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...Organized by the Irish embassy in conjunction with the local Dongcheng District government, the parade was small but significant. Doubling back twice in fifteen minutes over a two-block stretch near the Forbidden City, participation was limited to 200 people due to security concerns surrounding the nearby session of the National People's Congress. Roach walked at its head, alongside Ireland's ambassador to China, Declan Kelleher; a traditional bagpiper; and County-cork born Beijing local Shane O'Neill, whose leprechaun costume purchased at a Dublin shop came complete with a false belly. The trailing marchers included members...
...friendly green groups - Krupp and his collaborator Miriam Horn traveled the U.S., meeting the scientists, venture capitalists and dreamers inventing new and better ways to use energy. (Listen to Krupp talk about climate policy in the U.S. and a zero-carbon future on Greencast.) That includes characters like the Irish-born Conrad Burke, the charismatic CEO of the young solar company Innovalight; or Alla Weinstein, a Russian immigrant who wants to bring tidal energy to the Pacific Northwest. Touring the best ideas in solar, wind and geothermal power, biofuels, even clean fossil fuels, Krupp does what might seem impossible...
...refl ectedin his eagerness to explore and createnew forms of music.For O’Connor, an important aspectof American music is its diversity.In his talk, he noted that the effects ofthe melting pot can be found in Americanmusic, citing the example of Appalachianfi ddle music that evolvedfrom both Irish roots and the work ofAfrican-American slaves. This blendingof inspiration is what O’Connorrefers to as cross-pollination, a fusionof genres that he believes is necessary ina musician’s development of a uniqueand new style. O’Connor embraces allforms of American music, composingand recording...
Most Holy Father, I write to thank you for allowing the Irish bishops to move the feast of St. Patrick to March 15. March 17, as you know, falls on Holy Monday this year. Obviously, it would be a tragedy if the most cherished holiday of the Irish—first among all the nations of Christendom—were cancelled. St. Patrick did the Church a great service by bringing the Irish—the stalwart Irish, the high-minded Irish, the brave, the creative, the swarthy and attractive and fine-smelling Irish—into the fold...
...Irish and Italian politicians, angered by the Kennedy School’s decision, retaliated by changing the name of the street fronting the school from Boylston St. to John F. Kennedy St. so that the name “Kennedy” would still appear on the school’s stationery, according to The New York Times...