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Parade board says no demotion of St. Patrick
Dr. John Lahey By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Faced with concern and questions over the future direction of the New York St. Patrick’s Day ...
November 10, 2015
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Dublin’s Little Museum thinks big in New York
Christy Brown at work with his left foot. RTE archive photo. By Irish Echo Staff Dublin’s Little Museum, an institution charged with telling a big ...
November 10, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
Authors make powerful case for program's floor of protection
President Biden drew boos and howls of protest when he suggested during his recent State of the Union address that some of his opponents had Social...
November 10, 2015
by Peter McDermott
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Maureen O’Hara laid to rest in Arlington
Maureen O’Hara with her husband, Charles Blair. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Just as she did countless times in her long life, Maureen O’...
November 09, 2015
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Second Annual First Responders Awards
By Irish Echo Staff The Irish Echo’s Second Annual First Responders Awards will take place Friday, November 13, at Rosie O’Grady’s Manhattan Club i...
November 06, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
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Altering parade rules is nothing new
By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com At its core, the latest argument over the New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade is about something that cannot b...
November 06, 2015
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Wondrous wood in a canyon of concrete
Patrick Coffey in his studio. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Manhattan is a monument to the powers of concrete, asphalt, glass and steel. B...
November 05, 2015
by Ray O'Hanlon
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A cabbie’s adventures in NYC
[caption id="attachment_81051" align="alignnone" width="300"] John McDonagh on stage at the Cell.[/caption] By Aaron Vallely Back in Dublin, many p...
November 05, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
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As Ryan long fingers reform, E-3 bill before House committee
Congressman James Sensenbrenner meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan during the latter’s recent visit to Washington. By Ray O’Hanlo...
November 04, 2015
by Ray O'Hanlon
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St. John’s event will focus on Friends of Irish Neutrality
Paul O’Dwyer. By Irish Echo Staff Pearl Harbor changed a lot of things, not least the outlook of an organization called the Friends of Irish Neutra...
November 03, 2015
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tragic death of Hibernian John Egan
John Egan holding the Burns Hayes Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed by the New York AOH, at a ceremony last year. He is pictured with t...
November 02, 2015
by Ray O'Hanlon
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New York example may hold answer to Belfast’s interfaces
A Belfast “Interface” wall By Evan Short A New York University professor has said Belfast can learn from New York in its bid to do away with the in...
October 30, 2015
by Evan Short