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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...
March 01, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
February 18, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
February 01, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
January 29, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
January 16, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
January 09, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
December 22, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Diversity Visa Lottery Suspended
The Trump administration has suspended the Diversity Visa lottery program in the aftermath of the Brown University and MIT shootings. The Washingto...
December 19, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Cardinal Dolan Retires
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is taking his leave of the Archdiocese of New York. The 75-year-old native of St. Louis, Missouri has led the archdiocese an...
December 18, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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The McMullens Are Back
It's been thirty years since we first met the McMullens. And now they are back. "The Brothers McMullen" inhabits an honored place in the pantheon o...
December 04, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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AIHS Denies Sale Move
The American Irish Historical Society building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is not for sale, this according to the AIHS Board of Directors. In a st...
November 27, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Irish National Archives is Seeking Centenarians
Ireland's National Archives is gearing up to release the results of the 1926 Census, the first carried out in the Irish Free State. And as part of ...
November 26, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
