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BREAKING: ‘Lets end this uncivil war’ – Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of US

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2021 0

Joe Biden has been sworn in as president, bringing an end to four years of Donald Trump’s tumultuos leadership in Washington. Biden was sworn in by supreme court chief justice John Roberts, and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, held the Bible as he took the oath. The Bible has been is Biden’s family since 1893 and was also used during his […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: We will always paint the White House green

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2021 0

I sometimes wonder if there is an office in the Department of Foreign Affairs charged with finding Irish roots for American presidents. If so, they have made a fine job of it, for Irish links have been discovered for almost every president since World War Two. Kennedy and Reagan were easy, of course. the clues […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Defend our way of life or we will surely lose it

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2020 0

When  news broke last Saturday that Joe Biden would be the next President of the United States, I felt happy. It wasn’t the obvious  satisfaction anyone might have at seeing their horse win the race. This was something deeper, more fundamental, something that went beyond politics and policies. Other people have told me they felt […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: I don’t understand Americans. Maybe I never did.

By Kilkenny Now 4th November 2020 0

America has been part of my life for almost as long as I have had a life. Through my childhood, Uncle Sam was the distant puppeteer whose strings moved my imagination. The USA was the land of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Ford cars and Hoover vacuum cleaners. As I […]