Ean has published its annual report, detailing its activities over the last year, including work on the curriculum project, assisted holidays, our revamped website. It also includes information on issues affecting emigrants including political participation, radio aimed at the Irish overseas, the undocumented in the US, the Habitual Residence Condition, and more. Read the annual… Continue reading Ean publishes 2007 report
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UCD institute to focus on Diaspora
University College Dublin has announced that the new John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies will focus on changing the way Ireland and the Disapora are understood. UCD officials say the institute will build on Irish diaspora scholarship to achieve a new level of public dialogue within the global Irish community on the meaning Irishness… Continue reading UCD institute to focus on Diaspora
Tradition informs work of Chicago emigrant
A heartwarming tale about an Irish immigrant in Chicago: Paddy Homan, a 32-year-old Cork-born tenor, uses his musical talents to cheer the elderly and disabled clients he visits in his day job as a social worker. “We all love him”, says 91-year-old Lilly Allen in the report, by Judith Graham in a recent issue of… Continue reading Tradition informs work of Chicago emigrant
Irish farmers heading for New Zealand?
A New Zealand real estate business is targeting potential Irish buyers for rural properties, particularly farmers who are interested in moving. Bayleys Canterbury director Shane O’Brien says that Irish farmers are looking toward New Zealand because they see farming in Ireland as unsustainable long term. Instead they are looking to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.… Continue reading Irish farmers heading for New Zealand?
Awards system would include Diaspora
The Taoiseach is considering an honours system that would formally recognise outstanding achievements by Irish citizens. The proposed system was discussed in Question Time in the Dail yesterday. The Taoiseach said that the Irish abroad would be eligible under his proposed system: The system should be capable of applying to citizens, the diaspora and others… Continue reading Awards system would include Diaspora
ILIR leader takes aim at critic
The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform has taken a strong stance against views expressed last week in an Irish Times article by US-Ireland Alliance director Trina Vargo that campaigners should not seek a bilateral agreement to regularise the status of the Irish in the US. In today’s Irish Times, Irish-American publisher Niall O’Dowd, who heads… Continue reading ILIR leader takes aim at critic