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By Ray O'Hanlon There's no first come, first served when it comes to immigration reform. But that doesn't mean you don't get a word in, and at leas...

By Anthony Neeson The murder of solicitor Pat Finucane was far worse than anything alleged in Iraq or Afghanistan, the High Court in Belfast has he...

By Anthony Neeson The killing of an Official IRA man - who is immortalized in one of the most iconic images of the Northern Ireland conflict - was ...

By Breandán Magee The Illinois House of Representatives made history Tuesday, January 8 as it voted 65 to 46 to approve, by way of a bill, SB 957, ...

By Vinny McCormack In 1960 an awkward lanky seventeen-year-old called Inez Murphy left her home in Cultra County Down to work as a junior clerk in ...

By Irish Echo Staff It will be a winning combination. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will this week pay tribute to Irish boxers of yore at the McClella...

The life of frequent Irish Echo contributor Patrick Fenton and his family was turned upside down by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29. In this essay in di...

By Sean Lehane A massive manhunt continues in Ireland this week after a Garda detective was ruthlessly gunned down outside Dundalk, County Louth du...

By Peter McDermott The quiet conversations in the line outside St. Brigid’s were mainly in Spanish. Then a teenage choir member bounded towards an ...

By Anthony Neeson aneeson@irishecho.com A Belfast man who survived last week's Algerian hostage crisis has returned home to his family. Stephen McF...

By Ray O'Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Alfred E. Smith IV was installed as Grand Marshal of the 252nd annual New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade...

Frank McCourt, in the wake of his success with "Angela's Ashes," felt that any Irish person who fails to jot down his or her story was beyond an ee...