Ray O'Hanlon

Ray O’Hanlon is Editor of the Irish Echo. A graduate of University College Dublin, he has been a journalist for more than four decades and is a published author, his latest book being “Unintended Consequences: The Story Of Irish Immigration To The U.S. And How America’s Door Was Closed To The Irish” (www.MerrionPress.ie).

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America The Walkable
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America The Walkable
If you happen to be driving in the Midwest or South West in the coming weeks keep an eye out for a man walking briskly on the side of the road. You...
Trump Teeing Up September Irish Visit
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Trump Teeing Up September Irish Visit
President Donald Trump is reportedly set to visit Ireland next month. A central part of the visit will be a stop at the Irish Open golf tournament ...
Hibernians Have Questions for New North Secretary
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Hibernians Have Questions for New North Secretary
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has witnessed the work of successive Northern Ireland secretaries of state going back to the very first appointee, ...
Mayo's Higher Power
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Mayo's Higher Power
Not that God takes sides. Absolutely not. But the church might. The curse that supposedly haunted Mayo football for 75 years was, it was believed, ...
Singer Glen Hansard Dies in Dublin Motorcycle Crash
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Singer Glen Hansard Dies in Dublin Motorcycle Crash
Oscar winning Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a single vehicle motorcycle crash in Dublin. Hansard, 56, first achieved fame as Out...
Mayo the Center of the Irish World
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Mayo the Center of the Irish World
A pub in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands ran out of beer amid the celebrations for Mayo's All-Ireland win. This might not have been the only global...
Tributes Paid to Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
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Tributes Paid to Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy, who for many years fought for recognition for, and inclusion of, the Irish gay community in New York and beyond has died. Wa...
New North Secretary
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New North Secretary
Chris Bryant is the newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary of State. The Welsh-born Bryant was appointed to the post by the new British Prime M...
IAUC Welcomes Fine Gael Unity Blueprint
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IAUC Welcomes Fine Gael Unity Blueprint
The Irish American Unity Conference has welcomed the Fine Gael announcement of a blueprint for Irish unity. The IAUC stated its support for the mov...
Marking The Day Independence Came To New York
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Marking The Day Independence Came To New York
News, even big news, moved a little slower in those days. America's independence was declared on July 4th 1776. It would take five days for that st...
Sea Trials and a Singular Honor
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Sea Trials and a Singular Honor
The USS Patrick Gallagher has commenced sea trials - a final turn before entering full service with the navy. And the County Mayo native, Vietnam W...
Echo Columnist Patrick Campbell, 92
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Echo Columnist Patrick Campbell, 92
Patrick Campbell, a former Irish Echo columnist and an author of a number of books, has died in New Jersey at the age of 92. Campbell, a Donegal na...





 



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