President Obama's Irish Ancestors

Posted 04-Feb-2010

Click here to read an advance copy of the article "President Barack Obama -- Family history and modern America" by Brian Mercer Walker, Professor of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast, from the upcoming edition of the Ulster Historical Foundation's Familia publication.  Learn how experts traced a branch of President Obama's family tree from Hawaii, through Kansas and Ohio, to Co. Offaly, Ireland.

Host Families Needed in Washington DC Area

Posted 03-Feb-2010

The Washington Ireland Program (WIP) needs families in the Washington DC area, and close to public transportation, to host students aged 19-25 from June 1 to August 1, 2010.  WIP gives students from Ireland and Northern Ireland professional experience in Washington DC's most prestigious internships.  For more information, please visit www.wiprogram.org or contact Ellen Motley at (202) 772-3824 or emotley@wiprogram.org.

'Salesman' for Northern Ireland Brings Belief, Zest to His Economic Envoy Post

Posted 08-Feb-2010

Declan Kelly describes himself as "a salesman for Northern Ireland" and like any good salesman, he comes to the job armed with facts and figures - and brimming with energy, determination, and ideas. Read story.

Clinton invites Northern Ireland's leaders to US

Posted 06-Feb-2010

The US is to invite Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness to Washington to discuss further American investment in Northern Ireland. Read story.

President Obama welcomes NI justice deal

Posted 05-Feb-2010

US President Barack Obama has hailed the Northern Ireland policing deal as "an important step". Read story.

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