Posted by Jim on April 23, 2019
FIRE BELL CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
Applications for the Fire Bell Club Scholarship Award are due no later than April 30, 2019. Active Firefighters/Fire Officers who have been accepted to, or are attending an accredited institution of higher learning, and/or Firefighters/Fire Officers pursuing a degree in Fire Service Administration, Public Service Management, Nursing or a related Fire Service discipline and who have completed a minimum of twelve credits are eligible. A written statement of 500 words explaining why an applicant should be considered for the award should be submitted with the application. The winner of the $1,000 scholarship award will be announced Mid-June. Applications are available via email to Lizzette Perez-Cruz, FDNY College Advisor: Lizette.Perez@fdny.nyc.gov.
FRIENDS OF FIREFIGHTERS – CALL FOR CHILI COOKS
Friends of Firefighters is looking for active firefighters to put their original chili recipe to the test at their 2nd Annual Firehouse Chili Cook-Off, a best of the boroughs competition. FF John Manning and FF Franklin Richardson of FDNY Engine 15/Ladder 18 will be crossing the bridge to defend their winning titles. The fundraiser is from 6:00-9:00 PM on Friday, May 17th, at The Hamilton (120 Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11231) in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Learn more about the event HERE –https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-of-firefighters-2nd-annual-firehouse-chili-cook-off-tickets-59888161102. There is no cost to enter. Chili can be anything — beans or beanless, beef, steak, pork, turkey, chicken, vegetarian, vegan — if you can cook it and it’s a chili, you can enter it. In addition to bragging rights, winners will receive a trophy for “Crowd Favorite” and “Judges’ Favorite.” To participate, call Marlo at 718-643-0980 or email info@friendsoffirefighters.org.
ROCKIN’ RONNIE STORTZ’S FUNDRAISER
There will be a fundraiser in support of Firefighter Ronnie Stortz, Ladder 107, (9/11 Cancer) on Saturday, June 15, from 12:30 – 4:30 PM at Plattduetsche Park, 1132 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square, NY. The event costs $60 for adults, $35 for teens ages 13-20, and $20 for children ages 3-12. Cost includes food, beer, wine, and soda. Raffle tickets are still available. Each raffle ticket is $100 with a chance to win 1st prize of $10,000. Contact Engine 225 / Ladder 107 at 718-965-8225 for more information and for raffle tickets.
BROOKLYN CYCLONES FIREFIGHTERS APPRECIATION NIGHT
The Brooklyn Cyclones will be hosting their 19th Annual FDNY Night on Friday, June 28, at 7:00 PM at MCU Park. $25 Package includesField Box Seat, an exclusive firefighters Cyclones hat, $10 credit towards food & beverage, and a portion of the ticket will be donated towards EMS FDNY Help Fund. Children can also participate in the Field of Dreams Program, which allows children ages 6-12 to take the field with Cyclones players for the National Anthem. Children should wear FD apparel or little league uniform. Those who wish to participate should line up between Sections 22 & 24 at 6 PM. All children will receive a free Cyclones cap. Tickets can be purchased at https://offer.fevo.com/cyclones-vs-lowell-svdxmue-85c2800?fevoUri=cyclones-vs-lowell-svdxmue-85c2800%2F. For more information, contact Kevin Mahoney at 718-37-BKLYN.
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There are 4 positions open for Officer-Fire Life Safety at Columbia University’s Morningside Campus (1150 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027.)
These jobs are 5 days a week, and the positions cover 24/7/365, with good pay and very good benefits, including a tuition benefit for Officers of 4 years with children attending college.
These positions are ideal for anyone that may have had to leave the FDNY earlier than expected and have young children to support.
For more information, a job description and to apply, visit https://opportunities.columbia.edu/en-us/search/?job-mail-subscribeprivacy=agree&search-keyword=fIRE%20sAFETY%20oFFICER and click the Officer-Fire Life Safety position. |
Posted by Jim on April 22, 2019
(“Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave.”)
—from “September 1913” by William Butler Yeats.
“Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave.”
Then, Yeats, what gave that Easter dawn
A hue so radiantly brave?
There was a rain of blood that day,
Red rain in gay blue April weather.
It blessed the earth till it gave birth
To valour thick as blooms of heather.
Romantic Ireland never dies!
O’Leary lies in fertile ground,
And songs and spears throughout the years
Rise up where patriot graves are found.
Immortal patriots newly dead
And ye that bled in bygone years,
What banners rise before your eyes?
What is the tune that greets your ears?
The young Republic’s banners smile
For many a mile where troops convene.
O’Connell street is loudly sweet
With strains of Wearing of the Green.
The soil of Ireland throbs and glows
With life that knows the hour is here
To strike again like Irishmen
For that which Irishmen hold dear.
Lord Edward leaves his resting place
And Sarsfield’s face is glad and fierce.
See Emmet leap from troubled sleep
To grasp the hand of Padraic Pearse!
There is no rope can strangle song
And not for long death takes his toll.
No prison bars can dim the stars
Nor quicklime eat the living soul.
Romantic Ireland is not old.
