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Ireland

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    Irish Queers Protest At St. Patrick's Day Parade

    As the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue today, an annual protest will take place. The group Irish Queers will call out the NYPD's participation in the event, which they say on their website "was redesigned so that anti-gay bigots could parade using the church's special right t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    Why Irish (Ex-Scientologist) Eyes are Smiling

    We have a St. Patrick's Day special report for you today, and we hope it's early enough in the day that half our readers aren't soused already. This week, yet another story about how badly Scientology is faring in Ireland reached us as the Irish Examiner reported that the mission in Dublin is exist ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 28, 2011

    TRACKING DEVICE

    New works from around the world

  • Voice Choices

    December 21, 2011

    LUCK OF THE IRISH

    The hit indie film Once moves Off-Broadway

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Celebrate Bloomsday in NYC, Get Drunk For Free

    ​James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses is set on Thursday, June 16th in Dublin, Ireland, and every year since 1954, literary nerds around the world have gathered together to celebrate Bloomsday. The holiday is named for the novel's protagonist, Leopold Bloom. Typical celebrations of Bloomsday have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Grimsvotn Volcano Eruption Forces Barack Obama to Leave Ireland Early

    ​An Icelandic volcano called Grimsvotn (so much easier to say than that other Icelandic volcano) about 120 miles east of Reykjavik has been erupting since Saturday, with ash now approaching Scotland and Ireland, where Barack Obama and co. are visiting. This means they'll leave Ireland tonight, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    England and Ireland Are Friends Again!

    ​It's been 100 years since a British royal set foot upon the Republic of Ireland -- in 1911 King George V spent 6 days in Dublin -- but the Queen of England is taking that leap because the longstanding bad blood between the two countries has started to seem a bit silly, and what were they figh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Yellow Tail Sues Little Roo For Marsupial Label; Aussies Create First Space Beer

    ​The producer of Yellow Tail, the country's best-selling imported wine, is suing the maker of Little Roo for trademark infringement. Apparently, Little Roo's kangaroo logo is too similar to Yellow Tail's wallaby. [Wall Street Journal] Ireland's struggling economy has devastated sales of Guinn ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2011

    DO THE TWIST

    The impossible feats of Circa

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2010

    DEEP END

    Take a dive into this existential work

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Confirmed: Happy People Are Nicer; Australians Are the Happiest and Nicest

    If this was a regular sighting, you'd probably be happy too.​Charities Aid Foundation has taken a look at countries doing charitable things -- giving money, helping a stranger, or volunteering time -- and guess where the U.S.A. ranked? Number five. Which is not horrible, but also maybe not as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    $12 Coffee at Café Grumpy; No Kids Allowed at the Empire Room

    ​The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews, a co-founder of Saveur, won the James Beard award for Cookbook of the Year, while Real Cajun by Donald Link took top honors in the U.S. category. [ABC News] The anti-corn syrup movement started in the natural and organic food world, but has n ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 27, 2010

    Rodrigo y Gabriela

    ​The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews, a co-founder of Saveur, won the James Beard award for Cookbook of the Year, while Real Cajun by Donald Link took top honors in the U.S. category. [ABC News] The anti-corn syrup movement started in the natural and organic food world, but has n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Airline Might Charge For Bathroom Visits!

    ​Spirit Airlines just announced a fee for carry-on bags put in the overhead, but now the Dublin-based Ryanair is going several nervy miles above that. They're considering charging people every time they use the bathroom on short flights!

  • Art

    March 24, 2010

    Spring Guide: Grúpat's Irish Oddballs Swoop Into the Chelsea Art Museum

    ​Spirit Airlines just announced a fee for carry-on bags put in the overhead, but now the Dublin-based Ryanair is going several nervy miles above that. They're considering charging people every time they use the bathroom on short flights!

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Why Was Alec Baldwin Rushed To The Hospital?

