Dublin (Ireland)

Americans will feel at home with this Irish Evening in Columbia

2013-03-02 05:57:00

When Irish novelist Colum McCann reads from his work as part of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society's 35th Irish Evening on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Howard Community College's Smith Theatre, the audience has a right to be in a green...

'Downton Abbey' recap, Branson's revolutionary war

2013-01-20 16:20:00

What better time than a Crawley dinner with the Archbishop of York for Branson to get all revolutionary and escape to Downton? Loved the transition here. Robert is talking to the archbishop about Catholics and admits that he's anti-Catholic. "There...

Hamilton headlines HoCoPoLitSo's Irish Evening

2012-02-16 10:25:00

It takes so long to say the name of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society that one can be thankful that everybody just refers to it as HoCoPoLitSo. One of this literary organization's longest running and most popular activities is an annual...

Dr. James Patrick Connaughton, psychiatrist

2011-09-13 16:08:39

Dr. James Patrick Connaughton, a psychiatrist who was the founder and first director of what became the Johns Hopkins Children and Adolescent Mental Health Center, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at his Cloisters home in the Woodbrook neighborhood of...

Senator Cardin's affection for Bono' foundation is indefensible

2011-07-07 10:45:00

Sen. Benjamin Cardin's recent letter defending Bono and his ONE foundation puts him in direct opposition to President Obama's appeal for "corporate jet" owners to pay their fair share of tax ("Cardin: ONE Campaign works," June 27). U2 are major tax...

Columbia resident named Fulbright Scholar

2011-10-27 00:00:00

Brian Reed, of Columbia, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship Award at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. This award is issued through the U.S. State Department. He will be lecturing and conducting research in the field of environmental...

Baltimore chef finds the essence of Ireland

2011-05-25 08:46:00

The exploration and discovery of new and exotic sensory realms inspires chef John Shields' zest for cooking. The owner of Gertrude's Restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art uses travel to foreign shores to nourish that quest. Often called "The Culinary...

AIB profits up despite Allfirst fraud

2002-07-31 06:45:00

General Re officer to admit guilt, settle suit

2005-06-07 00:00:00

NEW YORK - An executive for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s General Re insurance unit has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge of helping American International Group Inc. use reinsurance to distort its finances, his lawyer said yesterday. Under...

Allfirst trader suspected of stealing $750 million

2002-02-06 09:39:00

A missing foreign-exchange dealer with Baltimore-based Allfirst Bank is suspected of stealing $750 million, the bank's parent, Allied Irish Banks PLC, said today. The massive loss sent the Irish bank's shares tumbling on European exchanges. It is the...

Allfirst parent to weigh rebound by bank from trading scandal

2002-05-30 00:00:00

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Officials of Allfirst Financial Inc.'s parent company said yesterday that it will decide by the end of the year whether to begin a withdrawal from U.S. banking. Allied Irish Banks PLC officials said the decision hinges on...

Bush, Blair meet in Belfast for talks on postwar Iraq

2003-04-08 00:00:00

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair began two days of talks here last night as they sought to bridge differences in their visions for a postwar Iraq, with the near-collapse of President Saddam Hussein's...

Dublin Castle, one of the stops on a Fitzgerald clan tour of Ireland scheduled for late June.

2013-03-04 16:55:25

Dublin Castle, one of the stops on a Fitzgerald clan tour of Ireland scheduled for late June.

2013-03-04 16:55:25

, who also began the still thriving local tradition of denigrating the place when he described himself as "dropped in wretched Dublin.

2012-09-28 09:13:00