Irish Aires

This site includes the postings from the Irish Aires email list. This includes a listing of Irish/Celtic events in the Houston area and other information that the Irish Aires radio program posts.

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Kelly Devlin Clarification & Irish News Items from IrishCentral

I think my email on Kelly Devlin might have caused some confusion.  Kelly is the wife of Patrick Devlin, the leader of the Blaggards.  The Blaggards, as well as other Irish groups in Houston, have done a lot to support Irish Aires, the St Patrick's Day parade & Toys for Tots (to mention a few).  

Kelly has a very serious case of Cancer.  Because she is under Medicare age (by a long way) and can't work, her only insurance coverage is that of a COBRA policy (which is expensive with a high deductible & co-pays). Of course Celtic Rock groups don't have OR couldn't get group insurance & Obama care hasn't been able to pay her bills in the past.  

Any way, Kelly's sister, Jennifer Nichols, set up a site on GoFundMe.com to raise money for Kelly.  I am afraid that some of you might not have received a working link to that site.  The link is http://www.gofundme.com/Kellykissingerdevlin.  Since last night Irish Aires efforts have raised about $325.00.  Anything you can do would be appreciated.  That would include including them in your prayers. If you are on FaceBook, visit her site by clicking here.

Here are some news stories I saw on Irish Central that might be of interest.

Jay

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Writer Tom Clancy was a proud Irish American but very anti-IRA Tom Clancy, author famous for books like "Patriot Games" and "Hunt for Red October" dies aged 66I heard from the late To... Published Thursday, October 3, 2013, 11:52 AM Former President Bill Clinton is set to make surprise visit to Ireland next week Former President Bill Clinton is making a surprise trip to Ireland on Wednesday next for a charitable event, IrishCentra... By JAMES O'SHEA Published Thursday, October 3, 2013, 7:08 AM Never before seen Titanic mass funeral photo goes up for auction A never before seen photograph of Titanic mass funerals will be put up for auction in England this month. The picture de... By MICHELLE K SMITH Published Thursday, October 3, 2013, 6:56 AM Over 386,000 emigrated in 5 years, new Irish government committee to lure them back A strategy is to be developed by Ireland's parliament to lure the hundreds of thousands of emigrants who have left the c... By IrishCentral Staff Writers Published Thursday, October 3, 2013, 7:22 AM

 

 jay

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