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
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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
Oct 24 Watch In 'Human Chain,' Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Digs Into the Past In his native Ireland, he's known as "Famous Seamus," and indeed, Seamus Heaney -- winner of the Nobel Prize in 1995 -- is a world-famous poet. Now 72, his new collection, "Human Chain," contains poems that are, as always for… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Rift Grows Between Ireland, Vatican Over Priest Abuse Allegations The breach between the Vatican and Ireland grew even wider Monday when the Vatican recalled its Ambassador to Ireland, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza. Ray Suarez discusses the growing division over the handling of sexual-abuse claims with RTE's Richard Downes. Continue watching
Jul 26 In Ireland, Words of Prime Minister 'Touched a Chord' With Public By Larisa Epatko Ireland's prime minister drew much praise throughout the heavily Catholic country when he criticized the Vatican for putting Church law above state law when dealing with child abuse allegations. Continue reading