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Retiring to bucolic Ireland is an increasingly costly option By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com A petition urging changes in Irish law dealing ...

A pro-Brexit campaign poster in Belfast. By Anthony Neeson A vote for “Brexit” would put Northern Ireland’s “future at risk,” this according to two...

A 2009 photo of the pub where the killings took place. By Anthony Neeson A damning report by Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman has said that ther...

SOAK. By Colleen Taylor SOAK is coming to town. And this time, she’s not doing it alone. The Irish singer-songwriter from Derry will tour the State...

Frank Liddy By Evan Short In all the efforts made to resolve the problems of post Troubles Belfast, Buddhism, and teaching the art of meditation, w...

Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Ireland in 2012. RollingNews.ie photo. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com They have been cheering he...

Jane Fadely. By V. J. Fadely I found myself counting things. Not just the days before I departed Ireland, but other things, too. There were more co...

New York City Comptroller, Scott Stringer, who oversees $154 billion in pension funds, took time out of his busy schedule to discuss my proposal fo...

Villanova University, just north of Philadelphia, is planning a new Irish Studies center. Villanova University photo. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@iris...

Aaron Devlin By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com So here’s a story that is both sad and uplifting. Ballinderry Shamrocks Gaelic Athletic Club in...

Gardai at the scene of the recent shooting in Dublin of Gareth Hutch. Hutch, who was “known to gardai,” was related to members of the Hutch crimina...

Billy Lawless. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com It and more has been promised by various Irish political parties for years. Now Taoiseach End...