Feb 05 Watch Rabbitte remembered: Novelist Roddy Doyle revisits working-class Dublin music scene By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 10 Ireland asks unemployed citizens to move away By News Desk Photo by Flickr user Julie Danielle Ireland is asking its own citizens to move away, the Financial Times reports. In a controversial effort to reduce its unemployment and welfare costs, the Irish government is sending letters to about… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Poet Seamus Heaney, 74, Explored the ‘Wideness of Language’ Poet Seamus Heaney, 74, Dug the 'Wideness of Language' With His Pen… Continue watching
Jun 21 Conversation: Novelist Colum McCann, Author of ‘TransAtlantic’ By Tom LeGro Frederick Douglass traveling through Ireland in 1845 to stir up support for his abolitionist cause. The first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in 1919. Sen. George Mitchell in 1998 trying to forge a peace treaty in Northern Ireland. Those actual… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Conversation: Colum McCann, Author of ‘TransAtlantic’ Conversation: Colum McCann, Author of 'TransAtlantic'… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Novelist Colum McCann Reads an Excerpt From ‘TransAtlantic’ Novelist Colum McCann Reads an Excerpt From 'TransAtlantic'… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Local Businesses Help Refresh Irish Economy After Global Recession Local Businesses Help Refresh Irish Economy After Global Recession… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch U.S. and U.K. Entangled in Legal Battle to Release Former IRA Militants’ Stories U.S. and U.K. Entangled in Legal Battle to Release Former IRA Militants' Stories… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Poet Eavan Boland Reads ‘Quarantine’ Irish poet Eavan Boland reads "Quarantine."… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Conversation: Poet Eavan Boland Jeffrey Brown talks to Irish poet Eavan Boland about her work. Continue watching