News
O'Hanlon for NJ book signing
Irish Echo editor Ray O'Hanlon will read from and sign copies of his recently published thriller "The South Lawn Plot," at Irish Eyes Imports in We...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Outrage as Phoebe's tormentors are given light sentences
BOSTON --- The teenagers who bullied Phoebe Prince for months before she hanged herself on January 14, 2010 were given probation and community serv...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
It's Cavan or 'busk'
It's Cavan or bust for a group of New York area teenage musicians who are playing their way to this year's Fleadh Cheoil in Cavan. After qualifying...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Malachy McCourt for Maryknoll
Writer, actor and raconteur Malachy McCourt will be delivering a free lecture this Sunday, May 15 at the world headquarters of the Maryknoll missio...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Global Irish Economic Forum for October
A second Global Irish Economic Forum is to be held in Dublin this coming October. The announcement was made by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Af...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Aer Lingus cuts may not be enough to stem losses
Aer Lingus is in the throes of implementing a cost cutting plan. But the €97 million that has been earmarked for cuts might not be enough. Fuel cos...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Banks sues over Chicago Spire loan
Bank of America has applied to a Chicago court for a summary judgment against Irish developer Garret Kelleher and his Shelbourne Development compan...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Ireland hopes for Olympics spinoff
Ireland's sports minister, Leo Varadkar, has said his department intends to use the 2012 London Olympic Games as an opportunity to boost tourist nu...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Kenny delivers message that Ireland is open for business
Taoiseach Enda Kenny delivered a firm message during his whirlwind visit to New York last week that Ireland would rebuild its economy and its doors...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
So why is the queen coming to Ireland?
The Queen of England will visit Ireland next week. The visit, the first by a British monarch since before the Easter Rebellion, is curious for its ...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Not a saint, but in the company of them
I never considered myself a saint growing up in Southie, but neither did I ever expect to ever get to know two people who are saints. A few days ag...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Here’s my post-bin Laden to-do list
If I was an American soldier that has served or is currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, I would give myself a well-deserved pat on the back. W...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
The North decides
The voters of Northern Ireland have spoken and a new Assembly is set to take its seats in Stormont. That the election campaign was completed by the...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Terry Kirby remembers the 1981 hunger strikers
"Not one single day goes by without thoughts of our ten heroes of the 1981 Hunger Strike and the smashed hopes of the 1980 Strike," says Terry Kirb...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Browning retiring from World Music Institute
Within a couple years of their immigration in 1980 to Portland, Ore., I saw former Bothy Band members Kevin Burke on fiddle and Micheal O Domhnaill...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff