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McGahern is one of Ireland’s most prominent contemporary writers, claiming an accompanying slew of awards and visiting fellowships. Most of his novels unfold in Irish villages, the sort of quiet rural places where one generation stays and tends the farm while the children leave to make a life in a faraway city. Don’t expect quaintness though: the villages are as modern-minded as Dublin or London. There is a lot of “post-” to the small lakeside village of By the Lake: post-World War II, post-migration, post...
Connerly pointed to his own grandchildren as an example; Connerly said they are part Irish, French-Canadian, Choctaw Indian and African...
...Kelly reminds me of any modern star, it?s George Clooney: a rugged Irish-American, an intense competitor, a man?s man most at ease with other man?s men. That was certainly true of the on-screen Gene, with the manly bonding of "On the Town," "Fair Weather" and "The Three Musketeers." Says Andre Previn, who wrote the "Fair Weather" music: "Gene always did like to have a trio, himself and two other men, two other fellas for him to play off, who could dance and sing - if possible, not quite as well...
...real reason we haven't had intelligent, caring measures is because we haven't had the political will to do it," says Irish Examiner columnist and "Yes" campaigner Rónán Mullen. That may be changing. Though consensus on abortion itself may be impossible, everyone wants to reduce the abortion rate, and common ground can be found on preventive measures. "It's in everyone's interests," says pro-amendment independent Deputy Mildred Fox. She says that one step has already been taken, with the launch of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency, set up by the Department of Health...
...people will have to show a desire to do more as well. "We have a strong tradition of wibbling around things," says Sherie de Burgh, director of counseling services at the Irish Family Planning Association. "We need to recognize the reality of abortion." This is matter of life and death, for women, for families, for Irish society - and it's not just going to go away...