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By Ray O'Hanlon It caused discussion when it first saw the light of a Belfast day fifteen years ago and it still generating argument and discussion...

Tom McGrath to the starting line By Ray O'Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Tom McGrath heading for Ireland to raise funds for Our Lady's Children's Ho...

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who has a record of almost four decades in service to the public, will address this year's graduates at the 137th ...

by Irish Echo Staff After being thwarted in an earlier attempt to visit the U.S., this due to a visa snafu in Dublin, author Tim Pat Coogan will ma...

Nominations are being invited for the second annual (2013) Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad. The closing date for ret...

By Anthony Neeson Just as in life, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has divided opinion after news of her death. The Iron Lady died ...

By Irish Echo Staff Former Irish president Mary McAleese will be heading to Boston College this fall to take up the position of Burns Library Visit...

The captain of an Air France plane which crashed into the sea with the loss of all 228 people on board had only slept one hour the previous night a...

By Ray O'Hanlon It's not quite a home of their own, but it's close. And if you are flying to Ireland with Aer Lingus out of JFK tonight do not go t...

[caption id="attachment_75238" align="alignnone" width="600"] Attending the recent IFI board meeting in Dundalk were: Chairman, Dr Adrian Johnston ...

[caption id="attachment_75234" align="alignnone" width="600"] Almost there. Senator Charles Schumer, who had crisscrossed Fifth Avenue greeting spe...

By Sean Lehane The murder of a garda during the robbery of a credit union in January has led to calls for gardai to have the Uzi submachine gun - p...