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By Irish Echo Staff John Deasy and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore "enjoyed a frank exchange in the Dáil" last week on the issue of the undocumented Irish i...

Cardinals O'Malley and Dolan seen as papal contenders By Jim Smith BOSTON --- It might end up being Red Sox versus Yankees - in the conclave. The n...

Bayonne's mayor, Mark A. Smith, is planning to turn the New Jersey city green to mark St. Patrick's Day. Three weeks of celebration kick off this S...

By Sean Lehane The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said it is confident in its meat testing after a supermarket chain appeared to cast doubt o...

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, has welcomed the announcement by President Obama that the United States will la...

Calls grow for Oscar to honor Maureen O'Hara By Ray O'Hanlon Oscars will be flying around the room at the Academy Awards this weekend, but unless t...

By Irish Echo Staff The leaders of three main Irish American organizations have renewed their offensive against the U.S. Justice Department subpoen...

By Sean Lehane Ireland's bank deal with the European Central Bank is an "historic step on the road to economic recovery," Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ...

By Ray O'Hanlon There's no first come, first served when it comes to immigration reform. But that doesn't mean you don't get a word in, and at leas...

By Anthony Neeson The murder of solicitor Pat Finucane was far worse than anything alleged in Iraq or Afghanistan, the High Court in Belfast has he...

By Anthony Neeson The killing of an Official IRA man - who is immortalized in one of the most iconic images of the Northern Ireland conflict - was ...

By Breandán Magee The Illinois House of Representatives made history Tuesday, January 8 as it voted 65 to 46 to approve, by way of a bill, SB 957, ...