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Talks halt, London to set budget
Minister Simon Coveney By Irish Echo Staff The Northern Ireland party talks have ground to a halt and the British government has introduced a budge...
November 13, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Three standout days for Master Sergeant Chris Devoy
Chris Devoy in his time as a Master Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps By Ray O’Hanlon Dubliner Chris Devoy, not unlike his native county’s...
November 10, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
McCord and McManus mark sad anniversary
Raymond McCord Jr.’s final resting place By Ray O’Hanlon A father lost a son to violence. This was an all too common occurrence during the Northern...
November 09, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Varadkar wears a poppy, James McClean won’t
James McClean. Inpho/Ryan Byrne. By Anthony Neeson Taoiseach Leo Varadkar wore a poppy – the shamrock version – in the Dáil. James McClean is not s...
November 08, 2017
by Anthony Neeson
News
Irish names crop up in the ‘Paradise Papers’
The ICIJ logo for the Paradise Papers By Evan Short A number of Ireland’s most recognizable celebrities are among those named in the just released ...
November 07, 2017
by Evan Short
News
David Crosby completes his epic marathon run
David Crosby and his wife Katie after the finish of Sunday’s marathon By Ray O’Hanlon David Crosby’s heart never gave up, and neither did his donor...
November 06, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Diversity Visa, a grizzled survivor, under fire again
Charles Schumer when he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives By Ray O’Hanlon If Johnny in Donegal and Mary in Cork wake up some mornin...
November 03, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Golden Bridges conference for Boston on November 17
Massachusetts State Representative Dan Ryan, Connla McCann, Director Golden Bridges, and Sean Moynihan, Honorary Chair of Golden Bridges launch thi...
November 02, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
News
David Crosby’s 26.2 life affirming miles
David Crosby with his wife Katie and their kids By Ray O’Hanlon David Crosby will be putting heart and two souls into his running of the New York C...
November 02, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Condemnation and commendation follow fatal New York terror attack
Officer Ryan Nash. Facebook photo. By Ray O’Hanlon Other-worldly hatred was unleashed on the capital of the world Tuesday afternoon and people from...
November 01, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
Culture
Making sense of the Umbrella Man
Featured in many bizarre conspiracy theories in connection with JFK's assassination, Louis Steven Witt, aka the Umbrella Man, was in fact a peaceful right-wing protester against President Kennedy's foreign policy, which he and many in Dallas saw as "appeasing" communists. The umbrella was an allusion to Neville Chamberlain, who as British Prime Minister, pursued the policy of appeasement of Nazis in the late 1930s.
November 01, 2017
by Peter McDermott
News
From under hoods and into the woods
Paul Nixon’s wood carving of witch with Halloween very much in mind By Ray O’Hanlon If Leonardo da Vinci was up on his Halloween he would give Paul...
October 31, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon