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No gunboats in sight on Lough Foyle but the calm is deceptive. There is a strong diplomatic undertow and it is getting stronger. By Ray O’Hanlon Ti...

Congressman Joe Crowley By Ray O’Hanlon Congressman Joe Crowley had a busy Thursday. In the morning he was the subject of a breaking story in which...

Robbie Walsh pictured, 4th from right in back row, in recent times with the Shamrock Legends. By Jay Mwamba Local soccer is mourning the passing of...

Henry Ford, about 1919. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS By Peter McDermott “His ignorance was a source of frequent wonder.” So writes Bill Bryson, in his wonde...

Senator Billy Lawless By Ray O’Hanlon The 45th president is promising a “great” immigration bill. Irish American community leaders are attempting t...

Kevin Grieve and his inoffensive hurl. By Anthony Neeson A top Belfast police officer has clarified that a hurley stick is “not an offensive weapon...

Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman Brian Kingston, welcomed representatives of the four American college teams competing in the Friendship Four Ice Ho...

Siobhan Dennehy By Ray O’Hanlon As if living in the shadows wasn’t bad enough the undocumented Irish must now brace for whatever a Trump administra...

Donald Trump arriving at Shannon Airport in May, 2014. A return trip to Doonbeg would likely be off the president elect’s travel plans for the fore...

FIVE CAREERS IRISH AMERICANS CAN HAVE IN SPAIN. So, you don’t like the results of the election and you think that it might be time to get out of Am...

New York City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley. By Ray O’Hanlon In what is being billed as the culmination of the 1916 Rising centennial commemorat...

Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber. By Ray O’Hanlon A few days have passed. The nerves have stopped jangling. More or less. What is it about this baseball...