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By Mairtin O'Muilleoir momuilleoir@irishecho.com A bumper fundraising year for the Irish American Partnership has enabled the Boston-headquartered ...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh July 23 page 6 & 7 I like to think that West of Irelanders possess a unique determination and spirit, however, none more so t...

Siobhan Lyons has been executive director of the Irish Immigration Center for five years. By Peter McDermott Siobhan Lyons has a problem. It’s one,...

By Edward McCann Frank McCourt peering out from the front door of Leamy's School on a visit to Limerick City in the summer of 1997. PHOTOCALL My he...

By Áine Ní Shionnaigh This week marks the 15th anniversary of the tragic death of John F. Kennedy Junior, only son of President John F. Kennedy. JF...

John P. Cahill, second from right, at a campaign event in Greene County, N.Y. By Peter McDermott When John P. Cahill says he’s hopeful that it will...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Growing up in the West of Ireland, my exposure to the Fourth of July was limited to two iconic movies. As a young child, I re...

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir in Portland, Ore., during a year that involved the most frenetic engagement ever with America by a Belfast First Citizen. DONAL...

Sgt Cory Remsburg and Aine at iHope by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Patrick Donohue is a prominent Irish American lawyer who left his career as a lawyer to c...

Funeral services for labor leader John “Jack” Ahern will be held Friday through Sunday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, 1201 ...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Last week, I referred to a piece of prose “Welcome to Holland”, which employs a metaphor of excitement for a vacation to Ital...

A Dad with a Difference by Áine Ní Shionnaigh “We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situ...