This Irish America

Pfizer, the maker of Viagra and Lipitor, has struck a deal to buy Botox maker and Irish-based Allergan in a transaction valued at about $160 billio...

Irish Echo reader Bernadette Rudden with her niece Abby and new nephew Patrick Michael Rudden. 7lbs 3oz, 18 inches long.

The American Ireland Fund recently held its annual Boston gala at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. Pictured are Steve Greeley, Vice President of Major ...

The photo is new but the backdrop goes back to another time. John Hume and Ivan Cooper were two of the North’s leading civil rights leaders when th...

The Book of Condolence for the Paris terror victims is illuminated by candlelight in Dublin's Catholic Pro Cathedral. Rollingnews.ie photo.

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Belfast City Hall was lit up in Blue, White and Red in honor of France.

Tributes left outside as members of the public queued to add their signatures in the Book of Condolences for the victims of the Paris attacks in th...

The second annual Irish Echo First Responders Awards event takes place tonight at Rosie O’Grady’s in Manhattan. Here’s a quick look back to last ye...

The Anglo Irish Agreement marks its thirtieth anniversary this week. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are p...

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams addressing the annual Friends of Sinn Féin fundraising dinner in Manhattan. Photo by Nuala Purcell.

Entertainer George M. Cohan was born on July 3, 1878, to Irish Catholic parents in Providence, R.I., although he famously boasted that he was born ...

It’s the season for marathons and one of the recent races was the 15th Baltimore Marathon in which Caitlin Gaughan from Scranton, PA came first in ...