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IRA admits 1973 child death
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IRA admits 1973 child death
The IRA has admitted full responsibility for killing a schoolboy nearly 40 years ago. Gordon Gallagher, just nine, died when a device exploded in h...
Terry's triumph
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Terry's triumph
[caption id="attachment_69992" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Terry and Oorlagh George celebrate their Oscar triumph last Sunday.[/caption] North...
Irish 40 Under 40
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Irish 40 Under 40
Kenny for China after Xi visit
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Kenny for China after Xi visit
[caption id="attachment_69955" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Vice President of China Xi Jinping shakes hands with Taoiseach Enda Kenny a...
Echo's 40 under 40 marks five years
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Echo's 40 under 40 marks five years
The Irish Echo's annual 40 Under 40 Awards gathering will mark five years on the go this week when the class of 2012 gathers at Rosie O'Grady's Man...
Paisley out of intensive care
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Paisley out of intensive care
Ian Paisley has been moved out of intensive care in the hospital where he is being treated for heart problems. The former Democratic Unionist Party...
nuncio relays pope's dismay over child abuse
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nuncio relays pope's dismay over child abuse
[caption id="attachment_69948" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown presents his diplomatic credentials t...
Schumer presses ahead in E-3 visa negotiations
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Schumer presses ahead in E-3 visa negotiations
Senator Pat Toomey. Senator Charles Schumer is this week attempting to secure support for an Irish E-3 visa deal in Congress from his Republican co...
Artist Brian Mór Ó Baoighill dead at 70
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Artist Brian Mór Ó Baoighill dead at 70
Brian Mór Ó Baoighill. The artist and lifelong Irish Republican activist, Brian Mór Ó Baoighill, died Sunday after being admitted to hospital. He w...
No parade, but Hoboken is sure greening up
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No parade, but Hoboken is sure greening up
[caption id="attachment_69938" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Mayor Zimmer."][/caption] Without its lately controversial annual parade, H...
NYPL treasure trove aids roots searchers
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NYPL treasure trove aids roots searchers
[caption id="attachment_69934" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Carmen Nigro of the New York Public Library talks about its genealogical re...
IACI honors Giblin
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IACI honors Giblin
The Irish American Cultural Institute is this weekend honoring Assembly-man Thomas P. Giblin at its 19th annual Washington Irish Saint Patrick's Da...

 



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