NEWS & FEATURES
Ex-Catholic
official denies pressurising lover to have abortion
THE MOTHER of an ex-lover of a former spokesman for the Catholic Church
has told the High Court how he and his mother rushed her daughter into
an abortion.
Manchester
welcomes Taoiseach
MANCHESTER'S Irish community were out in strength when Taoiseach Bertie
Ahern visited the bustling city prior to their upcoming St. Patrick's
Day celebrations.
Family
Seeks Answers from Ahern
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern has been urged to release a
Garda (police) report into the British Army killing of an unarmed Tyrone
GAA fan which has been kept secret for two decades.
Citizenship
rules will not affect the Irish
IMMIGRATION taxes and citizenship tests that could be applied to foreigners
who come to Britain for work or residency will not affect Irish nationals
a Home Office spokesperson has confirmed.
Visitors
told they did kiss the correct Blarney Stone
THE OWNER of Blarney Castle has dismissed sensational claims circulating
throughout the world's media that millions of visitors have been kissing
the wrong stone.
Taoiseach
is accused of being a tax dodger
BERTIE AHERN has been branded a tax dodger after an explosive admission
that he used a political donation for personal use and did not declare
it to the Revenue for 12 years.
Family
Heartbreak After Deportation
IT was a sad morning for the Byrne family of Pearl River, New York when
Eileen Grady Byrne and her five-year-old daughter Mairead had to say
an emotional farewell to husband and father Joe Byrne.
Parents
Plea for Adopted Girl
A GALWAY couple living in Massachusetts who plan to move back to Ireland
later this year have been told that the adoption of their 14-month-old
daughter from Michigan last year may not be recognized in Ireland, thus
making her an illegal alien.
Prez
Contenders Invited to Speak
SENATORS Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain have been invited
to attend the 2008 Irish Presidential Forum in New York this March.
Irish
Queers Press Quinn on March
IRISH Queers, the Irish American gay rights group that protests the
ongoing exclusion of Irish gay groups from the main Fifth Avenue St.
Patrick's Day Parade, in New York have called on City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn to clarify her position regarding the parade.
Idol
Carly Still On Song
IRISH Idol Carly Smithson sailed through the first round of viewer eliminations
on American Idol last Wednesday, February 20, bringing her one step
closer to the prestigious title.
DUP
Slams IRA Tribute
SINN Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) have clashed in their
first public dispute since going into government together.
Irish
Voice Classifieds
ENTERTAINMENT
The
Greening of the Oscars!
WHO, in our humble estimation, stole the show at the Oscars?
Triumphant
Irish stars earn Oscar glory
IT was a night of glory for Ireland at the Oscars in Hollywood this
week.
It's
Okay to Talk, Daniel!
DANIEL Day-Lewis may be the flavor of the month in Hollywood right now
after his Academy Awards success on Sunday night, but the man of the
moment bored me to death for almost an hour the day before he got his
hands on another golden gong.
I'm
no turkey says Dustin as he storms to Eurovision glory
IT'S always been something of a joke. Cheesy songs, strange outfits
and bizarre voting.
Naked
truth on Jordan
With Oscar mania having reached fever pitch at the 80th ceremony in
Hollywood on Sunday, The Irish Post speaks to acclaimed Irish director
Neil Jordan, who picked up one of the coveted statuettes in 1993 for
the screenplay of his movie The Crying Game.
Fully Farrell
In the comedy Semi-Pro, opening nationwide this Friday, Irish American
funnyman Will Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, the one-hit wonder singer who's
also owner and coach of the fictional Flint, Michigan basketball team
The Tropics.
Let
The Fureys entertain you
If you've had a hard week, the boss has been a tyrant or the strain
of everyday life is taking its toll why not relax with The Fureys -
who promise to take the strain away on their 30th anniversary tour.
Kyron
takes a walk on the wild side
Co. Dublin-born Kyron Bourke talks to Tom Fitzpatrick about his latest
journey into the world of music.
Get
into Irish history
IRELAND History Month is launched in Leeds on Sunday, March 2 at the
Carriageworks Theatre in Millennium Square.
Thunder
Versus Kings
IT wasn't that long ago that we all grabbed our popcorn and watched
the ringside seats during the Battle of the Irish Boy Bands in the nineties.
