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IRISH EXAMINER | October 28th, 2020
Out & About

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Making a presentation at Tuttles Bar and Grill
were the Emerald Guild Supers for Solace House
with a very large check. I will give a little inside infor-
mation on what Solace House are doing to help oth-
ers. They believe, rightly, that suicide is preventable
and strive to make their services easily accessible and
barrier-free. They seek to break down the stigma of
mental health and suicide by creating an environ-
ment where people are comfortable seeking help for
themselves, talking about their thoughts and feel-
ings, and supporting and seeking help for suicidal
loved ones.
At Solace House, they make it their mission to
provide free, accessible, professional counseling and
support services to anyone in emotional crisis. Solace
House opened its doors in 2015 when Ireland’s
Senator Joan Freeman established a one-year pilot
program in New York City, bringing this service’s
first US location from Ireland to Long Island City,
Queens located in the New York Irish Center build-
ing. After a very successful one-year pilot program,
and as the demand for our services grew rapidly, they
became a permanent life-saving program, offering From left to right: Frank McKenna, Barry Riordan, Declan Moran, Danielle Gallagher, Sheena Mallan, Mickey McCleesh
free services to adults, adolescents and children in and Dave Nikaj, with Joe Hill up front
New York. They proudly opened their second New Building Managers brought together by their com- buildings to experienced building managers running
York center on McLean Avenue in Yonkers in mon heritage and their employment in the property some of New York’s largest apartments complexes
September 2017. To make an appointment with management field. While there had been an informal and the most prestigious address.
Solace House call (718) 482-0001. network of Irish Superintendents for many years in Their goals are to support colleagues in the apart-
I have to hand it to the Emerald Guild Society for New York City, it was decided by the Guild’s ment building industry to provide the best possible
the charities they sponsor with no bragging or boast- founders to organize into a club for the mutual ben- service with integrity and professionalism, to foster
ing and that is why I am highlighting them for what efit of all and specially to help with opportunities and sense of community and a spirit of cooperation
they do. The Emerald Guild Society, founded in advancement in their industry. The members range among the members. I myself can vouch for that as I
1992, is an association of Irish and Irish-American from recently arrived immigrants working in starter know quite a lot of them and let me tell you, we in
the Irish community should be so proud of the work
that they do and the great thing about it is they were
all immigrants like myself and became managers of
the most famous buildings in New York City the hub
of the world.
The beautiful thing is that they all work together
and they help each other out to solve any problems
that one might have in any way. Congratulations to
all the members associated with the Emerald Guild
Society from all at The Irish Examiner here in New
York, keep up the good work.
This came to me from University of Notre Dame
President Rev. John I Jenkins, CSC, who said that
he joined with the campus community in mourning
the passing of two first-year students who died after
being struck by an automobile at Ironwood Road
and Bulla Road, about a mile east of the campus.
“On behalf of the entire Notre Dame community,
I express our deepest condolences and pray that our
students’ families and friends may find God’s grace
and solace after so shattering a loss,” Father Jenkins
said. “We also pray for a full recovery of our student
who remains hospitalized as a result of the accident.”
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We also wish the student speedy recovery.
Here is maybe the first function for George

York Irish Center. The history of the Irish celebration
of Halloween brought to life in the front window of
the New York Irish Center. Visitors will be treated to
an interactive installation and discover the deep roots
of Halloween in Irish history and folklore. Trivia,
irishexaminerusa games, and history, compiled by Turlough
McConnell, accompany the haunted windows all in
a Covid-safe, socially distanced manner. Open daily!
The installation will be viewable until October 31
from 3 pm to 10 pm each day. When you stop by,
irishexaminerus post on social media with the hashtag
#HalloweenThroughTheWindow.
See you all next week when I am hopefully
Out&About again... C