NEWS
Gov'ts
Officially Announce Deal
THE Irish and U.S. governments have officially unveiled the new extended
J visa deal that will allow a minimum of 20,000 Irish students and recent
graduates to live and work in the U.S. for one year.
New
Visas Are Good News
IRISH business owners and members of the New York GAA are pleased with
the announcement last week by Minister Micheal Martin that 20,000 new
visas will allow young Irish to come to the U.S. legally on an annual
basis for one year.
Gov't
Guarantees Billions for Banks
IN a dramatic move unprecedented in the history of the state, the government
at 7 a.m. Irish time on Tuesday announced it was placing an unlimited
two-year guarantee on all deposits and certain debt in six Irish banks.
Ireland's
Eye: 1 - 7 Oct 2008
Turning Students Away - Internet Racism - Cancer Couple Tragedy - No
to Underage Drinking - Smoke Out
Irish
Voice Classifieds
ENTERTAINMENT
In
the Name of Catholicism
In her new book Being Catholic Now, activist Kerry Kennedy interviews
37 prominent Catholics (many of them Irish American) to discover what
being Catholic means to this generation of followers. Kennedy tells
CAHIR O'DOHERTY how her faith as a Catholic, which she learned as a
child in the center of America's royal family, has carried her through
all the heartbreak that have haunted the Kennedys over the years.
Celtic
Thunder Over Manhattan
NEXT week Celtic Thunder, the group of four conspicuously handsome young
Irishmen (and one Scot), will play two concerts at Radio City Music
Hall on October 7 and 8.
HIGH
ON GEARY
OPIUM is an appropriate name for the music of Dublin singer-songwriter
Mark Geary's new album. It's dark, sometimes dangerous, and no less
addictive.
SPORTS
Ireland
Says No to Ireland
STEPHEN Ireland has delivered another hammer blow to Giovanni Trapattoni's
desire to get him back on the international stage, and insisted he doesn't
miss playing for his country.
Duddy
Set for Munoz, Hearns on HBO
THOUGH a proposed November 6 fight in Westbury, Long Island is off,
undefeated Derry native John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) is slated to fight
Michi Munoz (21-2, 14 KOs) at the Roseland Ballroom on either November
13 or November 21.
Irish
American Buys Into Sunderland
IRISH American Ellis Short last week became the fifth American-based
businessman to take a decisive stake in a Premier League football club
in the past two years.
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sports >>>
Niall
O'Dowd: Clinton's Irish Secrets
FORMER President Bill Clinton held a secret unofficial meeting between
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and then Unionist leader David Trimble
at the White House during a St. Patrick's Party at the White House in
1993, according to a new book published this week.
Assurances
for Undocumented
IRISH Foreign Minister Micheal Martin in New York last week gave strong
assurances to the undocumented community that their situation is not
being forgotten by the Irish government.
Cormac
MacConnell: The End of the World
"CORMAC, I'll tell you this, we are coming close to the end of
the world, and the way I'm feeling now the sooner the better...
Ireland
Calling: Yes, It's an Irish Recession
LAST week the figures for the Irish economy for the second quarter
of this year became available. They confirmed what everyone here could
already feel in their bones. Ireland is in recession.
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Visa
Lottery Starts
THE annual DV green card lottery (DV-2010) begins this week on October
2, and concludes on December 1 at noon. As in previous years, applications
can only be lodged electronically through the State Department's DV website.
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