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George Mitchell By Irish Echo Staff letters@irishecho.com Mitchell scholars will not be studying in Northern Ireland in the 2016-17 academic year. ...

Dubliner Gavin Glass’s latest CD “Sunday Songs” has received glowing reviews in Ireland. By Colleen Taylor letters@irishecho.com By now, the popula...

California State Senator Lori Hancock and her husband, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Berkeley City Council has vo...

Dr. John Lahey is now chairman of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Inc. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com John Dunleavy wasn’t ousted from any pos...

An injured police officer is dragged from the front line by colleagues By Anthony Neeson aneeson@irishecho.com Twenty-four police officers and a 16...

LIUNA President Terry O’Sullivan By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Less is more when it comes to honoring Irish America’s contribution to the ...

Flashback to March 2013, and the interment of the partial remains of John Ruddy in Ardara, County Donegal. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com A...

Seamus Heaney was an original member of the Belfast Group organized at Queen’s University from 1963. He is pictured near his home in Dublin in 1995...

Maire Reilly and Maura Mulligan. By Maura Mulligan letters@irishecho.com The recent Bergen County Irish festival featured pipe bands, step dancers,...

One of the billboards at Dublin Airport By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Four billboards have been placed in boarding areas at Dublin Airport...

Trinity College (left) and DUMBO alongside the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn as it would appear on the planned Trinity screen. By Evan Short letters...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians argues that the MacBride Principles are still needed in order to shore up a fragile peace in Northern Ireland. This...