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By Anthony Neeson Just as in life, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has divided opinion after news of her death. The Iron Lady died ...

By Irish Echo Staff Former Irish president Mary McAleese will be heading to Boston College this fall to take up the position of Burns Library Visit...

The captain of an Air France plane which crashed into the sea with the loss of all 228 people on board had only slept one hour the previous night a...

By Ray O'Hanlon It's not quite a home of their own, but it's close. And if you are flying to Ireland with Aer Lingus out of JFK tonight do not go t...

[caption id="attachment_75238" align="alignnone" width="600"] Attending the recent IFI board meeting in Dundalk were: Chairman, Dr Adrian Johnston ...

[caption id="attachment_75234" align="alignnone" width="600"] Almost there. Senator Charles Schumer, who had crisscrossed Fifth Avenue greeting spe...

By Sean Lehane The murder of a garda during the robbery of a credit union in January has led to calls for gardai to have the Uzi submachine gun - p...

By Irish Echo Staff Dinner for two at Gaelic Park? It could well be date in the near future for many in New York's Irish/Irish American and Gaelic ...

By Anthony Neeson Ten years ago you would have been hard pressed to find a St Patrick's Day parade in Northern Ireland, however, as another sign of...

[caption id="attachment_75123" align="alignnone" width="600"] Joseph V. Buckley.[/caption] Joseph V. Buckley, a native of County Kerry and a promin...

By Ray O'Hanlon Total global domination is a way's off yet and in all truth the Irish would take a pass anyway. But total global greening - that's ...

Al Smith IV leads bands, marching units By Ray O'Hanlon It was a parade full of the joyful and the poignant. It was also a parade of two meteorolog...