Violinist born in Northern Ireland, raised in England, calls Woodland home
Naomi Rogers-Hefley does not remember learning how to play the violin, but could not imagine her life without it. "I didn't know how lucky I was until later," she said. "I read music before words." Daughter of a concert pianist and a soprano, Rogers-Hefley ...
French commissioner could raise issues for Ireland’s corporate tax regime
Jean-Claude Juncker had promised “some surprises” when he announced the allocation of commission portfolios yesterday. He did not disappoint. The appointment of Phil Hogan as agriculture commissioner was one of the few certainties in the hours before ...
Independent Scotland footloose but not EU-free
EUROPEAN UNION Independent Scotland footloose but not EU-free If Scotland breaks away from the United Kingdom, it will remain part of the European Union. That's what Alyn Smith, a Scottish member of the European Parliament, contends. But will those plans work? DW: You have been a member of the Europ ...
IRISH WIT AND WISDOM
My March 16 column “ Did wit or luck of Irish prevail?” might’ve given the impression I’m anti-Irish so I hasten to prove I know the Emerald Isle has contributed much greatness to the world especially its own peculiar philosophy. Yet, even the Irish are prone to poking fun at themselves. For example ...
CNA #3 World News
1. Meet the Kurdish Women Fighting ISIS in Syria As ISIS continues to seize land and inflict terror with their claim of a new cross-border caliphate, several thousand Kurdish women are choosing to fight back, enlisting in the Women’s Protection Unit, or YPJ, which sprung from the wider Kurdish resis ...
The Alex Salmond Delusion
The Illusion of Independence As we now enter the home straight in Scotland's long drawn out countdown to the Independence referendum on September 18th we are set to hear much sententious talk about 'momentous decisions' and the 'greatest constitutional decision the people have ever been asked.' This ...
Christina Makes the Bookish Rounds (55)
Christina Makes the Bookish Rounds is a feature that will let you know about recent MG/YA/NA book related news. I'll post about articles from the publishing industry, cover reveals, discussions from fellow bloggers, the latest tv/movie news, and giveaways that you're hosting. If you would like to fo ...
On The Massive Signal Failure In European Markets
European financial markets are still "partying their heads off," notes Punk Economics' David McWilliams, as even countries like Italy, Spain, Greece, and Ireland "are issuing more and more IOUs at lower and lower interest rates, " as investors "drunk on years of easy profits, seem to think that risk ...
The Russian revelation
When Daniel Marovitz sought an offshore partner, he scanned the globe. "We talked about Canada, Ireland and low-cost locations in the United Kingdom. But it really came down to India and Russia," said Marovitz, chief technology officer for global banking at Deutsche Bank's investment banking unit, i ...
Irish Records Online
Ireland Genealogy Projects has put online a national list of school teachers for the 1873-1874 school year. The list is organized by region and then alphabetically by the name of the teacher. The list also includes monitors, who were senior students aged 12 to 18 that assisted the teacher. Many moni ...
Typewriter Update
Méarchlár Gaelach According to Eddie McIlwaine, writing this week in the Belfast Telegraph in Northern Ireland (a newspaper to which I once contributed rugby notes), Tom Hanks is on a quest to find a Gaelic language keyboard typewriter. McIlwaine said "Hanks' obsession with typewriters [was] explain ...
スコットランド住民投票が浮き彫りにした英「連合王国」の亀裂
英北部スコットランド（Scotland）は分離独立を選ぶのか、それとも英国にとどまるのか──18日に行われる住民投票の行方に注目が集まるなか、英国内の他の地域でも「自治」と「国のあり方」をめぐる議論が活発化している。 スコットランドとともに連合王国を形成する北アイルランド（Northern Ireland）やウェールズ（Wales）はもちろん、連合王国の中心をなすイングランド（England）の中でもコーンワル（Cornwall ）州やヨークシャー（Yorkshire）州などで、長年くすぶってきたロンドン（London）の中央政府による支配に対する反発が勢いを増している。 「（スコットランド ...
