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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ÉAN CONFERENCE 2007 part 1
You can listen to this podcast of our 2007 Éan Seminar, which took place on 1 December in Dublin’s Temple Bar Hotel. We decided to provide a podcast in order to make the event accessible to our members and any interested people around the world. (The link to the podcast is at the bottom of… Continue reading ÉAN CONFERENCE 2007 part 1
ÉAN CONFERENCE 2007 part 2
Session 2: Strengthening ties Moderator: Pascal Mooney Patsy McGarry: “The Irish abroad and the media” Philip Orr: “The experience of Irish soldiers abroad” Noreen Bowden: “Political participation: An international perspective” See the accompanying Powerpoint presentation. Discussion time Paula Lally “The emigration of people at risk” See the accompanying Powerpoint presentation. About our speakers: Patsy McGarry… Continue reading ÉAN CONFERENCE 2007 part 2
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?