SPORTS
Three-in-a-row
will put the Kingdom in heaven
Some people are born to be managers and while Kerry boss PAT O'SHEA
had a highly-successful club career with Dr. Crokes it was inevitable
that he would one day lead his county on the big stage.
You
know you're a heart and soul GAA man when:
How
Chippy Brady caught fire
Liam Brady was at the peak of his career in the late '70s. Idolised
by the fans, he was considered the saviour of Arsenal and he was the
inspiration behind their FA Cup final victory over Manchester United
in 1979.
Exiles
look to continue winning run
London Irish will be aiming to score their seventh win in a row when
fifth-placed Saracens visit the Madejski Stadium this Saturday.
Finally,
Irish Win in a Romp
SATURDAYS don't come much better than this for Eddie O'Sullivan as his
50th win in charge of Ireland was marked by a five try romp over the
Scots, and was then followed by an England victory in Paris that throws
the Six Nations title race wide open.
Duddy
Cut Out of June Title Shot
JOHN Duddy won a majority decision against Walid Smichet on Saturday
night at Madison Square Garden in one of the most disappointing performances
of the Derry middleweight's professional career.
Strachan:
McGeady Not for Sale
CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan has insisted he has no intention of selling
Irish winger Aiden McGeady in the summer after Newcastle United joined
the list of Premiership clubs chasing the youngster.
Murphy Back in the Frame
GEORDAN Murphy hopes his Croke Park heroics against Scotland have handed
Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan a selection headache for the visit of
Wales in a Triple Crown showdown on Saturday, March 8.
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IRISH AMERICA MAGAZINE
She
Writes What She Knows
More than any other writer over the past quarter century, Alice McDermott
has chronicled the joys and tragedies of Irish-American families. Interview
by Chuck Leddy .
Quote
Unquote
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor - Jamie Raab - Jim Flaherty - Niall O'Dowd
- Ian Paisley.
Ireland
Conquers The World
Pining for a pint of stout, an earful of blarney, and a toe-tapping
fiddle tune but find yourself far removed from the Emerald Isle? Fret
not. Edythe Preet has the answer.
 GET
THE CRAIC with Ian Dempsey
It has been a very musical week for Ireland!
Glen Hansard scooped an Oscar for 'Best Original Song' at the Oscars,
Dustin squawked his way through Eurosong and won! Ronnie Drew is back
in the charts and the line-up for Oxegen 2008 keeps getting better!
All this and a lot more on this weeks Craic with Ian Dempsey. Get us
at www.getthecraic.com
or on iTunes
Brought to you in association with IrishAbroad.com
Hillary
Battles On
THE bell tolled for John Lennon one awful night outside the Dakota co-op
building in New York on December 8, 1980 when Mark Chapman shot him
dead.
Joe
Giltrap : Call time on binge drinking epidemic
BINGE drinking and the problems that go with it have been filling
the newspapers in recent weeks.
Ken's
achievements outweigh his flaws
Ken Livingstone has been a friend of the Irish in London as the city's
Mayor. But will he be returned to power in the forthcoming elections?
PAUL DONOVAN sums up the battle.
Joe
Horgan : Human cost holds no value anymore
THERE is one guiding principle about the market economics that Ireland
has embraced so completely and that is that money does what it wants.
Editorial
: Ahern and the Undocumented
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern recently gave an interview
to Irish television in which he talked about what a great honor it
will be to give an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress
on April 30.
Cormac
MacConnell: Saying Goodbye to a Friend
IT'S a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the other Boston. That is the
one that is behind the melting marshmallow shape of the sacred mountain
of Mullaghmore in the Burren of Clare.
John
Spain: Who's the Turkey Then?
AT times here last week it was hard to know who was the turkey, Taoiseach
(Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern or the glove puppet chosen as the Irish
entry for the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
The
Irish 'Saint' of New Immigrants
REVEREND Paul Jervis was born in Guyana, and now administers a Roman
Catholic Church located on the hardscrabble streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant,
Brooklyn. Jervis and St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church serve
a diverse array of immigrant and African American parishioners.
 Missing
Green Card
"I'M originally from Ireland. In 2004 my husband and I moved to New
York after winning visas via the green card lottery. We stayed for about
a year and a half and decided to move back home in 2005 when I became
pregnant...."
TRAVEL
Corkers
of towns
MALCOLM ROGERS looks at two of Cork's finest towns — Skibbereen
and Ballydehob.
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