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Sacred Shoes On Holy Ground
Many of them didn't even have shoes. But they will be remembered by a pair of bronze shoes The National Irish Famine Way has announced plans for th...
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Liam Cusack's Battle for Life
The attacks on 9/11 continue to reach out and hurt New Yorkers. Liam Cusack is one of them. Liam, a native of County Galway but a New York City res...
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Death of Echo columnist Jim Lowney
Jim Lowney, for many years both a columnist and reporter for the Irish Echo, has died. Lowney, who lived in New Jersey, was 85. He passed away peac...
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Biden Reminds Americans of Immigrant Heritage
President Joe Biden wasn't at home in Delaware. He was in Boston. It was Saint Patrick's Day and he was talking up heritage, the bonds between Amer...
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Death of Former Queens lawmaker Cathy Nolan
Catherine Nolan, a longtime Queens lawmaker and one of the most influential voices in New York State education policy, passed away on March 11, 202...
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After Six Months No Reply to Congress Members IFI Letter
It was six months on March 1 That would be six months of silence from the White House and State Department after a bipartisan group of House of Rep...
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Jackson Took Early Interest in Irish Peace
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died this week aged 84, took an early interest in Irish American efforts to secure peace in Northern Ireland, in pa...
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Mitchell's Name Dropped From Scholarship Program
The US-Ireland Alliance has removed the name Senator George Mitchell from its prestigious scholarship program, this after the the former Senate Maj...
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Martin Heading for the White House
Taoiseach Micheál Martin will be winging his way west for Saint Patrick's Day in Washington, D.C. But if Martin's plane is facing into meteorologic...
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Former Echo Reporter Draws White House Ire
A former reporter for the Irish Echo has prompted a furious response from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after asking questions about...
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Marion Casey for 2026
Professor Marion Casey of New York University is the Irish Echo's Irish American of the Year for 2026. Professor Casey succeeds Siobhan Dennehy, Ex...
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Hibernians Condemn Diversity Visa Suspension
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has expressed its concern over the suspension of the DV1 Diversity Visa program, this after a man - a Portuguese na...
