by Sean Farrell Image courtesy of news.cgtn.com. Advice and a Reality Check! Don’t make any plans for 2021. “Normality” is at least another year away, the Covid Virus so embedded and pernicious that ridding humanity of it will require a major global effort. I write in late January as the Corona Virus saga continues but…
By Dick Byrne Image courtesy of “Panoramic Ireland” website. The last time I wrote my column, the dreaded Covid had just taken hold over here in the old country and we were complaining somewhat about the lockdown at the start of the Summer season. I was hoping then that it would be a short emergency…
By Sean Farrell (Editors Note: This was written at end of November for a December issue of The Irish Gazette, which never reached the press because of the virus. Image courtesy of KFGO.com website.) I write as someone from Ireland with deep affection and admiration for the USA and its people. I have lived and…
Empy Street scene in Dublin courtesy Getty images. By Marc Power March in Dublin is a time of optimism. After the long, dark Irish winter we come into a time of longer days, colorful, less rain and of course the March 17th celebration of our national saint….. Patrick himself. This all changed in 2020 with…
by Will Kenny The Republic of Ireland established a public broadcasting service fairly early in its history. Its first government-provided radio channel, 2RN, went on air in 1926. In the early 1960’s the service was briefly renamed Raidió Éireann, but soon changed its name again to become Raidió Teilifís Éireann – more commonly just referred…
Malachy McCourt, co-host with John McDonagh of RADIO FREE EIREANN broadcast weekly on WBAI radio in Brooklyn, will be interviewing Jim Brooks, publisher of THE IRISH GAZETTE, Sunday April 12 at 11 a.m. Central Time. McCourt star of stage and screen and author of several books including his latest, “Death Need not be Fatal”. He…
Image courtesy of the Irish Times. This is an update of Ireland’s fight against the Corona virus. More will be available in the days to come. Taoisearch Leo Varadkar in an address to the Island last night (March 27) announced a strict two- week period of almost a total lockdown in the country’s bid to…
Digital edition of the March 2020 issue of The Irish Gazette …. just tap on the link below to launch. The Irish Gazette Enjoy and HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY and keep a social distance. Jim Brooks Publisher THE IRISH GAZETTE
photo credit: https://www.ireland.com/en-us/articles/galway2020/ Anois teacht an Earraigh, beidh an lá dul chun sine Is tar éis na Féile Bríde árdóigh mé mo sheol Ó chur me im’ cheann e ní stopfhaidh mé coiche Go seasfaidh mé síos i lár connate Mhuigheo I translated it to give the spirit rather than literal. Now comes the spring…
St. Paul St. Pat’s Parade Association’s Distinguished Irish Woman for 2020 The 2020 Distinguished Irish Woman is actually four remarkable local women, Jane, Brigid, Kate and Rita-the McDonald sisters who are mainstays in local activist circles. They have been working on behalf of peace and social justice for the past 50 years. For decades, they…