Author: Noreen Bowden

The Forgotten Irish campaign of the Irish Fund of Great Britain is currently accepting applications from charity groups working with the vulnerable and elderly Irish in the UK. The funding is meant to benefit those among the Irish community who emigrated in the decades following World War II, who worked hard and are now “living… Continue reading Ireland Fund of GB accepting Forgotten Irish grant apps

Senator Barack Obama’s comments on the possibility that he would consult with the Taoiseach, the British Prime Minister and Northern Irish leaders to determine whether a US envoy to Northern Ireland is still necessary have attracted much controversy. But his recent comments on Irish issues were not confined to the North. The comments were published… Continue reading Obama statement calls for path to citizenship

The proposed New York Irish Center would contribute to an indigenous Irish-American culture while providing a space for Irish business and social life in the city, says the visionary behind the project, actor Gabriel Byrne. Bryne says that the idea for a such a centre came to him as he considered the fact that there… Continue reading NY Irish Center would be “temple on the hill”

An article in the Irish Independent aims at unpacking some of the information contained in the emigration statistics that have been published in recent days. The CSO’s recently published figures, which say that 45,000 people emigrated in the year ending April 2008, do not go into detail on the nationality of the emigrants. Indo columnist… Continue reading Columnist tackles emigration stats

Ean is conducting a strategic planning process, and as part of that, we’re asking our members and web users for a bit of feedback on how we can serve you better. Answer our web users survey! If you’re a member, you should have received our members’ questionnaire in your inbox already.  In case you haven’t… Continue reading Answer our survey questions!

The story of the 500 Irish soldiers of the San Patricio Batillion, who left the US army to fight for Mexico in the Mexican-American war, will be told in a one-man show to be premiered in Dublin in November. The San Patricios are still revered in Mexico, while largely forgotten in the US. They were… Continue reading Drama tells story of San Patricios: Tallaght, November