    ​When Alec Baldwin's 14-year-old daughter Ireland couldn't rouse him late last night, she called 911 and the Emmy winner ended up at the hospital. There was talk of a possible OD, but apparently Alec had simpy taken some sleeping pills. He was released not that long afterward. But questions ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 15, 2009

    Rodrigo y Gabriela

    ​When Alec Baldwin's 14-year-old daughter Ireland couldn't rouse him late last night, she called 911 and the Emmy winner ended up at the hospital. There was talk of a possible OD, but apparently Alec had simpy taken some sleeping pills. He was released not that long afterward. But questions ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 1, 2009

    STREET SMARTS

    Sebastian Barry’s The Pride of Parnell Street

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Popcorn Gets Booze Flavoring

    An enterprising University of Missouri student has created a line of alcohol-flavored popcorn called Pub Corn.[CNN]According to figures from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the cube steak is experiencing a resurgence in popularity.[NY Times]Noting that the Texas and Georgia peanut produc ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 4, 2009

    Voyage for Freedom: A Celebration of Frederick Douglass's Historic Trip to Ireland

    An enterprising University of Missouri student has created a line of alcohol-flavored popcorn called Pub Corn.[CNN]According to figures from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the cube steak is experiencing a resurgence in popularity.[NY Times]Noting that the Texas and Georgia peanut produc ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 11, 2009

    THE LONG REHEARSAL

    Frank McGuinness's Gates of Gold

  • Theater

    December 10, 2008
  • Voice Choices

    November 19, 2008

    IRISH INTRIGUE

    Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter stage a historical musical comedy

  • Voice Choices

    July 2, 2008

    SILENCE IS GOLDEN

    3epkano provides the soundtrack to a silent-film classic

  • Theater

    April 8, 2008

    Talking with Enda Walsh

    Bedbound playwright scripts the new Ireland

  • Voice Choices

    March 11, 2008

    LET’S GET BOLLOXED!

    Three nights of Irish rowdiness with the Pogues

  • News

    March 20, 2007

    Letters

    Three nights of Irish rowdiness with the Pogues

  • NYC Life

    March 7, 2006

    Good Ole Dog

    When Irish eyes are smiling they're probably in Astoria

  • NYC Life

    February 28, 2006

    Who Would Eat Such Tripe?

    Highs and lows of stomach-lining dining

  • Theater

    July 19, 2005

    Fathers and Sons

    Ireland's changed, but Friel's poignant comedy rings true

  • NYC Life

    May 3, 2005

    Yin-Yang on the Bowery; Good Drinks and Yummy Eats Too

    Ireland's changed, but Friel's poignant comedy rings true

  • Film

    March 1, 2005

    Film

    Ireland's changed, but Friel's poignant comedy rings true

  • NYC Life

    February 22, 2005

    Vinegar and Water

    A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

  • Art

    January 18, 2005

    Art

    A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

  • Film

    September 7, 2004

    Film

    A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2004

    Blarney and 'Friends'

    A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    Say What?

    A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

  • NYC Life

    March 9, 2004

    Erin-Go-Bars

    It's forever Sunnyside on Saint Patty's Day

  • Theater

    September 9, 2003

    This Farmer's A Charmer

    Eligible SWM Seeks Hibernian Honey for Pastoral Passion

  • Theater

    February 25, 2003

    Irish Lives and Livers

    From Opposite Sides of a Small Island, Two Small Sad Plays

  • Theater

    November 5, 2002

    Forward in Reverse

    From Opposite Sides of a Small Island, Two Small Sad Plays

  • Theater

    October 15, 2002

    Theater

    From Opposite Sides of a Small Island, Two Small Sad Plays

  • Theater

    January 22, 2002

    Tom Murphy’s Eire Force

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • News

    September 19, 2000

    Sports

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • Film

    April 18, 2000

    I Want It That Way

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • Long Island Voice

    November 23, 1999

    Dual to the death

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • Books

    August 31, 1999

    Don’t Cry for Me Mother Ireland

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • Film

    May 25, 1999

    Eire Apparent

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • Theater

    November 24, 1998

    Pick a Rescue

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • NYC Life

    August 18, 1998

    Bellevue Views

    Railroad apartment in tenement building

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