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Updated October 19 From Irish Central: “Award-winning actor Liam Neeson and Ireland’s Cultural Ambassador Gabriel Byrne, presented Riverdance composer, Bill Whelan with the Spirit of Ireland Award, at the 12th annual Irish Arts Center Gala, in New York on Friday night…” And below this great photo of the happy recipient [...]

Updated October 19 The Midtown Gazette reports: “The informal cocktail reception featured speeches by IAWA president Peter A Quinn, McCourt and Byrne, who appeared in Eugene O’Neill’s “A Touch of the Poet” with O’Reilly in 2005. Byrne called the theater “an incredible achievement – bringing the work of so many [...]

According to the IrishTimes.com, Gabriel Byrne will be doing something new later this year. “FUNDING: COMPANIES WILL have to be more involved in the arts to make up for the absence of Government funding, Minister for the Arts Jimmy Deenihan has said. Speaking at the Global Irish Economic Forum on Saturday [...]

In addition to attending the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin, Cultural Ambassador Byrne is also helping to launch the new gateway on the web for the Irish global community: World Irish. Some have commented that this new web resource is really an Irish Facebook, but take a look. There [...]

Updated October 11 Another video and a picture, courtesy of Merrion Street News: Mr. Byrne’s comments begin at minute 1:33 Saturday Panel Updated October 10 The video from the Saturday morning panel “Promoting Irish Culture,” with Ambassador Byrne, author Colm Tóibín, and comedian Dara O Briain, is only available at [...]

Updated October 4: DVDTalk has a great review of the new DVD, including an in-depth overview of the series itself, as well as tech analysis (transfer is perfect, sound is flawless, and there are NO extras–all pretty much as expected). Christopher McQuain is the reviewer. He appreciates all three seasons [...]