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The move was widely welcomed. A statement from the U.S. Consulate in Belfast described the move as another important and necessary step along the p...

That's the question posed in a recent Washington Post report that examined the post-Tiger economy in the Republic and posed two direct questions: "...

"Tourism Ireland has launched an ambitious $500,000 short-term marketing campaign in the U.S. aimed at reviving dwindling interest in the Irish hol...

That didn't happen, so those same representatives are now looking into a year when the same questions are outstanding, though writ larger as a resu...

To say that the matter has been poorly dealt with for many years would not be an exaggeration. That said, the issue is an extremely difficult one i...

"I came to the U.S. for a visit back in the early '80s. The Irish economy was bad and a lot of my mates were already gone from Ireland," O'Malley r...

Although Munster decided to rest several of their Ireland internationals including Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara, Donncha O'Callaghan, Tomas O'Leary...

Ten years after Murphy's radical innovation changed the look of the hurling field forever, the National Hockey League (NHL) made those same helmets...

"I really tried to think of every excuse I could not to do it because I thought he needed somebody else. I think I gave him a few names, actually,"...

By a wide margin, Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon's "I gNoc na Grai" ("In Knocknagree") finished as the top Irish traditional album of the decade. Ther...

If pure, unabashed silliness were in extremely short supply on New York stages, "Flanagan's Wake," arriving in the city after a lengthy run in Chic...

"I'm looking forward to going," President Obama told the Echo in casual remarks at a recent holiday party at the White House. U.S. embassy staff in...