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
News
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
News
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
News
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
News
Ireland Firmly in Ukraine's Corner
Taoiseach Micheál Martin attended a leaders’ meeting of the European Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine today on Sunday. and he reitera...
August 18, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Book Sale A Book Sale B
If at first you don't get it right, revise. And that's just what the American Irish Historical Society did in recent days after a notice of a book ...
August 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Tariff Border for Irish Whiskey
If it's distilled on the island of Ireland, or one of the offshore islands, it is Irish Whiskey. This applies to Bushmills from County Antrim and J...
August 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
