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A helping hand for Union County parade
Union County Freeholder Vice Chairman, Sergio Granados, and Freeholders Christopher Hudak, Vernell Wright, Bette Jane Kowalski and Linda Carter pre...
January 20, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Supreme Court hears important labor union case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the important labor union case of “Friedricks vs. CA. Teachers Assn.” The issue is whether public la...
January 19, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Reaching into a January sky
The Empire State Building is always worth a look, and a photo. This photo was snapped by the Echo’s Tracey Quilligan outside the Echo office on Mad...
January 15, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Throwback Thursday
Rickman was a big screen de Valera The day that saw the 2016 Oscar nominations being released also came with the sad news of the death of actor Ala...
January 14, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Flanagan meets with Hibernian leaders
During his visit to New York last week Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan met with leadership representatives of the Ancient Order of Hibernia...
January 13, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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King is Queen of the Kingdom
Loretta King made history last week when she became the first woman president of the Kerry Association of New York. Pictured left to right: Gerry O...
January 12, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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The day Bowie rocked Ireland
On the day that it was announced that music legend David Bowie had died from cancer aged 69, here is a look back to a summer’s day in 1987 when the...
January 11, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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1916 commemorations unveiled at Harbour House gathering
Danny McDonald, owner of the Harbour House at Pier A, located at Manhattan’s southern tip, reading the Emma Lazarus poem, “The New Colossus,” at th...
January 08, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Throwback Thursday
Irish votes to be counted again very soon An election official counting votes after the February, 2011 Irish General election. The general expectat...
January 07, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Neal forsakes gavel for shovel
It’s Massachusetts though not quite another big dig. Congressman Richard Neal leads the groundbreaking for a memorial park dedicated to the 1916 Ri...
January 06, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Loretta makes Kerry history
The Kerry Association of New York will install its first female president, Loretta King, at a gathering this Friday evening, January 8. The associa...
January 05, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Flag raising marks the arrival of 1916 centenary year
Minister for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan, presided at the New Year’s Day flag raising ceremony in Dublin Castle to mark the start of the governmen...
January 04, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff