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Climbing Camlough for the undocumented Irish
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Climbing Camlough for the undocumented Irish
But while the undocumented might be gone they are not forgotten and indeed will be acknowledged Christmas Day in Ireland by a group of politicians ...
And St. Nicholas too
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And St. Nicholas too
The remains of St Nicholas of Myra, who lived in the 4th century and was the bishop of Lycia, are thought to have been brought by returning crusade...
Family seek information on missing man
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Family seek information on missing man
The father of three children, who is a resident of Lowell, Mass., has brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone who can help his family members and friends ...
A ministerial view
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A ministerial view
Kelly has been a junior minister at the office of the first minister and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland since May 2007. "When it's worki...
McAllister will walk as aide to Ray Kelly
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McAllister will walk as aide to Ray Kelly
The Belfast man was named this week as one of a dozen aides to the New York Police Department Commissioner and will be introduced officially at the...
MacBride's night
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MacBride's night
An array of speakers, veterans of the campaign and relative newcomers, spoke to a packed chamber about the naissance of the campaign, the reasons f...
Kick off
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Kick off
Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and twenty fellow Democrats are doing just this, introducing immigration reform this week in the House of Represe...
But what of the life story of James Jackson?
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But what of the life story of James Jackson?
Lest it slip back into obscurity, I offer a few words to mark this extraordinary intrusion of the eighteenth century city into the twenty-first fro...
Raised fist provokes ire at Woodside co-op board
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Raised fist provokes ire at Woodside co-op board
Club members won 53 medals at Olympic Games held in the early 20th century, but when the I-AAC went into decline after the World War I., its headqu...
Rapper Rick, so why not dapper John?
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Rapper Rick, so why not dapper John?
"I'm a lawyer, but I'm still a convicted felon, and only a pardon can solve that," O'Hara told the Echo. O'Hara finally triumphed in a decade long ...
The battle for the waterfront
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The battle for the waterfront
What is your latest book about? A violent struggle within the Port of New York and New Jersey in the postwar decade; a kind of civil war pitting a ...
Kelleher battles for his high rise dream
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Kelleher battles for his high rise dream
Kelleher's spire, which looks not unlike an inverted screw in artistic renderings, has been delayed due to financing problems related to the bankin...

 

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