By Niall Stanage 3/19/07 12:00am

The Wearing Down of the Green

The location was a cavernous conference room in a Washington hotel. The event was an Irish rally for liberal immigration reform. And the procession of speakers who rolled up to the podium to give backing to the cause suggested that Irish-American political influence in the nation’s capital was as potent as ever.

Here was Senator Read More

By Terry Golway 8/19/02 12:00am

Blowing Smoke At Bar Owners

The first thing you should know about Ciaran Staunton is that he doesn’t smoke. The second thing you should know is that Mr. Staunton runs a small business that may go under if Mayor Bloomberg’s smoking ban becomes law.

Mr. Staunton runs a pub called O’Neill’s on Third Avenue in midtown. It’s a place where Read More