Kerry O'Shea

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Tribute unveiled for Irish American mom killed in New York murder-suicide

1 day ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

A "living tribute" to Arlene Connolly-O'Neill, the Irish American mom who was killed in a murder-suicide in October, has been unveiled at the Yonkers elementary school where she taught. The Eastchester Police Department shared photos from the June 3 unveiling of the tribute at Anne Hutchinson Elementary School, where Connolly-O'Neill had taught for more than two decades.
WATCH: Gerry Adams says he'll donate €100k awarded in BBC libel case to "good causes"

1 day ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Gerry Adams, the former President of Sinn Féin who was awarded €100k in his libel action against the BBC last week, issued an update on Thursday, June 5, following his victory.
Irish resident released on bail from Iraqi prison after four years

1 day ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Robert Pether has been released on bail from an Iraqi prison, Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday, June 5. An Australian national, Pether had been living in Elphin, Co Roscommon with his wife, Irish woman Desree McCarthy Pether, and their three children in the years prior to his arrest in April 2021.
Irish artist unveils "Free Palestine" sand art message Trump's Irish golf course

1 day ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Sean Corcoran, an environmental artist who runs The Art Hand studio in Co Waterford, unveiled a temporary sand art message reading "Free Palestine" near the front of the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Co Clare on Thursday, June 5. Corcoran, who has erected other large-scale sand art displays in the past, said on Thursday that he wrote the new 350-foot-wide message on Doughmore Strand with the assistance of James Corcoran Hodgins and Caoláin Power.
WATCH: Irish American rapper's emphatic pro-Palestinian speech at Dublin concert

2 days ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Irish American rapper Macklemore - real name Ben Haggerty - drew cheers when he delivered an emphatic pro-Palestinian speech during his Dublin concert last night, Wednesday, June 4. “I have been so proud watching from afar how my Irish brothers and sisters have shown up for the Palestinian people," Macklemore told his crowds at St. Anne's Park in Dublin, the first of his two 'homecoming' concerts in Ireland this week. "Look at all the keffiyehs in the crowd. Look at all the flags in the crowd.
Ireland's third chartered deportation flight of year returns 35 people to Nigeria

2 days ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Ireland's Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) of An Garda Síochána carried out an operation removing individuals from the State to Nigeria yesterday, Wednesday, June 4. The operation resulted in the removal of 35 individuals - 21 males, nine females, and five children. The children removed are all part of family groups, Gardaí said.
Carlow shooting suspect's post-mortem completed as 2024 charges withdrawn

2 days ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

The postmortem examination on Carlow shooting suspect Evan Fitzgerald has been completed, Gardaí said on Wednesday, June 4, the same day he was due in court to face firearm charges put against him last year. The results of the postmortem examination on Fitzgerald, 22, are not being released for operational reasons, Gardaí said on Wednesday.
Edward Walsh confirmed as new US Ambassador to Ireland

2 days ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Edward Walsh was confirmed as the next US Ambassador to Ireland in a roll call vote in the US Senate on Wednesday evening, June 4. Walsh's nomination was confirmed by a vote of 57 to 38. The vote comes after the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee held Walsh's confirmation hearing on May 1 and approved his nomination 12 - 0 on May 8. All ambassadorial nominations must be confirmed by the US Senate.
Exonerated New York woman and her caretaker killed in Galway house fire

3 days ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

American woman Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs and her caretaker Kevin Kelly were both tragically killed in a fire in Casla, Co Galway on Tuesday, June 3. Jacobs, aged in her 70s, is a native of New York who had been living in Ireland for more than a decade, while Kelly, aged in his 30s, is a native of Co Galway. The duo died in the Sunny Healing Center, which Jacobs and her late husband, Irish man Peter Pringle, founded to help other exonerees rebuild their lives after being released from prison.
Two Irish bands feature on Dropkick Murphys' new album

4 days ago | irishcentral.com | Kerry O'Shea

Irish bands The Scratch and The Mary Wallopers will both feature on Dropkick Murphys' new album "For The People," which is set to be released on July 4. The Scratch, a Dublin-based Irish folk-metal quartet that has spent the better part of three years opening for Dropkick Murphys on tour, features two songs on the 13th studio album from the Boston Celtic punk band.