News
There's earmarks and there's Iremarks
The change of heart by Congressman Peter King with regard to the International Fund for Ireland has caused a stir on Capitol Hill. No surprise. the...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
McKenna's marathon was some dry run
Dan McKenna, a 23-year-old marathon running enthusiast and global banking operations analyst at Morgan Stanley recently completed the grueling Atac...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Markey speaks at IIIC gathering
Boston --- Drawing on his own Irish immigrant roots, Congressman Edward Markey spoke about the struggles and successes of immigrants, both historic...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
TV kicks off summer with 'Rockaway' documentary
"The Bungalows of Rockaway," which was first shown in 2010, will be screened on THIRTEEN/WNET on both Saturday (12:00) and Sunday (2:30) afternoons...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Double Bay State McManus memoir launch
Boston will host back-to-back launches for the recently released memoir, "My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland" penned by Fr. Sean ...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
AOH hosts Montgomery Irish festival
This weekend, June 3, 4 and 5, the Ancient Order of Hibernians Notre Dame Division will host its annual Montgomery County Irish Festival at Saint M...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
'Kruise' embarks June 8
Project Children, the organization that brings Catholic and Protestant kids from Northern Ireland spend time with American families is gearing up f...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Apple show's ripples reach Sugar Loaf
Sometimes a chain of seemingly unrelated and accidental events culminate in the most remarkable of coincidences. Some call it serendipity. In recen...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
30 years on, remembering the hunger strikers
Marking the 30th anniversary, Friends of Sinn Féin recently hosted a discussion of the 1980/1981 hunger strikes, at Rosie O'Grady's Manhattan Club ...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
McCabes: A family of thoroughbreds
Professor James McCabe, (no relation), is a scion of an exceptionally accomplished family with an extraordinary tradition of service to the nation ...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Battle lines drawn
It was seemingly dead in the water, but the International Fund for Ireland might live again, in part by eluding the dreaded tag of “earmark.” “The ...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Hibernians hail 175
After a week in which it seemed as if 175 years of rain had fallen, the sun came out last Saturday as members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians ga...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff