Community Features & Events
Exploring Ireland - A Short Flight to Long Ago
It was the first time I can recall that myself and my wife were called to board the plane by our first names. But this wasn’t some big airline in a...
October 06, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Old Meets New At NY's Irish Arts Center
It was set aside but not forgotten. The original Irish Arts Center on Manhattan's 51st Street is to be brought back to life and merged with the new...
October 02, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Silent Prayer at Bethpage
I guess they didn't want to scare the bejaysus out of the world's best golfers. I'm talking about the sign on the first tee at Bethpage Black. That...
September 25, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Bruce Morrison to be Honored in NY
Immigration was never an easy prospect for the would-be immigrant. And today it is an all but impossible one for all too many dreaming of a new lif...
September 22, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Governments Announce New Legacy Framework
The Irish and British governments have announced a new joint framework aimed at dealing with legacy issues and reconciliation stemming from the Tro...
September 19, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
NYC Moves to Rein In Horse Carriages
It was a story that rolled into view about a decade ago and then trotted out of sight. Now it's back in view and it concerns horse carriages in Man...
September 18, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Manslaughter Plea in Shaun Brady Fatal Shooting
A teenager has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Tipperary native Shaun Brady in Kansas City, Missouri. The plea wa...
September 10, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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It Had To Be Rory
The stage was a grand one, the Arnold Palmer-designed K Club course in Straffan, County Kildare. The crowds were huge, expectant, demanding. Rory M...
September 08, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Congress Members Write Trump, Rubio Over IFI
With U.S. funding for the International Fund for Ireland seemingly ending as a result of recent "rescission" spending cuts a bipartisan group of Ho...
September 03, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Tariffs
New tariff rules are being imposed on packages mailed to the United States from around the world as of today, Friday, August 29. The longstanding n...
August 29, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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We Mourn
They were children and parents gathered for a Mass to mark and celebrate a new year of school. They were also targets of a gun-wielding madman. We ...
August 27, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
Around the Fastnet Rock and Safely Back Again
Even from a distance of some miles the Fastnet Rock looks stark, haunting. As you get closer it projects a power and strength that can resist an oc...
August 27, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
