November 19, 2009 Most of those who showed up at the Irish Rogue for leg two of the World Cup playoff tie against France did so out of loyalty and also, it seems, because they had the time.

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn seals the deal of transatlantic friendship with First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness after their meeting this morning, at Stormont. Quinn is in Belfast to speak this evening at the Aisling Awards, the city?s biggest awards gala which is hosted by our sister media organization, The Belfast Media Group.

November 18, 2009 He was caught in a Miami political vice. And now Dublin native John Timoney has resigned as chief of the Florida city's police department.

November 18, 2009 He's leading the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and now he has been chosen to lead Philadelphia on St. Patrick's Day.

November 18, 2009 Congressman Richard Neal, chairman of the Friends of Ireland in Congress, has warned of an increasing threat from dissidents in Northern Ireland, this in the aftermath of the publication of the 22nd Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission.

November 18, 2009 A leading South Armagh republican has had his assets frozen by the Serious Organized Crime Agency.

November 18, 2009 Senior Irish civil servants have voted to join the planned national public sector strike scheduled for Tuesday November 24.

November 18, 2009 New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is in Ireland this week for a series of high-level political, business and community engagements culminating in an address at Belfast's sell-out Aisling Awards gala.

November 18, 2009 The New York City St Patrick's Day Parade Committee is in search of funds and this week has announced the launch of its second online donation drive.

November 18, 2009 An elderly Irish priest kidnapped and held captive in the Philippines was released last week after a month in captivity.

November 18, 2009 Two men have been jailed for 25 years each for their role in a so-called "tiger kidnapping" in Dublin four years ago.

November 18, 2009 NYPD Assistant Chief George W. Anderson didn't have childhood dreams of becoming a cop.

November 18, 2009 John Murphy arrived at the Irish Rogue early Saturday afternoon after a 0-5 defeat at the hands of the French. "We'll give them that one," said the Manhattan-based lawyer, hoping that the result would go the other way on the screens upstairs at the West 44th Street bar.

November 18, 2009 The only civilian of the 13 people killed in the Ft. Hood shooting, Michael Grant Cahill, was remembered this week following his funeral Mass for his abiding love of family, soldiers, and his Irish heritage.

November 18, 2009 Keane Patrick O'Brien is in the battle of his life. And he's not yet even two years old.