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CHICAGO CALLING: Boz O’Brien
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CHICAGO CALLING: Boz O’Brien
Many years ago, (and by “many” I mean over thirty) I reached out to a publican for advice on my career. His name was Boz O’Brien and he was the own...
November 06, 2025 by Mike Houlihan
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Boston scribe in Belfast, Dublin to tell Rest of the Story
Boston author and activist Michael Patrick MacDonald returned to Belfast last week for the latest chapter in his 'The Rest of the Story' initiative...
November 03, 2025 by Anthony Neeson
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OPINION: Digital Irish Tech Week is putting Ireland, North and South, on the map
Coming off the back of the September Homecoming events in Belfast — where the city has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery — last w...
October 30, 2025 by Mike Flannery

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Commodore John Barry’s Bronzed Encore
Boston --- You could say that Commodore John Barry, Irish-born hero of the American Revolution, has been AWOL in Boston for nearly half a century. ...
October 13, 2025 by By Michael Quinlin

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder named Emeralds' 2026 Irishman of the Year
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Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder named Emeralds' 2026 Irishman of the Year
The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES) has named Patrick J. Ryder, Police Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department, as it...
October 10, 2025 by Anthony Neeson
CHICAGO CALLING: Peggy O’Flaherty
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CHICAGO CALLING: Peggy O’Flaherty
Tech entrepreneur Peggy O’Flaherty launched her first business venture when she was a little girl in second grade. Peggy was the youngest of ten ki...
October 08, 2025 by Mike Houlihan
Exploring Ireland - A Short Flight to Long Ago
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Exploring Ireland - A Short Flight to Long Ago
It was the first time I can recall that myself and my wife were called to board the plane by our first names. But this wasn’t some big airline in a...
October 06, 2025 by Ray O'Hanlon
Homecoming reflections - Belfast has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery
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Homecoming reflections - Belfast has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery
I’ve just returned from the Belfast International Homecoming, and if there’s one thing that struck me, it’s this: the city is no longer just a plac...
September 30, 2025 by Mike Flannery
WATCH: 60 years on, Belfast Homecoming reunites music legends Des & Keith
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WATCH: 60 years on, Belfast Homecoming reunites music legends Des & Keith
They are Ireland's two greatest saxophonists — both tracing their fame right back to the showband era of the 1960s — but when they met up at the Be...
September 27, 2025 by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Belfast's twin top restaurants cooking up a storm for annual Homecoming
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Belfast's twin top restaurants cooking up a storm for annual Homecoming
Visitors to this week's Belfast International Homecoming are being invited to savour the city at two iconic restaurants led by acclaimed chef Niall...
September 23, 2025 by Anthony Neeson
Big fáilte for writing on the wall at Princeton
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Big fáilte for writing on the wall at Princeton
As interest in the Irish language continues to enjoy a resurgence across the U.S., it's not unusual to see signs or words in Irish at Irish pubs, i...
September 22, 2025 by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
THE IRELAND PODCAST: Wayne McCullough – World Boxing Champion
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THE IRELAND PODCAST: Wayne McCullough – World Boxing Champion
Wayne McCullough, Ireland's first and only Irish male boxer in history to ever win a WBC world title, chats with Fender Jackson from his base in La...
September 16, 2025 by Fender Jackson
Kevin Ryan is Lighting Up Illinois Politics
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Kevin Ryan is Lighting Up Illinois Politics
Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humanity, who in turn transformed fire into a force for good and not evil. Zeus is the Democratic Pa...
September 01, 2025 by Mike Houlihan
Irish Echo sets out its fall advertising stall
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Irish Echo sets out its fall advertising stall
With fall officially upon us and summer in the rearview mirror, now's the time to take up the Irish Echo's compelling fall offer for small business...
September 01, 2025 by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Around the Fastnet Rock and Safely Back Again
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Around the Fastnet Rock and Safely Back Again
Even from a distance of some miles the Fastnet Rock looks stark, haunting. As you get closer it projects a power and strength that can resist an oc...
August 27, 2025 by Ray O'Hanlon
Teamsters' leader to address Echo Labor Awards Teamsters' leader to address Echo Labor Awards
Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien will address the Irish Echo Labor Leaders' Awards in New York on 12 September - his first major engagement...
August 24, 2025 by Anthony Neeson



 



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