News
GOAL Death Toll Reaches 28
The Irish aid agency GOAL is now reporting that 28 of its workers have been confirmed dead following last week's massive earthquakes in southern Tu...
February 17, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
GOAL Grieving After Losing 'Goalies' in Earthquake
GOAL, the Irish international aid agency, is in a state of shock and grieving after losing 27 of its workers in the earthquakes that shattered much...
February 10, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Well and Watching From the White House
A little under a year ago Maurice Barron wrote a story for the Irish Echo about his daughter Ava, and how she had become part of the Biden administ...
February 08, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
House Members Pen Letter to Sunak
U.S. House of Representatives members Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Bill Keating (MA-D), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) have written a letter to UK Prime ...
January 25, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
John "Chick" Donohue for '23
John "Chick" Donohue is the Irish Echo's Irish American of the Year for 2023. The native of the historically Irish neighborhood of Inwood in Upper ...
January 02, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
An Island’s Hope in a Bottle
Are we there yet? This was no impatient kid in the back seat of a car. And if only we had a car – like the one that had just passed us by while cli...
December 22, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Schumer $hores Up USS The Sullivans
Senator Charles Schumer has ensured the survival and future of USS The Sullivans eight months after the iconic warship looked like it was destined ...
December 21, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Attorney General James Unveils Big Changes at AIHS
It's a new day for an old house. New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday a long awaited plan to "preserve and revitalize" th...
December 19, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Kennedy for Envoy Role: Report
President Joe Biden is poised to name former congressman Joseph Kennedy III as special envoy to Northern Ireland. Politico was reporting today that...
December 16, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Former Soldier Dónal de Róiste Exonerated
The Irish government has decided to formally exonerate Dónal de Róiste, who was forced to retire from the Irish Defence Forces more than 50 years a...
December 09, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Griner Free, Whelan Still Held
Brittney Griner is free. That's the good news. Paul Whelan is still incarcerated in a grim Russian keep. Not so good. And arms dealer Viktor Bout, ...
December 08, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
A Day at More than a Museum
It was 1.15 in the afternoon. My wife issued the order of the day. If we get split up, meet in the cafeteria at 3. Three, I thought. Sure we’ll be ...
December 07, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
