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In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph shortly following her 108th birthday in July, County …
Between January 1, 2016 and January 1 of this year, Andrew Taylor lost over 100 …
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In June, Brian Kaller walked to the edge of the Bog of Allen, just behind …
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As the visionary leader of one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Daniel …
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Mary Mac pictured at Niagara Falls in 1972.
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Slaney Foods International, based in Bunclody, County Wexford, is celebrating after landing a deal to …
The 2017 Irish America Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 list celebrates Irish innovators who are leading the …
I was able to sniff back tears during most of the moving presentation of the …
A new book by folk singer and author Judy Collins reveals all about her battle …
Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History, which premiered last year in San Francisco to correspond with …
For the first time in history, the Irish are poised to make a material contribution …
In August, Pierce Brosnan stars in the family drama The Only Living Boy in New …
With Irish stars like Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, not to mention the A-List director …
In the wake of the critical and popular success she had starring in the Hulu …
In November, look for Tipperary native Kerry Condon in Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh’s latest twisted flick …
As if there weren’t enough references these days to former president Richard Nixon, Watergate, and …
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Speaking of Colin Farrell, the Dublin actor also has a full slate of films coming …
Two Irish films that have not yet received American release dates but that are worth …
The Irish Repertory Theatre celebrated its 2017 gala at the New York Town Hall in …
Irish universities are at the forefront of medical science. Here are some of the recent …
Tom Deignan examines the WWI marching tune.
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Fans of legendary actress Mary Tyler Moore – …
More than 350 people attended a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Arboretum near …
We should be attendant to any story that involves love, even when it’s the strange …
Pictured below at the dedication of a new monument to General Thomas Francis Meagher at …
Leo Varadkar made history in June when he was elected taoiseach, becoming the first openly …
Sixteen-year-old Fiacre Ryan’s life was transformed because of the Rapid Prompting Method, an innovative way …
My maternal grandmother Kate and I were very close. As a child I would go …
This fall, a number of our most celebrated Irish American authors will launch books into …
A trip to the West Cork Literary Festival turns into an unexpected and inspiring look …
Sinn Féin Deputy Leader and Dublin Central TD Mary Lou McDonald (below) published a comprehensive and substantive document on …
For the first time since figures have been recorded, more than one million North Americans …
Recently published books of Irish and Irish American interest.
Napoleon’s Doctor: The St. Helena Diary of Barry …
In the past and at present alike, the name O’Dea is almost exclusively associated with …
Hook Lighthouse, located on the Hook Head peninsula in County Waterford, has expanded its tourism …
Edythe Preet writes about Ireland’s relationship with its signature crop.
Back in first grade, my …
The tragic story of Eugene O’Neill’s sons, both of whom died by suicide.
A four-time …
Dublin Institute of Technology start-up company Kastus was the recent recipient of a Knowledge Transfer …
There is something fitting about where Malachy McCourt is calling from as I speak to …
Coming to terms with hemochromatosis.
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According to a 2017 report by UNICEF, Ireland has the fourth highest rate of teen suicide …
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birth, the New York Historical …
“There never was a sound that was not music – there’s no real trick of …
The number of people in the United States who identify as Irish American has suffered …
Jack Finucane
1937 – 2017
Father Jack Finucane, who co-founded the Irish humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide with …
She was the original Patient Zero, a healthy and asymptomatic carrier of a deadly plague. …
The 2017 Women of Concern Awards Luncheon, hosted by Concern Worldwide US in New York …
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