Community Features & Events
Kevin O’Shea
When Kathy O’Shea passed about three and a half years ago, she left behind her husband Kevin, five kids and ten grandkids and an empty house full o...
February 19, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
A Distillery with a Twist – and New Tastes
Distilleries are a familiar concept in Ireland. Back in the day, however, few people other than those working in one would enter into such a hall o...
February 17, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Irish artists raise voices for U.S. medics aiding Gaza child victims
A U.S. charity which provides hospital care to children wounded in the war in Gaza is to benefit from a fundraiser featuring some of New York's mos...
February 13, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
New York Knights make Brian's Day with St. Patrick's Boost
The New York City Knights of Saint Patrick have been stepping up their support for Downstate regional Irish cultural events and Saint Patrick’s Day...
February 12, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Florida Police Hall of Fame Honors Irish contribution
The Kennedy Space Center memorializes the most famous Irish American of them all. Just a short distance away, meanwhile, the profession that has do...
February 11, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Community Features & Events
The Long Blue Line: Tom Dolan Exemplifies the Best in Irish American Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Tom Dolan of the Ramapo, New York Police Department exemplifies the Irish American law enforcement officer’s fusion of Irish heritage an...
February 11, 2025
by Brian McCabe
News
Rep. Lawler addresses Irish Law & Order Awards; hints at run for Governor but could NI Envoy post await?
GOP New York Rep. Mike Lawler addressed a full house of law enforcement officials at the Irish Echo Law & Order Awards last night, paying tribute t...
February 01, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Culture
Texas Irish Writers Plan Dublin-Belfast Summer Workshop
From August 10-17, 2025, novelist S. Kirk Walsh (of the national bestseller The Elephant of Belfast) and award-winning poet and Fulbright recipient...
January 28, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
TWU President Samuelsen saluted as Irishman of the Year at Emeralds' annual gala
Trailblazing labor leader John Sameulsen was feted as Irishman of the Year at the The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies annual dinner in An...
January 26, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Chicago Police Sergeant Suzie Q. Kenny
Hollywood star Angie Dickinson made a splash playing TV’s “Sgt. Pepper Anderson,” LAPD’s top undercover cop, on her show “Police Woman” from 1974-7...
January 23, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
Community Features & Events
Golden Girl Mary Peters closes out Christmas celebrations in D.C.
Irish America rolled out the green carpet for Olympic gold medal winner Mary Peters at a special Nollaig na mBan celebration in Washington D.C. las...
January 15, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Culture
Twin Cities talented line-up will blow away winter blues
Celtic Junction Arts Center has taken the wraps off an extraordinary concert series showcasing world-renowned Celtic and folk artists at both its i...
January 10, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
