeneration, was the honored guest. O’Neill, who was elected to the… Continue Reading
By Barbara Nolan The box full of 2,700-year old dust was quite full, brimming with a golden-looking powdery substance. Its appearance was quite fitting, since it came from drinking vessels inside the tomb of the legendary King Midas (or perhaps… Continue Reading
Chicago resident Barbara Blaine, President of SNAP and herself a victim of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest in Toledo, Ohio was present at the February 13th demonstration outside the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in downtown Philadelphia. About… Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: The following book review/ interview with Roy Bourgeois appeared in three parts in the Irish Edition (Dec., Jan., Feb 2010)—prior to the latest news that Roy Bourgeois is now being threatened with removal from the Maryknoll Order by… Continue Reading
By Frank Dougherty Northeast Catholic High School for Boys in Frankford, which at one point in its 84-year history had the largest male student body of any Catholic high school in the world, held its final graduation ceremony early last… Continue Reading
By Barrie Maguire Painting is always stressful, but painting Seamus Heaney taught me the meaning of the word. All of my previous Irish Writer paintings, eleven of them, had been of deceased giants of Irish Literature, from Joyce to Yeats,… Continue Reading
By Sabina Clarke An absolutely spectacular exhibition, Seven Deadly Sins, by renowned artist Jamie Wyeth, son of recently deceased Chadds Ford artist Andrew Wyeth and grandson of the famous artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth, is on display at Brandywine River… Continue Reading