Ciara Kenny

Ciara Kenny

Irish Times Reporter

Ciara Kenny is an online news reporter and feature writer with The Irish Times. She is the curator of the Generation Emigration blog, which has been running since 2011, and writes a feature on the Irish abroad for the Life pages of the newspaper every Friday.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash in Clane, Co Kildare this afternoon.
Driver arrested after cyclist killed in Co Kildare

The man in his 80s died after being hit by a car in Clane this afternoon

Chief Justice Mrs Susan Denham has announced that the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeal will sit in September this year in an effort to reduce a backlog of cases. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Courts to take shorter holidays in effort to cut delays

Waiting times for cases at Supreme Court now running at four years

Chairman of the Gathering Tim O’Connor told the Irish Diaspora Forum that the tourism initiative had been an example of ‘democratisation of diaspora policy’. Photograph: David Sleator/The Irish Times
The Gathering ‘could provide template’ for other countries

Global Diaspora Forum hears how the world can learn from the Irish experience of engaging its community overseas

Robert Guest of The Economist , who told the conference that cheap flights and new communication methods were changing the nature of global migration. Photograph: Eric Luke
Goodwill of Irish diaspora should not be taken for granted, conference told

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton speaks after being honoured with a Distinguished Leadership Award from the Atlantic Council in Washington DC earlier this month. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Diaspora issues to be debated at cross-Atlantic forum

Third annual Global Diaspora Forum being held in Dublin and Washington

Recent arrivals have been able to link in with long-established Irish communities via technology rather than in the local Irish pub
Irish emigrants have headstart in socially networked world

Long-established focal points have been revitalised

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter told the Law Society that the current system of appointing judges ‘is very much of its time and we could do better’. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Shatter calls for debate on judicial appointments

Minister for Justice says there is scope for a ‘more transparent and accountable’ system

The toddler was taken to Cork University Hospital by a neighbour, where he died from his injuries on Wednesday.
HSE investigating after family told no ambulance available for toddler who fell from window

Vakaris Martinaltis (2) died from his injuries on Wednesday, two days after fall

Lisa Carroll and Leigh Curran at the launch of The National Youth Council of Ireland‚ (NYCI) report “Time to Go?” in Dublin
Government failing to address emigration, youth organisation claims

Half of all 18 to 24-year-olds have considered moving abroad, poll finds

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