Americans’ First Amendment Right to Know…
Trumps Foreign Treaty Agreements By James J. Cotter III and Eamonn Dornan A recent US Federal Appeals Court decision upholding subpoenas of research by two Boston College scholars into ‘the Troubles’ has grave implications for political stability in Northern Ireland… Continue Reading
A Breach of Promise—Awaiting Verdict on Boston College IRA Tapes
If you would like to read the previous article on this subject click here By Sabina Clarke As of today July 15th, former IRA member, author and journalist Anthony McIntyre, his American wife Carrie Twomey and New York author and… Continue Reading
Should Penn State Football Get the Death Penalty?
By Coleman Clarke The NCAA should investigate their options and use whatever legal means necessary to devise a punishment for the Penn State Football Program. The question now is what the penalty should be for the school since it is… Continue Reading
Commodore John Barry 250 Mile Solo Run From Manhattan to Annapolis
Tom McGrath, a world-renowned long distance endurance runner and a Hibernian has agreed to run from Midtown Manhattan to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to raise funds and awareness for the proposed Monument to Commodore John Barry at… Continue Reading
Requiescat in Pace, Lennox Barnes (2005-2012)
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
Philadelphia Social Worker Is Finalist in Rose of Tralee Competition
Photo © Katharine Gilbert Havertown resident Elizabeth Spellman, the Philadelphia Rose of Tralee, a 27-year-old social worker at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia will return to Ireland in August to compete in the finals of The Rose of Tralee International… Continue Reading
The Story of Elizabeth McMenamin
From County Mayo to Philadelphia, to San Francisco, to Waikiki, to Vladivostok, to Pearl Harbor By Susan Haggerty from the research of Margaret McMenamin–O’Byrne and Sean McMenamin, grand niece and nephew of Elizabeth McMenamin. The harvest was the worst since the Great Famine and… Continue Reading
The Day of the Rope 2012
Photo Above: Msgr. Francis A. Carbine (right) is with Father Patrick Gallen Schoenauer and Father John McFadden. Photo | Victor Izzo By Msgr. Francis A. Carbine I never imagined that I would celebrate Mass inside a cellblock in a prison presided… Continue Reading
Nun Attack—Nothing New
By Marian Ronan A person might conclude from recent media coverage of Roman Catholic officials cracking down on US Catholic Sisters that this sort of thing is unheard of. I’m thinking particularly of the Vatican’s condemnation earlier this month of… Continue Reading