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'Nailer' casts cold eye on abuse scandals
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'Nailer' casts cold eye on abuse scandals
On a bleak weekday morning a few months ago, novelist Tom Phelan painted an almost idyllic picture of his childhood growing up in County Laois in t...
Death of Philly stalwart
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Death of Philly stalwart
The death occurred on July 26 of Annabella Manley, a County Tyrone native and a long-time active member of the Irish community in the Philadelphia ...
Around Ireland
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Around Ireland
ROSCOMMON SENTENCED MAN LEADS HIGH-SPEED CHASE Garda Caitríona O'Malley, who graduated from Templemore Garda College just last month, had a baptism...
Chicago group gets new base
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Chicago group gets new base
Moving from the city's Southeast to its Northwest represents a good move overall for Chicago Irish Immigrant Support. So believes the Rev. Michael ...
Brehons back BC
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Brehons back BC
Call it a holding action. The PSNI’s decision to seek sensitive archive information about the Troubles, held in confidence by Boston College, is ri...
Millrose man
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Millrose man
New York’s Millrose Games are heading uptown next year and leading the way is famed Irish miler Ray Flynn, who will be running the campaign to rebo...
Bailout relief not enough says union leader
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Bailout relief not enough says union leader
Initial optimism surrounding a revised European bailout deal for Ireland's struggling economy is beginning to dissolve after claims the Republic's ...
Moves to better Dáil debates
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Moves to better Dáil debates
The Irish parliament, the Oireachtas, is facing operational changes this autumn after members recently voted for a raft of reforms. New rules for t...
House committee votes to dump diversity visas
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House committee votes to dump diversity visas
The House Judiciary Committee last week voted to abolish the diversity visa program, the last legal path to a green card that most Irish can access...
Irish Repertory to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
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Irish Repertory to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
The Irish Repertory Theatre has been named as the 2011 recipient of the Irish American Writers & Artists' Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award...
Five arrests in Kerr murder probe
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Five arrests in Kerr murder probe
Police in Northern Ireland have made five arrests and are carrying out a major search operation in connection with the murder of PSNI officer Ronan...
Body recovered from Donegal lough
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Body recovered from Donegal lough
The body of a 17-year-old Derry boy has been recovered from Lough Swilly in County Donegal eight days after he drowned. Sean McNair jumped from Rat...

 

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