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By Sean Devlin This isn’t Colin Quinn’s first rodeo. He’s performed comedy far and wide, he’s sat in the anchor’s chair “Weekend Update” sketch for...

Together at the launch of the appeal were Orlaith Staunton, John Duddy and Ciaran Staunton. By Irish Echo Staff The Irish Consulate in New York ope...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott When asked to set the scene for “Beatlebone,” his second novel, Kevin Barry said: “John Lennon is trying to...

[This opinion piece was published in the Irish Echo on Jan. 16, 2013, against the backdrop of the debate sparked by the Sandy Hook massacre, which ...

By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com The New York St. Patrick’s Day Board of Directors and the parade’s recently elected Parade and Celebration C...

By Colleen Taylor Singer-songwriter Ashley Davis is lighting her tree in a different way this year—with a new Christmas album. Entitled “The Christ...

Brian Moore By Irish Echo Staff A street intersection in Queens bears a new name, that of Detective First Grade Brian Moore. Moore, just 25, was gu...

An underwater farm near Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Photo by Jamie Martin, Irish Air Corps. By Irish Echo Staff Large areas of Ireland are under wate...

By Evan Short A Fianna Fáil councilor has resigned from the party after an RTE investigation was broadcast on Monday night. During the RTE Investig...

Bono and U2 paid tribute to those who were recently killed in Paris, but also to those killed in the Troubles in Ireland. RollingNews.ie photo. By ...

Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley (center) with Billy Lawless on the right. By Irish Echo Staff Former Maryland Governor and Democr...

The O’Donnell family By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com The immigration mess always looms larger at Christmas, a time of year when an elevated ...