For years untold her youth shall shine.
Her heart is fed on Heavenly bread,
The blood of martyrs is her wine.
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My Brothers and Sisters, It is with sadness and deep regret that I notify you of the passing of the Father of our beloved Hibernian, Martin Galvin.
His Father, Martin Galvin, Sr. passed yesterday April 19 at the age of 95.
Wake:
• Monday afternoon from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
• Horn and Thomas Inc. Funeral Home. 83 East Main St. Pawling, N.Y. (Dutchess County)
Funeral Mass
• Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. St. John’s Church. 39 East Main St. Pawling.
In lieu of flowers donations in memory of Marty could be sent to:
Pawling Resource Center
P.O. Box 331
Pawling, N.Y. or
St. John’s Church
39 East Main St.
Pawling, N.Y.
12564
Please feel free to circulate. Call me with any questions.
Yours in our motto,
Bob
Robert F. Nolan
President
Bronx County Board
Ancient Order of Hibernians in America
347.880.1403
Posted by Jim on April 21, 2019
The election to the European Parliament in the North of Ireland on May
23could be a historic one if two out of three seats are won by
nationalists.
Speculation of a nationalist breakthrough follows the decision of Colum
Eastwood, the leader of the SDLP, to contest for the third seat
following the retirement of Ulster Unionist Party MEP Jim Nicholson.
The outgoing MEPs, Martina Anderson of Sinn Fein and DUP MEP Diane
Dodds, are considered certain to retain their seats, but the destination
of the third seat is highly significant, and could mark a further change
in unionist political control in the Six Counties.
The election will also feature another strong pro-EU candidate, Naomi
Long of the Alliance Party, as well as possibly Jim Allister, leader of
the extreme unionist Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV).
In 2014, the SDLP fell just short of the UUP total, as did the TUV. The
SDLP’s Alex Attwood, who has since retired, only lost out on the eighth
and final count in 2014, when Mr Allister’s transfers got Mr Nicholson
over the line.
This year’s election, to be decided by Single Transferable Vote, may not
even go ahead if a Brexit deal is concluded before election day, May 23.
Mr Eastwood said he was “seeking to secure a historic second seat
representing the Pro-Europe Majority in Northern Ireland”.
“This is an election like no other,” Mr Eastwood said.
“In June 2016, a majority of people from communities across Northern
Ireland came together to express our clear will that we should remain in
the European Union. It was a vote that, unlike many others, saw people
break free from their traditional trenches to occupy a common ground and
a common identity.
“Since then, the broad progressive coalition that came together has been
sidelined and silenced. Without a government in Belfast and with the DUP
aligned to hard Brexit fanatics in London, people here have been
ignored. Enough is enough.”
Mr Eastwood said the European election should be a referendum on Brexit,
“the North’s People’s Vote”. He said the SDLP “is within striking
distance of the third European seat”. He told BBC Radio Ulster his party
was “best placed” to take a second anti-Brexit seat.
DUP leader Arlene Foster urged unionists to turn out and vote in the
coming elections, warning that if Sinn Fein emerges on top, it will
strengthen calls for a border poll.
“Some claim it does not matter which party you vote for, but you can be
absolutely certain that it would be heralded as a massive success for
republicans and a massive defeat for unionism if unionism was to be
split and republicans were to have a massive win, and use the election
results to strengthen their demand for a border poll,” she added.
Sitting Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson, who topped the poll in 2014 with
more than 25 per cent of first preference votes, described the
forthcoming election as an opportunity to send a message to Brussels,
London and Dublin that the people of Ireland “will not be left behind”.
She said it was a poll the British government “didn’t want to happen”.
“The DUP didn’t want EU elections either – their Brexit involves
stripping people of their rights including the right to vote,” the Sinn
Féin representative said.
“Not only do they refuse rights that everyone else in Britain and
Ireland enjoy, they also want to remove EU rights too.”
BATTLES ON LEFT AND RIGHT
In the 26 Counties, a total of 59 candidates have declared for the
election, including three surprise candidates: prominent left-wing TDs
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, and right-wing populist Peter Casey.
Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan sitting MEP will face a battle to defend her
seat in Dublin against Daly. Ms Daly’s colleague Mick Wallace also
submitted his nomination papers for Ireland South, where Sinn Fein’s
Presidential candidate Liadh Ni Riada will be looking to hold her seat.
In the vast constituency of Midlands-North West, which stretches from
Donegal to Kildare, a variety of 17 candidates makes the result
difficult to predict.
The sitting MEPs who are running again are Matt Carthy (SF), Luke ‘Ming’
Flanagan (Ind), and Mairéad McGuinness (FG). Fianna Fáil hopes to gain a
seat here by running two TDs, but the dynamics of the contest have been
changed by the surprise presidential runner-up, Peter Casey, who is
running as an independent.
Setting out his reasons for running for election, Mr Casey said: “Rather
than sitting on my hands for a year and waiting for a general
[election], it made more sense to stand now. It is one of those things
where I was damned if I did and damned if I didn’t. If I sat it out
people would ask me what I have been doing.”