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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
