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The Steve Prescott Bridge will be lit green on Wednesday, March 17 to mark the occasion. Areas with significant links to Ireland through their diaspora will mark the impact of Irish influence. Acknowledging the hard work, contribution and integration it has taken to get to where we are today. The social media hashtag #GlobalGreening links to a plethora of activities, celebrations and news on St Patricks Day from across the world. Charity Irish in Britain said the celebration, which will take place without much of the usual festivities due to the pandemic, is still an opportunity for e...

Passports In line with the Irish Government's announcment regarding a move to Level 5 restrictions in December, which have been extended to April 2021, all passport processing has been paused. Currently online passport applications can be submitted, but will only be processed when restrictions are moved to a lower level - Level 4 for online applications. For passport applications already within the system, these will be process with restrictions are moved to Level 3. For full information, as well as information on the emergency passport service at this time, visit www.dfa.ie/passports Renewal...

Author Mary Pat Kelly launched her latest his  torical fiction novel, Irish Above All, with a gathering at the Irish Rep. on February 11. It was a lovely celebration of Irish America, as Kelly regaled her audience with tales from her life and historical notes on the journey of her protagonist, her great-aunt Nora. She displayed an image of her parents’ wedding photo (her “one high-tech thing”), tying in the theme of intermingling generations. The night was supplemented with music by the Irish Consulate’s Mary Deady, whose brilliant soprano gave context to Kelly’s anecdotes with so...

BREXIT AND THE BORDER The October 31 deadline is fast approaching and yet we seem to be as far as ever from agreeing on a deal for Brexit. The question of the Irish border continues to be a bone of contention between the Irish and British governments, and in recent weeks, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has described British proposals to solve the issue as “fanciful.” In a speech that the second most senior person in the Irish government gave at a breakfast hosted by the Irish Consulate in New York, he expressed frustration that Ireland was spending “hundreds of millions” to prepare f...