Ray O'Hanlon

Ray O’Hanlon is Editor of the Irish Echo. A graduate of University College Dublin, he has been a journalist for more than four decades and is a published author, his latest book being “Unintended Consequences: The Story Of Irish Immigration To The U.S. And How America’s Door Was Closed To The Irish” (www.MerrionPress.ie).

Latest Stories

USS The Sullivans Taking On Water USS The Sullivans Taking On Water
USS The Sullivans, a decommissioned United States Navy Fletcher-class destroyer named after the five Sullivan brothers of World War Two, was today ...
April 15, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Keel Laid For USS Patrick Gallagher Keel Laid For USS Patrick Gallagher
The keel is laid. The USS Patrick Gallagher is on the way. It is a ways-off yet. But only just over the horizon. The full construction of the U.S. ...
April 08, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
At UN, Ireland Calls For Ukraine Ceasfire At UN, Ireland Calls For Ukraine Ceasfire
Ireland has called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine, this on a day that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the United Nati...
April 05, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Byrne Nason For D.C. Post Byrne Nason For D.C. Post
Ireland's Ambassador to the United Nations, Geraldine Byrne Nason, will be moving to Washington later this year where she will take up the post of ...
April 01, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
DUP Minister Blindsided by DUP MPS DUP Minister Blindsided by DUP MPS
Who would envy Gordon Lyons? The North's Minister for the Economy is working to revive tourist visits to Northern Ireland after the slump brought a...
March 25, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Memory Endures and a Ship Takes Shape
Community Features & Events
Memory Endures and a Ship Takes Shape
What is it about 25 years? It took about that time span for the late John Leahy to crack the nut that was America’s failure to posthumously award U...
March 22, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Parade Blames Premature Barriers for Tail-End Mess Parade Blames Premature Barriers for Tail-End Mess
It was barriers being erected in the wrong places at the wrong time. That is the explanation of New York St. Patrick's Day Parade organizers for th...
March 21, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
What Happened on Fifth Avenue? What Happened on Fifth Avenue?
Questions are being asked by some with regard to what appears to have been a confused and early ending to the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Ave...
March 18, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Walking the Avenue, Blazing a Trail Walking the Avenue, Blazing a Trail
The Fire Department of New York marching contingent invariably cuts a lively swathe up Fifth Avenue in the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. This ...
March 18, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
With Spring, Hope Springs Anew in Ireland
Community Features & Events
With Spring, Hope Springs Anew in Ireland
And so 2022. The year when Ireland can be sensed anew, the year when Ireland can be anticipated anew. The year when Ireland can be reached and embr...
March 18, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Tis the Season…For Irish Whiskey Tis the Season…For Irish Whiskey
Like sprouting shamrock in the springtime, Irish Whiskey brands emerge into the light of March as sure as, well, St. Patrick’s Day. After a two yea...
March 11, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon
Biden Appoints O'Leary as IFI Observer Biden Appoints O'Leary as IFI Observer
President Biden has appointed Stella O'Leary to be U.S. Observer to the International Fund for Ireland. O'Leary, who chairs the Irish American Demo...
March 10, 2022 by Ray O'Hanlon

 

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