News
USS Patrick Gallagher Christening This July
Finally, the bottle of champagne will strike the hull. The USS Patrick Gallagher will be christened on July 27 of this year. The christening was co...
March 26, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Eileen Retracing Her Grandfather's 1922 Tour
Eileen Forrestal isn't so much recreating history as replaying it by retracing it. Eileen, who is currently living in Sligo and is a retired anesth...
March 22, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Varadkar Announces His Resignation as Taoiseach
He was hardly off the plane after his starring role on St. Patrick's Day in the White House. Leo Varadkar announced today that he will be leaving h...
March 20, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Heralding a Better Future
Delivering a better shared future for everyone is the key priority for the new Northern Ireland Executive, this according to North's First Minister...
March 15, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Mitchell Scholarships Will 'Pause'
The US-Ireland Alliance has announced that it is to "pause" the selection of future classes of George J. Mitchell Scholars "as it considers the lon...
March 14, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
North and North Again to the Causeway
You would be forgiven for being momentarily confused. Well, being confused if you were from the South. We southerners typically refer to Northern I...
March 14, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Guards In Parade: Official
It's confirmed. An Garda Síochána will be marching in the 2024 New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. Parade officials had moved to reinstate a marchin...
March 08, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Resigning Over Garda Inclusion in NYC Parade
Members of the Irish police force, the Garda Siochana, look set to take part in this year's New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. But a number of para...
March 01, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Suozzi in Tight House Race
Former congressman Tom Suozzi is in a tight race as he attempts to secure a return to the House of Representatives in a special election set for Tu...
February 09, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Irish American Political Leaders Welcome Stormont Breakthrough
The move by the DUP to enter into power sharing has been welcomed by U.S. politicians who have taken a strong interest in Irish American issues ove...
February 01, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Inches From a Sporting Legend
My first landing in America was in California in the late winter of 1982. My second was in New York City in the summer of 1983. In Los Angeles, my ...
January 10, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
John Dearie for '24
John Dearie, who has set his extraordinary stamp on Irish history by virtue of his political actions in America, is the Irish Echo's Irish American...
January 03, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
