Word: irishness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...more than 1,000 of her compatriots converged on Dublin's Temple Bar district to attend an annual fund raiser for children's hospitals in Poland. The event took place at one of Ireland's best-known concert venues, adorned with posters of Van Morrison and U2. Polish and Irish performers shared the stage as young Poles swilled Guinness and inducted their Irish friends into the delights of Bison Grass Vodka...
Later in a pub, Izabela Chudzicka, the former bank clerk, talks about the fund raiser, which she's helped to organize in the past. In an accent betraying a hint of an Irish brogue, she says the Poles and the Irish have a lot in common. "We socialize in the same way. We know how to talk to each other. We understand each other's sense of humor. It's great...
...Ireland. And although politicians and media in those countries warned that an influx of workers from Eastern Europe would undermine local economies, steal jobs and bankrupt the welfare system, the impact has been quite different. Polish migrants like Chudzicka have integrated seamlessly: 75%, in one survey, said the Irish have "made them feel welcome...
...might, for there is no evidence that incoming workers have systematically displaced locals or stolen their jobs. Unemployment is higher in France, from which Poles were turned away, than in Britain where they were welcomed. The jobless rate in Ireland is just 4.5%, and job vacancy rates reported by Irish businesses in the past two years have actually risen, from 11% to 17%. The positions migrants are filling, economists say, are either ones that locals don't want, or new positions altogether. In fact, the infusion of educated labor drove growth in host countries' most dynamic sectors. Chudzicka arrived with...
...member of Harvard Kung Fu, who prepared a vegetarian menu including baby corn and tofu in a mango sauce. “We’ve been cooking since noon.” While many groups chose to outsource their cooking, the members of the Irish-American Society rolled up their own sleeves and took to the kitchens of Eliot dining hall. From their hearty raisin-studded soda bread to their traditional blackberry potato pancakes dusted with powdered sugar, the dishes exuded the comfort of fireside warmth. Beef patties at the Harvard Caribbean Club and cannoli at the Harvard Italian...