Community Features & Events
North and North Again to the Causeway
You would be forgiven for being momentarily confused. Well, being confused if you were from the South. We southerners typically refer to Northern I...
March 14, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Guards In Parade: Official
It's confirmed. An Garda Síochána will be marching in the 2024 New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. Parade officials had moved to reinstate a marchin...
March 08, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Resigning Over Garda Inclusion in NYC Parade
Members of the Irish police force, the Garda Siochana, look set to take part in this year's New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. But a number of para...
March 01, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Suozzi in Tight House Race
Former congressman Tom Suozzi is in a tight race as he attempts to secure a return to the House of Representatives in a special election set for Tu...
February 09, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Irish American Political Leaders Welcome Stormont Breakthrough
The move by the DUP to enter into power sharing has been welcomed by U.S. politicians who have taken a strong interest in Irish American issues ove...
February 01, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Inches From a Sporting Legend
My first landing in America was in California in the late winter of 1982. My second was in New York City in the summer of 1983. In Los Angeles, my ...
January 10, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
John Dearie for '24
John Dearie, who has set his extraordinary stamp on Irish history by virtue of his political actions in America, is the Irish Echo's Irish American...
January 03, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Reps Letter Urges Irish Interstate Case
A letter crafted by New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler is urging the Irish government to take the United Kingdom to court in the wake of B...
December 15, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
Culture
Christmas: A Gift Wrapped in an Irish Winter
Christmas in Ireland has always carried in it something of a contradiction. There is feasting and celebration aplenty but often the revelry is foll...
December 15, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Democrats Choose Suozzi for Special Election
To the surprise of few, Long Island Democrats have chosen former congressman Tom Suozzi to contest the special election in New York's 3rd congressi...
December 08, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Rosie O'Grady's Has a New Home
Rosie O'Grady's, the legendary Irish hostelry in Manhattan, has a new home. Owner Mike Carty was given the keys of the new home on Wednesday. And t...
December 06, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Kennedy Looking Like a Frontrunner
New York State Senator Tim Kennedy is running for Congress in New York's 26th district, where sitting congressman, Brian Higgins, has announced his...
December 05, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
