Tim O’Brien, working on a graduate visa, tells of his time in US in pandemic mode, and thanks Rian staff for making it happen

By Tim O'Brien, Rian Immigrant Center
September 28, 2020
Tim O'Brien, Rian Immigrant Center

My name’s Tim O’Brien. I’m 23 years old and I’m from Dublin. I studied Commerce at University College Dublin, and I graduated in 2019. I had applied for a number of graduate positions based in Dublin during my final year, but I always knew that I wanted to take part in the J1 graduate visa programme because I’ve always wanted to work and live in the United States.

Pay heed and listen up: a cautionary tale

By Ed Forry
September 25, 2020

by James W . Dolan
Boston Irish columnist

Once upon a time there was a far distant land where people enjoyed periods of relative strife and harmony. For the most part, the citizens were able to adapt to the variables so much a part of a diverse country. They acknowledged life’s imperfections and understood that flawed human beings required a stability that could only be achieved through understanding, restraint and compromise.

Joe Biden draws support in his ancestral Mayo homeland

By Ed Forry
September 25, 2020
A mural depicting former VP Joe Biden was unveiled in Ballina, County Mayo last month. The mural in the town’s Market Square was created by artists Smiler Mitchell and Leslie Lackey. Biden’s great, great, great grandfather, Edward Blewitt, emigrated to the US from Ballina over 160 years ago, according to Midwest Radio. Image courtesy Ireland’s Midwest Radio 96.1FM.

Home-bound, Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman succumb to the lure of art with ‘Live at Cooper Hall’ concert film

By Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish
September 23, 2020
Sean Smith, Special to BostonIrish

The concert film that Irish singer Cara Dillon and her husband and musical partner Sam Lakeman debuted online on  Aug. 13 represented more than the culmination of a project. It was catharsis.

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