Astoria Characters: The Octogenarian Activists
On the emerald green front door of Stanley and Kathleen Rygor's 1890 cottage, there's a Claddagh knocker whose well-worn brass shows that it's no stranger to visitors.
On the emerald green front door of Stanley and Kathleen Rygor's 1890 cottage, there's a Claddagh knocker whose well-worn brass shows that it's no stranger to visitors.
When Lord Henry is not booking international bands to perform on his front lawn or managing the castle, you can find him and his son in the cellar creating Irish whiskey.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the poster for Turning Green lies. It showcases Tim Hutton, Colm Meaney, and Allesandro Nivola, but while they'...
By Joelle Fiss Human RIghts First Pennoyer Fellow BRUSSELS, October 3, 2009 - "This is a day of celebration for Ireland and for Europe", chuckled for...
May is a genuine throwback, a sexy seductress who'll knock you out just as quickly with her dynamite voice as her sultry looks.
ShannonWatch, a group of a dozen or so peace activists led by a former Irish commandant and peacekeeper, scrutinizes the commercial and military planes that pass through Ireland to bring troops and hardware to Afghanistan.
As campaigns in the US for marriage equality gear up -- notably Maine, Washington State and Washington, DC, -- Marriage Equality Ireland has launched this sweet ad, Sinead's Hand.
Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.
Domestic issues pervaded Teddy's mission, but also his image at home. However, he was intensely interested and engaged in world matters.
I wonder if the Secretary of State might wish to have discussions with the Secretary of Director of Immigration and Citizenship about how to treat Nobel Peace Laureates, unless, because of her outspoken criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians, the treatment Maguire got was exactly what the Obama administration wants her to have.
Vin Scully, if he is as decent a man as I think he is, must know that the Dodgers' flight from Brooklyn for 300 acres of central Los Angeles was a shameful maneuver.
I Sell the Dead has pretty much nothing going for it except a neat cast, plus the visual inventiveness and sheer, audacious wit of its director, Mr. McQuaid. Fortunately, that's more than enough.
It's hard for any foreigner to believe that President Obama has quietly acquiesced to the marketing and machinations of Big Coal.
According to the Irish government, it's not merely a good idea to crack down on offending the sensibilities of the religious, it's constitutionally required.
The success of Angela's Ashes taught us that the most popular stories that seem to resonate with readers and spur new and positive changes are often the true ones.
The salient and problematic underlying political reality is that it climate change the culmination of longstanding processes of colonization and realpolitik.
Hell had come to Omagh and only the victims would be ordered to pay. Until now.
Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.
The recession is the perfect opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to invest and put America back on the path to prosperity.
On a lonely hill outside the small town of Cobh, Ireland (pronounced: "cove"), is a mass grave marked by three somber headstones. As mass graves go, ...
If, as you said at the D.C. Hilton this weekend, you and Congress serve at "the pleasure of the American people," then you must bring our troops home. That is the people's desire, and that must be our elected leaders' objective.