Community Features & Events
A Holiday That All the World Can Share
Growing up in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day was always welcome. It was first and foremost welcome because it was a day off from school. March 17 was a...
March 16, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Renewed Push for Hercules Mulligan Bridge
There's no time like this time of year for a politician to pay attention to all things Irish. But backers of a campaign to name a lower Manhattan f...
March 14, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Joe Biden's Irish Return
President Joe Biden is heading to Ireland, the Republic and the North, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The visit was con...
March 14, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Former Congress Staffers Color it Purple
Congress take note. A group of former congressional staffers are combining their blue and red former careers and have launched a lobbying venture t...
March 08, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Visa Champion Brian Donnelly, 77
Thousands of Irish owe him their American lives. Brian Donnelly, as a congressman from Massachusetts, shepherded the visa scheme bearing his name t...
March 02, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Biden, Reps. Welcome Framework Deal
President Joe Biden has welcomed the "Windsor Framework" deal reached after lengthy negotiations between the European Union and the British governm...
March 01, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
'Windsor Framework' For NI Protocol
To all the agreements designed to bring about working and workable politics in Northern Ireland we can now add the "Windsor Framework." But the imm...
February 27, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
GOAL Death Toll Reaches 28
The Irish aid agency GOAL is now reporting that 28 of its workers have been confirmed dead following last week's massive earthquakes in southern Tu...
February 17, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
GOAL Grieving After Losing 'Goalies' in Earthquake
GOAL, the Irish international aid agency, is in a state of shock and grieving after losing 27 of its workers in the earthquakes that shattered much...
February 10, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Well and Watching From the White House
A little under a year ago Maurice Barron wrote a story for the Irish Echo about his daughter Ava, and how she had become part of the Biden administ...
February 08, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
House Members Pen Letter to Sunak
U.S. House of Representatives members Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Bill Keating (MA-D), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) have written a letter to UK Prime ...
January 25, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
John "Chick" Donohue for '23
John "Chick" Donohue is the Irish Echo's Irish American of the Year for 2023. The native of the historically Irish neighborhood of Inwood in Upper ...
January 02, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
