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By Ray O’Hanlon The US-Ireland Alliance, which has been criticized by some Irish politicians in recent weeks over its financial requirements for th...

By Peter McDermott Artists take risks on neighborhoods. That explains the great success of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, according to Myk Henry, a perf...

By Ray O'Hanlon Ashes more ashes, dust to bust. That about sums up the situation facing airlines, the transatlantic travel industry, huge numbers o...

By Eileen Murphy For Irish Echo Classified Manager Tracey Quilligan, a quick trip home to Cavan last week was a long-awaited treat: in addition to ...

By Peter McDermott Two speakers at last Saturday's Glucksman Ireland House seminar are among those who have been stranded in New York in recent day...

By Peter McDermott Trinity College Professor Dan Bradley used to think of medieval Ireland as a rather sedate place, something like the 1950s. “In ...

By Peter McDermott Former courts reporter Guy Sterling is normally a quiet-spoken man. But get him onto the topic of Justice William J. Brennan Jr....

By Ray O'Hanlon "I think we're in a good place right now, the best place in a few years." Bruce Morrison was finishing up on a positive note on a n...

By Ray O'Hanlon With Senate majority leader Harry Reid promising immediate action on comprehensive immigration reform, a more promising backdrop th...

By Peter McDermott A few years ago, Joe Long got an email that piqued his interest and would eventually make his schedule a lot busier. It was an a...

By Irish Echo Staff A documentary on the memories and reflections of Irish immigrants in New York is in line for a possible New York Emmy award thi...

Northern Ireland’s first minister is facing calls to step aside, after a BBC report about a property deal near his Belfast home. The calls were mad...