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By Irish Echo Staff Former New York city carpenters union head, Michael Forde, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering charges and is now ...

Ireland had both the highest birth rate and the lowest death rate in the European Union in 2009, according to new figures from Eurostat. Overall, I...

The GAA has confirmed that two double-headers will take place in Croke Park this weekend as the All-Ireland Football Championship reaches the quart...

By Peter McDermott It was once dubbed by the nation's paper of record a "small island of hope" in the South Bronx. Now in better times, as it appro...

The Hoops took everything Bnei Yehuda could throw at them on an intensely hot night, but with Alan Mannus in outstanding form in goals, they took t...

The Garda Commissioner has said the gardaí are targeting up to 15 criminal gangs all over the country as part of a nationwide investigation into ga...

Ryanair has reported a 24% fall in profits for the first three months of its financial year because of disruptions caused by the volcanic ash cloud...

By Peter McDermott First there was the dancehall. Then there was the short story, which led to the film. In the years that followed, visitors came ...

THEATER The Irish Repertory Theatre presents a special engagement of The Irish . . . And How They Got That Way by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Fra...

Derry will be the UK's inaugural City of Culture. The decision was announced in Liverpool, England, on Thursday. Derry was one of four cities in fo...

By Ray O'Hanlon Haiti marks six months this week since the Caribbean island nation was devastated by a massive earthquake, And though he would rate...

Communities in Inishowen, Co Donegal, are mourning the loss of eight men who died in a collision on Sunday, RTE reports. Seven men in a black Volks...