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Duddy KOs MSG foe in 2nd min.
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Duddy KOs MSG foe in 2nd min.
In tip top shape after a three-month camp, Duddy came out with guns blazing and needed just a minute and 55 seconds to end the scheduled eight-roun...
Conan too good for late-night formula
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Conan too good for late-night formula
I haven't seen a great deal of O'Brien's work, but it does seem fair to say that he is Irish America's best-known comedic commentator on matters po...
New York stalls out on multi-million fund
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New York stalls out on multi-million fund
Announced in April 2008, the Emerald Fund planned to raise $750 million in projects across the Northern Ireland and border counties as well as in t...
All Nighter
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All Nighter
Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew into Belfast on Monday in a last bid attempt to rescue the power sharing governm...
Amnesty uproar
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Amnesty uproar
Rep. Patrick Murphy is at the receiving end of Irish ire after he signed up to a statement along with other Congress members that pledges their opp...
A magnificent seven rides into town
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A magnificent seven rides into town
That's the apparent thinking behind an initiative launched by seven Irish universities to raise their collective profile in America while attractin...
Educators seminar this Saturday at AIHS
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Educators seminar this Saturday at AIHS
The topic for the seminar is "The Lessons of Ireland's Great Famine." Speakers include Ireland's Consul General in New York, Ambassador Niall Burge...
Irish aid arrives in stricken Haiti
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Irish aid arrives in stricken Haiti
The supplies of blankets, plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, water tanks, tents, mattresses and kitchen sets will be given to the Irish aid ag...
No visa to see dying sister
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No visa to see dying sister
And one of them who is not being granted a waiver is desperate to get to Missouri where his sister is suffering from terminal cancer. Kevin O'Brien...
Bullied in school, takes her own life
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Bullied in school, takes her own life
Phoebe Prince and her mother had moved from Ireland to the western Massachusetts town of South Hadley last fall to be near relatives. She became po...
Down, down, down
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Down, down, down
Houses prices in the Republic fell by almost 20 percent last year. Homes in Dublin have lost value by about
Yikes, a million missing
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Yikes, a million missing
The Irish government's Central Statistics Office has calculated that overseas visits to Ireland fell by 881,200, or 12 percent, in the first 11 mon...

 

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