Ireland

Irish-American student returns to Ireland to film his senior project

Senior Paul O’Halloran, a film and video studies major, is headed to Ireland this Christmas to shoot his senior film, “Ard Laoch na hÉireann,” which is dedicated to his great-grandfather. O’Halloran, who is Irish, said he hopes the film will show a different side of Ireland. O’Halloran answered some questions about his film for Fourth Estate.

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S-CAR event headlined by Senator Mitchell

The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) advisory board hosted former United States Senator George J. Mitchell on Wednesday, April 17. Senator Mitchell gave a lecture entitled “The Importance of Place in Peacemaking," helping launch S-CAR's Point of View campaign.

The S-CAR Point of View campaign celebrates the history, vision and reconstruction of S-CAR's retreat and study center for conflict resolution. The Point of View is an international research and retreat center located in Mason Neck, Virginia.