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Outside the Irish Design Center on Craig Street.

Celebrating Irish culture at Pitt with the Irish Design Center

By Wendy Moore, Staff Writer • March 17, 2025

St. Patrick’s Day weekend on Pitt’s campus is what some refer to as the spring semester’s quintessential “going out” holiday. As the weather warms and students leave their winter hibernation,...

Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, right, presents President Joe Biden with a bowl of shamrocks during a St. Patrick's Day reception in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, March 17, 2024.

Opinion | We must recognize manufactured famines

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • March 26, 2024
As of two weeks ago, 20 people, most of them children, have already starved to death in Gaza. The IPC’s Famine Review Committee has urged attention to the “imminent” crisis Israel is inflicting.
Outside the Irish Design Center on Craig Street.

‘You don’t have to be Irish to love Ireland’: Irish Design Center celebrates Irish culture in Pittsburgh

By Elle Kenney, Staff Writer • March 17, 2023
The Irish Design Center, located at 303 South Craig St., plays a significant role in helping people celebrate familial history even though they do not live in Ireland.
Votes poured in May 25 in Dublin for the referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution, which prohibited abortions unless a mother’s life was in danger. The Irish voted 66.4 percent in favor to repeal the amendment. (Photo courtesy of Brian Lawless/PA/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S., like Ireland, needs to move forward on abortion laws

By Anne-Marie Yurik | Columnist • May 30, 2018

Ireland overturned the Eighth Amendment of its constitution May 25, effectively ending one of the world’s most restrictive bans on abortion and allowing room for more progressive laws to emerge in Ireland. Meanwhile,...

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