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Additional opinions on the Irish-American relationship are available through US-Ireland Alliance President Trina Vargo's blog, Twitter, and the Mitchell Scholarship Twitter.

Trina spoke with Jeffrey Young of EdSurge about the need for an endowment if the Mitchell Scholarship program is to continue.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-11-15-why-one-of-the-most-selective-scholarship-programs-could-shut-down

Trina was invited to write, for IRISH LIVES, Summer 2022 edition, about her own Ireland connection, the US-Ireland Alliance, and the Mitchell Scholarship program. Go to p. 38 of the pdf (it’s p. 74 in the edition), it’s called The Mitchell Scholarship, The Canary in the Coal Mine https://www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com/pdf/?product_id=6045

Forbes wrote about the Mitchell Scholarship and the Scholar class of 2022 on August 11, 2021:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/08/11/meet-the-george-j-mitchell-scholars-for-the-class-of-2022/?sh=1d4c0ca3d499.

Trina spoke with Liam Kennedy, Professor of American Studies at the UCD Clinton Institute, and Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham, for their podcast The Last Hurrah. They talked about US politics, the Mitchell Scholarship program and about how too few resources are being spent on preserving the US-Ireland relationship for the future. May 2021. https://www.ucdclinton.ie/the-last-hurrah/shenanigans-irish-american-relations

Trina spoke with Bob Manson and members of Harvard’s alumni clubs about the future of the US-Ireland relationship. March 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiN1p0OopGc

Trina spoke at Dublin’s Institute of International & European Affairs about the US-Ireland relationship. June 2019 https://www.iiea.com/past-events/disappearing-diaspora-us-ireland-relations-in-a-time-of-change/

An American Special Envoy? Be Careful What You Wish For - Trina Vargo, The Irish Times, June 10, 2018

Trina Vargo interview with the Sunday Business Post, August 21, 2016

Crumbs from Star Wars or Reel Deal - Trina Vargo, Sunday Business Post, December 13, 2015

Lights, Camera, Inaction - Trina Vargo, Irish Indepedent, March 23, 2015

The Wrong Pivot to Asia - Trina Vargo, US News and World Report, May 12, 2014

We must not allow the US-Irish ties that bind weaken - Trina Vargo, The Irish Independent, 19 February 2014

Trina's response to State Department position on Mitchell Scholarship program- February 2014

It's a changing 'special relationship' as the US shifts its focus away from the UK - Trina Vargo, The Guardian, May 8, 2013

Trina's testimony before the Irish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee - September 25, 2012

Obama Administration Must Live Up to Its Rhetoric on Study Abroad - Trina in US News and World Report, July 30, 2012

The Non-Existent Irish American Vote - Trina piece in the Huffington Post, May 18, 2011

Testimony for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State/Foreign Ops - Trina's testimony, April 12, 2011

International Fund for Ireland - Trina's letter to the Editor of the Irish Times, April 6, 2010

It's Time to Cut the Blarney! by Trina Vargo in The Detail, March 14, 2011

The Ten Year Anniversary of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program by Trina Vargo, September 2010

The International Fund for Ireland Has Served Its Purpose by Trina Vargo in the Irish Echo, May 25, 2010

Obama’s Tax Plan Need Not Spell Doom for Ireland by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, June 17, 2009

Building A New Relationship With America by Trina Vargo and Mary Lou Hartman in the Irish Times, November 14, 2008

Writing Is On The Wall For Belfast’s Peace Lines by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, February 5, 2008

Irish Illegals Not A Special Case by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, November 16, 2007

Time To Tear Down These Walls of Division by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, September 20, 2007

Ireland-US Relationship Needs To Alter From Supplicant To Peer by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, March 16, 2005

Bush Can Make A Positive Impact On Peace Process by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, November 9, 2004

Clinton’s Legacy Is US Support For Both NI Traditions by Trina Vargo in the Irish Times, December 9, 2000

A Look At…The Irish, Here and There; For Irish Americans, Peace Means Change by Trina Vargo in the Washington Post, July 19, 1998

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