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New York's Mayor Mamdani Has His Say on a United Ireland
The mayor and Ireland’s taoiseach called bingo with senior citizens and said housing is their top shared challenge, with Martin citing a need for about 50,000 homes a year.
- On Wednesday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited the New York Irish Center in Long Island City to participate in a community bingo event and discuss shared policy priorities.
- Martin is in the United States this week to attend the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, using the trip to engage with Mamdani on common governance challenges facing their respective cities and nations.
- Ireland's €19 billion MetroLink project was discussed by Martin, who sought expertise from New York on tunnel construction, while both leaders identified housing as their primary challenge, with Mamdani noting the need to accelerate building rates.
- Following the bingo game, the leaders rode the subway to honor Cork native John McDonald, who helped build the Interborough Rapid Transport system, while discussing Irish immigrants' importance to the city's labor history.
- Mamdani voiced support for Irish self-determination regarding reunification, emphasizing the decision belongs to the Irish people, while declining to weigh in on calls to boycott upcoming soccer matches between Ireland and Israel.
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New York's Mayor Mamdani has his say on a United Ireland
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has shared his thoughts on a United Ireland, as he spent time with An Taoiseach Micheal Martin this week. The Fianna Fáil leader is in the US this week to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week. He is set to address the General Assembly later on Thursday […]
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A day before he was scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly, Micheál Martin, the prime minister or taoiseach of Ireland, addressed a different assembled crowd: the mostly senior-citizen bingo players at the New York Irish Center. He and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in his first visit to the Long Island City community center, rolled the […]
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