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Membership in the European Union has been good for Ireland, and July 1 gave Ireland the opportunity to say thanks in the way it knows best: a rip-roaring day of [...]

Michael D. Higgins is regarded in his native Ireland as an eccentric, a wispy, white-haired, 54 year old, hip, academic, and free-thinking poet, whose passionate love of literature, involvement in [...]

A letter to the editor is presented in response to articles in the magazine's October 2016 issue topics include the reader's road trip in their motorhome, a Bessacarr E645, nicknamed Bessie, drawbacks of continental van conversions, and escorted motorhome tours.

The companies of the Lincoln Financial Group experienced sales declines in line with the industry, but its MoneyGuard UL/ LTC combo product experienced 30% growth last year, according to Mike [...]

As a car-nut kid in the 1960s, my interests were MGAs, Sunbeams, and Spitfires ("Classic: Soichiro's Jewel"). The musclecar era was just blossoming and friends thought I was out of […]

In the excerpts from the Aspen Ideas Festival (October Atlantic), the historian David M. Kennedy is quoted as follows: 'Another asymmetry of very troubling proportions, it seems to me, is [...]

In his letter (April issue), Rudy Kernohan chastised the church for ignoring the suffering caused by HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. In 2003, we travelled to Malawi to witness the [...]

Mike Burns, the creative director of Ottawa-based Fuel Industries, presents his critical appraisals of four recently developed or revamped Canadian Web sites.

The story of the railway in Ireland is one of rapid development in the nineteenth century followed by decline, consolidation, and renewal in the twentieth century. It began on December [...]

It is once more into the breach for Irish voters later this month as the country reruns the June 2001 referendum on ratification of the European Union's Nice Treaty, which [...]

Recently married and new homeowners, my wife and I wanted to get started on building a new deck. The first step was to dig the footings. My father (my chief […]

In early January, my former broadcasting colleague Tommie Gorman went on the air with a remarkable television documentary--not on the usual detail of latest developments within the EU where he [...]

Given the island's history, and the Irish Republic's turbulent birth in the early decades of the past century, it's perhaps not surprising that internal security matters have always loomed large [...]

His boyhood dream was to play center forward for Manchester City, the English professional soccer club. Instead, at thirty-eight, he heads Europe's largest and most successful low-fare airline, with a [...]

The article recounts the emergency operational response of the Chicago Fire Department to a fire incident involving a building with door and window guard systems at West Lexington Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 31, 2019. Topics discussed include initial response which included Truck 26 under the command of Lieutenant Jim Pascalo, description of how the team handled the door and window guard systems, and the manner by which the team had overcome obstacles due to experience and training.

Take a Victorian castle in the heartland of Ireland's lush bloodstock country. Take a Hollywood icon. Add a dash of gourmet salad dressing and salsa dips and a multimillion dollar [...]

Perhaps it is Prime Minister Tony Blair's illustration of money-saving 'downsizing' or part of the inevitable British Foreign Office cutbacks resulting from the Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland. [...]

Admittedly, it happened in the journalistic silly season, but editorials in two national newspapers and the type of treatment usually reserved for presidential obituaries seemed to be going a little [...]

The bookjacket note is very brief: 'Marian Keyes lives in Dublin after nine years of working in London. She began writing short stories in September, 1993. Her first novel, Watermelon, [...]

Anyone who has experienced the questionable delights of an Irish bar on a wet afternoon can help set the scene: Customer 1: 'Haven't seen you around for a few days. [...]

The humble potato, once the staple diet for millions of Irish people, is rapidly losing its premier position as the country's preferred starch. Ireland's increasingly wealthy citizens, with a growing [...]

It took four days of counting votes - including a number of constituency recounts to finally decide the outcome of the June 6 general election in the Irish Republic. When [...]

It has already been hailed as the start of 'a new era for public transport in the nation's capital the biggest and boldest public transport project since the foundation of [...]

The article features creative individuals from Japan and their choices of the best icons for 2012. Actor Kenta Nikura chose American actor Johnny Depp for his independence, unique style and attitude. Model Bryan Butcher's favorite icon is singer Sebastien Tellier whose music Butcher claims is dreamy and romantic. Jimi Hendrix is the icon choice of event planner Shintaro Nagamine because he believes that Hendrix style never gets old.

Photographs of creative young people from Tokyo, Japan posing as their favorite pop culture icon are presented, which include student organizer Hiroki Shimoozato posing as musician Pete Doherty, fashion consultant Minami Jinnouchi as Cat Power, and graphic designer Mai Maimu as Xavier Rosnay.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Declaring Victory," by James Fallow in the September 2006 issue, "When North Korea Falls," by Robert Kaplan in the October 2006 issue and "Where the Brains Are," by Richard Florida in the October 2006 issue.

Features Dublin, the capital of Ireland. History of Dublin; Estimated number of visitors to the capital in 1999; Several events that happened in 1900; Profile of James Joyce, a writer from Dublin; Galleries and museums in Dublin.

Interviews Irish Republic's ninth prime minister and leader of political party Fianna Fail Albert Reynolds. Personal objectives; Opinion on the declaration as a historic document; Comment on the slow reaction to the declaration by Sinn Fein/IRA; Down-the-road peace dividend for Ireland; Importance of United States investment.

Reports on the terrorist activities in Northern Ireland. British Defense Secretary Malcolm Rifkind's visit in Northern Ireland. Enlistment of 18,000 soldiers for security duties; Cost of maintaining support for Northern Ireland; Beginning of civil and religious strife in the 1960s. INSETS: A long history.;Tourism blossoms..

Interviews Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. Purpose of Ahern's visit to China in 1998; His views on the effects and benefits of a single European currency; His explanations on the Irish peace process.

The author discusses his approach to watercolor painting of old houses and buildings with an illustration using his work "Requiescat." Before painting, he visits the location of the subject to gather important record of it including its detail. In painting, he uses one-fourth-inch Upson board instead of watercolor paper because it is thicker and dries faster. He prefers to draw the subject on tracing paper and transfer it to the Upson board panel after making some corrections. He believes that patience is an important aspect to his type of painting.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues include "Classic: Soichiro's Jewel," "The King is Dead" and "The World According to Lee."