Hubbell, Donohue win ice dance title at US International

SALT LAKE CITY — Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the ice dance competition at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic on Saturday at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex, posting a score of 108.65 in Saturday’s free dance to go with the 71.15 they earned in Friday’s short dance. Kaitlyn Hawayek and Jean-Luc […]

Brigid O’Donoghue’s USSA: Granting wishes in the great outdoors

  MARSHFIELD — The United Special Sportsman Alliance (USSA) is a nonprofit organization granting wishes in outdoor adventures for critically ill and disabled children and veterans. USSA operates similarly to programs such as Make-A-Wish but with a focus on the great outdoors. “We specialize in the outdoors,” explained USSA Wisconsin State Representative John Haydock, “so […]

Virago is publishing journalist Caroline O’Donoghue’s debut novel, Promising Young Women

Virago is publishing journalist Caroline O’Donoghue’s debut novel, Promising Young Women, which was won in a "passionately fought" auction. The book is a "gothic, darkly witty" novel about sex, power, work and being a young woman in a man's world. Sarah Savitt, publisher at Virago, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in the book, plus a second untitled novel, […]

Phil Donahue: ‘Hypocrisy is killing us’

http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/25/media/phil-donahue-reliable-sources/index.html Talk show legend Phil Donahue says America's problem is "hypocrisy." The 81-year-old Donahue said Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources" that Americans tout their patriotism, but about half of them don't vote. "Hypocrisy is killing us," he said. Donahue argued that Trump's base represented a small percentage of the country, but elected Trump because they […]

States with right-to-carry concealed handgun laws experience increases in violent crime, according to Stanford scholar, Professor John Donohue

http://news.stanford.edu/2017/06/21/violent-crime-increases-right-carry-states/ States that have enacted right-to-carry (RTC) concealed handgun laws have experienced higher rates of violent crime than states that did not adopt those laws, according to a Stanford scholar. Right-to-carry laws are linked with higher violent crime rates according to research by Stanford Law School Professor John Donohue. (Image credit: Ron Bailey / Getty […]

Starline Nabs Tighe O’Donoghue/Ross Film ‘Why Is There Anything Instead of Nothing’

http://variety.com/2017/tv/global/tighe-odonoghueross-film-why-is-there-anything-instead-of-nothing-1202504359/ Starline Entertainment will take “Why Is There Anything Instead of Nothing” to the international market after snagging the global rights to the feature documentary about Irish-American painter, sculptor and printmaker Tighe O’Donoghue/Ross. The artist had enormous commercial success and won international acclaim during the 1970s and 1980s while living in the US, before withdrawing […]

What is the most popular Irish book?

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/what-is-the-most-popular-irish-book-1.3136544 Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 06:00 Lorcan Dempsey What is the most popular Irish book? Ulysses? Thom’s Directory? The Book of Kells? The Country Girls? Who is the most popular Irish author? James Joyce? Maeve Binchy? Eoin Colfer? The answer, of course, is that “it depends”. It depends on how you measure popularity. Sales? Number […]