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Pele For Sure, But Thierry Henry?
New York City is readying for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Eight games are scheduled for the New York metro area and all this soccer action is expe...
April 22, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Catalpa's Legacy In Full Sail 150 Years On
With the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue falling this week there is a renewed push to unveil a memorial to the rescue of Six Fenians from c...
April 17, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Catalpa Flag on Display in Ireland's National Museum
If you are calculating the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue that standout day is today, Thursday April 16. That is if you are in New York, B...
April 16, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Passing of Unateresa Sheahan Gormley
Unateresa Sheahan Gormley passed away peacefully on April 10 surrounded by her loving family and dear friends after a long and valiant battle with ...
April 15, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
April 07, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
March 31, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
March 28, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
March 19, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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...
March 12, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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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
