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Washington, D.C. - First a computer glitch dashed the hopes of thousands, and now there will be a congressional hearing this week to consider shutt...

The New York State conventions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, men and ladies, were being hailed as a success by attendees at the gathering las...

An ad on Page 4 in the Irish Echo edition of June 29-July 5 stated that Pat Floody & Band was due to play at Stack's Lamp Post Pub in Cairo, NY ove...

Further unrest on the streets of the North has been caused by the removal of flags in loyalist areas. Last week saw yet more rioting, as a 100-stro...

A teenager from Derry City is feared dead after falling off a pier in a small County Donegal fishing village. Divers have been carrying out a searc...

Against the backdrop of local fury over the Irish government's decision to close the accident and emergency unit at Roscommon Hospital, artist Robe...

George Kimball had a glass eye. Oddly enough, that wasn't the first thing you noticed when he would barrel through the door of The Bells of Hell. I...

Now that Anthony Weiner's New York ambitions have turned to dust attention is turning increasingly to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. "Eying ...

The "Ireland America: The Ties That Bind" exhibition at Lincoln Center attempts an almost impossible task at its entrance: put Ireland in historica...

The bill for the visits of President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth to the Republic was €40 million, almost double the previous estimate. Several...

Passengers on a weekend flight between Britain and Ireland escaped injury after the plane's nose wheel failed on landing. Aer Arann, which was oper...

A new dress code ruling that would have compelled TDs to wear a "tailored jacket and a collared shirt" in the Déil have been consigned to the close...