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Another Armada Another Armada
Pic of Day: There hasn't been this many navy ships off the Irish coast since, well, the Spanish Armada in 1588. With the arrival of a Russian floti...
Givan Resignation Leads to Election Call Givan Resignation Leads to Election Call
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has called for early elections after the North's First Minister Paul Givan resigned after just 231 days in th...
A Festival of Remembrance A Festival of Remembrance
As all that is well must end well, so too does the 14th annual Origin’s 1st Irish Festival, which concluded on Monday with reflections of hope and ...
Remembering Police Officer Gilroy, 49 years on Remembering Police Officer Gilroy, 49 years on
The law enforcement community will turn out again today in their thousands to honor fallen hero Wilbert Mora, who was tragically gunned down in Har...
Joyce's Masterpiece Marks 100 Joyce's Masterpiece Marks 100
Pic of Day: Pictured Wednesday morning is Niamh Ní Chuirc as the Friends of Joyce took delivery of a cake celebrating today’s 100th anniversary of ...
Relief for the Undocumented...in Ireland Relief for the Undocumented...in Ireland
A plan to allow thousands of undocumented migrants permission to stay in Ireland has been set in motion. There are up to 17,000 people living in Ir...
The Alabama Irish: Flying the flag in the Deep South
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The Alabama Irish: Flying the flag in the Deep South
As I left an evening reception at the Huntsville home of Michael and Lisa Bollinger, mainstays of the most active chapter of the Ancient Order of H...
A Cross For Brigid A Cross For Brigid
Pic of Day: Pictured outside Temple Street Hospital in Dublin today and holding a St. Brigid's Cross is Clinical Nurse Manager Suzanne Kernan. Fron...
Celebrating St. Brigid Worldwide Celebrating St. Brigid Worldwide
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs initiative "To Be Irish" is marking today, February 1, St. Brigid’s Day (Lá Fhéile Bríde), with a program o...
Mary Remembers Mary Remembers
Photo of the Day: Mary O'Neill is pictured beside the Bloody Sunday memorial in Derry. Mary can be seen in the background of the famous photo of Bi...
Russians Give, Eh, Water Russians Give, Eh, Water
The Russians are not known for giving up ground easily. But water? Well, they are apparently a little more fluid on that. The Russian government ha...
New York's Mayor Walker: Charming and Corrupt New York's Mayor Walker: Charming and Corrupt
Jimmy Walker epitomized Jazz Age New York. Charming and beloved, but also embodying all that was wrong with Tammany Hall politicians, Walker was fo...

 

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