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By Ray O'Hanlon Irish America will remember the dead and those who survived the Great Hunger at a series of events this week that will culminate wi...

By Ray O'Hanlon Acknowledging her years of work on behalf of Irish immigrants in the United States, the Ancient Order of Hibernians this week annou...

By Ray O'Hanlon The Byrne family of Pearl River in Rockland County was celebrating this week - on both sides of the Atlantic. In Ireland, Joe Byrne...

By Ray O'Hanlon President Mary McAleese will deliver Fordham University's 165th commencement speech during her visit to New York next week. McAlees...

By Irish Echo Staff A congressional briefing on discrimination against the Irish language in the Northern Ireland has been told action from America...

By Peter McDermott Sometimes you need to be away from home to get a good idea. Take Aidan Courtney. He was working in Canada when he came across so...

By Ray O'Hanlon Mayo priest Fr. Michael Tracey can't catch a break. Going on five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated his church on the Missis...

By Ray O'Hanlon The Irish American community was rallying behind Chicago assault victim Nataha McShane this week as the Armagh-student remained in ...

By Peter McDermott Yvette Aylward got quite a welcome when she arrived at JFK in January. Her decision to volunteer for a Queens-based organization...

By Irish Echo Staff Bono will be the guest of honor at the American Ireland Fund 35th annual gala dinner in New York this Thursday evening. Proceed...

Galway were given a scare by 13-man New York as the Tribesmen advanced in the opening game of the Connacht Championship with a 2-13 to 0-12 win in ...

By Irish Echo Staff Gerry Ryan, the Irish broadcaster, has been found dead at his Dublin apartment. He was 53. His long-running phone-in radio show...