In the latest edition of the Ean newsletter, we focus on returning gay emigrants and the potential impact of civil partnerships in enabling them to return. We also take a look at the implications of the upcoming shut-down of RTE’s medium-wave services. Plus there’s the usual roundup of news and events – and as always,… Continue reading Latest Ean newsletter published
Author: Noreen Bowden
Irishman’s death related to his undocumented status?
A Boston journalist has written a moving tribute to an undocumented immigrant who died in the US city at the age of 33. Kevin Cullen says, “Eddie Treacy lived in the shadows and died in his bed, the covers pulled up, his lungs full of fluid.” The Athenry native had arrived in Dorchester eight years… Continue reading Irishman’s death related to his undocumented status?
New influx into US, say centres
Irish immigration centres in the US are reporting that there has been an increase in new arrivals from Ireland, according to a report in last week’s Irish Voice newspaper. The paper interviewed Irish centres in Boston, New York, and San Francisco, and all have reported a rise in the number of recently arrived people seeking… Continue reading New influx into US, say centres
Children and migration: Cork, April 2008
The Marie Curie Migrant Children Research team at the Department of Geography, University College Cork will host “Children and Migration: identities, mobilities, and belonging(s)” from April 9 to 11, 2008. Organisers are aiming to provide an integrated and interdisciplinary forum for discussion of recent research and policy developments from a wide range of perspectives, with… Continue reading Children and migration: Cork, April 2008
Irish immigrant in NY fights extradition
A County Louth native is fighting extradition from the US. Joe Byrne, a resident of Pearl River, New York, is facing an extradition warrant filed by the Director of Public Prosecution in Ireland. Authorities there allege he was involved in two robberies over ten years ago. Mr Byrne was questioned by gardai in 1997 over… Continue reading Irish immigrant in NY fights extradition
New Zealand: Nations, Diasporas, Identities. March 2008
Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand will host a conference called “Nations, Diasporas, Identities” from March 27 to 30, 2008. The conference will look at the notion of diaspora and identity as set against the backdrop of political and economic events in Scotland and Ireland, as well as increasing assertion of Irish and Scottish identities… Continue reading New Zealand: Nations, Diasporas, Identities. March 2008