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So Much Hope Moldering in the Political Grave
Yeats wrote about romantic Ireland being dead and gone and with O’Leary in the grave. What would the great poet say about immigrant America? We can...
May 16, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Petition Seeks Return of Great Hunger Museum
For several years now the Great Hunger Museum, still mostly housed at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, has been the subject of a tussle betwee...
May 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Dowling to Step Down as Northwell CEO
Michael Dowling, a County Limerick native who heads one of the country's largest health care systems, will step down from his role as Northwell Hea...
May 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Walsh Confirmation on Hold After Democrat Boycott
A vote on President Trump's ambassador pick for Ireland has been delayed after Democrats boycotted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing lat...
May 12, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Cliona Ward Released by ICE
Cliona Ward, an Irish woman who has been legally resident in the U.S. for 30 years but who was recently detained by U.S. Customs and Immigration En...
May 08, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Legally Resident Irish Woman Detained by ICE
On a day when President Trump is expected to tout his immigration record during his first hundred days in office news is breaking of an Irish woman...
April 28, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Curtain Raiser For GOAL Ethiopia Run
GOAL, the Irish international aid agency, is facing an uphill challenge in the form of funding cuts imposed by the U.S. agency USAID. But the organ...
April 16, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Stack Formally Fired and Locked Out of AIHS
Elizabeth Stack has been formally fired as Executive Director of the American Irish Historical Society. She was notified of her dismissal by email ...
April 12, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Harris Spoke With Lutnick as Tariffs Delayed
Tánaiste Simon Harris was in Washington D.C. this week for a series of talks with political and business leaders, Republicans and Democratic member...
April 10, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Amid Tariffs, Assemblyman Seeks NY/Ireland Trade Deal
New York State Assemblyman Patrick B. Burke wants to see a bilateral trade deal between the Empire State and Ireland - this in the face of tariffs ...
April 07, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Online Petition Urging Stack Reinstatement Concludes
An online petition urging the reinstatement of Elizabeth Stack as Executive Director of the American Irish Historical Society has concluded. The li...
April 03, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Martin Says No Justification for Tariffs
President Trump unveiled his tariff sheet outside the White House Wednesday evening. And it included 20 percent tariffs aimed at the European Union...
April 02, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
