On July 24, 2022, at Croke Park in Dublin, ‘I found my place again and I belonged’

By John Connolly, Special to Boston Irish
September 21, 2022
John Connolly, Special to Boston Irish

 

 

The Background

Departing from my home in Milltown, Co. Galway, I travelled to Shannon in March 2001 and made my way to Boston for what I thought would be a short enough adventure for around six months. After a series of extensions, I found myself in Boston City Hall working for Mayor Menino’s Arts, Tourism and Special Events department where I was renamed Johnny Cannoli.

Travel, job experience highlighted this J-1’s time in Boston

By Rian Immigrant Center
September 21, 2022
Rian Immigrant Center

When Luke Doyle was presented with the opportunity to complete his third-year placement abroad, he knew he had to take it. Currently a third-year student at the University of Limerick studying International Business, he just finished up his time in Boston on the J-1 Intern visa.

The opportunity to travel as well as further his career drew him to the J-1 visa. It was a once in a lifetime chance, so he had to take it.

What’s going on with DACA? A Rian Q&A

By Rian Immigrant Center
September 21, 2022
Rian Immigrant Center

Q. I saw in the news that the Biden administration proposed a new regulation about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. What happened, and what does it mean for DACA holders as well as people interested in obtaining DACA?

A. On Aug. 24, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed a new regulation in the Federal Register to codify the DACA policy in an attempt to defend it. This rule will take effect on Oct. 31 of this year, or 60 days after its official publication on Aug. 30, 2022.

‘REDRESS’ explores justice for institutional abuses Editors of book of essays meet at BC to plumb the issues

By Boston Irish Newsroom
September 21, 2022
Boston Irish Newsroom

The Boston College Center for Irish Programs was co-host, along with  the BC Center for Human Rights and International Justice, in early September to the American launch of “REDRESS: Ireland’s Institutions and Transitional Justice,” a book of essays based on a 2018 Boston College conference examining the controversy over the Magdalene Laundries and other institutional abuses in Ireland (both North and South).

Cost of living proving to be a killer in Ireland

By Larry Donnelly
September 21, 2022
Larry Donnelly

It is quite depressing, not to mention repetitious, to discuss the staggering rate of inflation in Ireland in this space.  But as I sat down to write, Newstalk radio host Kieran Cuddihy posited that the big question for many people these days, as colder weather approaches, is “How am I going to survive this winter?”  The fear of those already struggling to get by is palpable.  It is the dominant topic of conversation.

The Autumn 2022 edition is here!

By BostonIrish.com Newsroom
September 20, 2022
BostonIrish.com Newsroom

The Autumn/Fall 2022 edition of Boston Irish Magazine is now off the press and in the mail to our paid subscribers. You can find the printed edition in circulation at Irish venues and a limited number of stores throughout the Boston neighborhoods.  Readers are invited to support the publication with a paid subscription - see the link nearby.

A complimentary digital edition is also available to download online -
see the link onscreen at right --------->>>

Tourism Ireland unveils $1mm campaign in Boston; promotes Shannon Airport as gateway to the West

By Maureen Forry-Sorrell
September 18, 2022
Maureen Forry-Sorrell

Shannon Airport Group and Tourism Ireland have recently launched a $1 million marketing campaign to draw American tourists to the Wild Atlantic Way, with daily, non-stop flights to Shannon Airport.

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J-1 Visitor: “Boston Feels like Home but with Better Weather!"

By BostonIrish.com... (not verified)
September 15, 2022

Eoin McGing, a Letterkenny IT graduate, says that if not for the team at the Rian Immigrant Center, he may not be two months into his J-1 visa in Boston. He attributes Jude Clarke’s, Senior Manager of Learning Exchange Programs at Rian, persistence to why he’s currently living in Boston. We were lucky enough to hear this all from Eoin first hand, in our office, our first in-person article interview with an Exchange VIsitor in nearly 3 years.

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