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No Glory for New York GAA team at Gaelic Park in Leitrim Connacht championship challenge

The New York squad. (Photo by Margaret Purcell) Back in 2003 New York took Leitrim to extra time at Gaelic Park in the Connacht championship, almost causing ...

by Niall O'Dowd 1

Pictured accused Sean Ahearn, The alleged rape took place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Battery Park Irish American Columbia student accused of rape claims it was a setup

Sean Ahearn, the 27 year old who was accused of raping a Columbia graduate student, is now saying that he and the victim shared breakfast the morning after the reported incident, and that he has been set up. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 3

Senator Chuck Schumer pictured with Ciaran Staunton of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in DC last in December 2011. Irish lobby gear up for visa battle in bid to make undocumented Irish legal in U.S.

As the Senate Judiciary Committee kicks off what is expected to be a lengthy process of debating and amending the immigration bill on Thursday, the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR), the group dedicated to creating a new l ...

by CAHIR O'DOHERTY 14

Belfast native Sean Muldoon In Focus - Sean Muldoon: Belfast native and owner and manager of Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in Manhattan

Sean Muldoon is the co-owner and general manager of the Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in Lower Manhattan. Originally from Belfast, he has lived here for two and a half years. ...

by MOLLY MULDOON 0

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan star as Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. Green light for Baz Luhrmann’s opulent vision of F Scott Fitzgerald’s 'The Great Gatsby' - VIDEO

Certain to passionately divide the critics when it opens on Friday, director Baz Luhrmann’s opulent vision of The Great Gatsby brings Irish American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel to the big screen, this time in 3D. ...

by CAHIR O'DOHERTY 2

Tom Hanks to host the New York Irish Rep Theater's fundraiser Tom Hanks set to host New York Irish Rep Theater’s fundraiser

The Irish Repertory Theatre in New York has scored quite a coup for its annual gala fundraiser next month – two time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, currently starring in the Broadway megahit Lucky Guy, will act as host of the party. ...

by Irish Voice Reporters 1

GAA GPA All Stars with local Breezy Point home owners in November after Hurricane Sandy Irish Gaelic Player Association group head back to Breezy Point to aid Hurricane Sandy recovery

Building on the visit of the Irish-based Gaelic Players Association (GPA) to Breezy Point earlier this year, when stars of Ireland's Gaelic games helped with the recovery and reconstruction effort after Hurricane Sandy, the GPA is ...

by Irish Voice Reporters 0

Leitrim take a bite out of the Big Apple at New York's Gaelic Park

The hope that’s springs eternal for New York was stamped out most viciously, on the scoreboard at least by a Leitrim side that was not in the least feeling sympathy for an over matched opponent. ...

by EUGENE KYNE 2

Richard Donohue recovers in hospital with his wife at his side NYPD cops plan fundraiser for Richard Donohue - Boston MBTA cop injured in Tsarnaev shoot out

Members of the NYPD are planning a fundraiser for MBTA police officer Richard ‘Dick’ Donohue, 33, who was injured in the shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 2

Father-of-two Adrian Donohue was gunned down during a botched robbery attempt near Dundalk, County Louth US Marshals given details of suspect in Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe case

The US Marshals Service has received details of one of the suspects in the murder of Adrian Donohoe, the Garda detective who was murdered outside a credit union in County Louth in January. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 0

 5th Pen, Paper and Palate literary salon at Half King, NYC in association with the Irish Arts Center Harlan Coben, Mary Higgins Clark among readings at “Crime Writing & Outlaw Tales”

Acclaimed authors Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, Harlan Coben, Nelson DeMille, head of Killer Films Christine Vachon, and musician Joe Hurley will join the witty and entertaining author, BBC host and Booker Prize judge Frank ...

by JANE WALSH 0

Irish Consul General in New York Noel Kilkenny has been announced as the keynote speaker at the annual convention of the New York State Economic Development Council Irish Consul Noel Kilkenny named as keynote speaker at NY economic development conference

Irish Consul General in New York Noel Kilkenny has been announced as the keynote speaker at the annual convention of the New York State Economic Development Council. ...

by JANE WALSH 1

Squarespace COO Jesse Hertzberg speaking to Ireland's leader Enda Kenny  New York tech company Squarespace opens offices in Dublin

Ireland’s leader Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton have announced that Squarespace, the leading all-in-one website publishing platform, plans to establish its EMEA Headquarters in Dublin along with the creation ...

by JANE WALSH 0

Victor Navasky lauds Thomas Nast - American cartoonist known for his racist Irish ape-like drawings

Thomas Nast's racist cartoon depicting the Irish as ape-like For decades, Victor Navasky has been at the forefront of political journalism.  For nearly ...

by Tom Deignan 5

The final section of the spire that will top off One World Trade Center is raised past iron workers to the top of the building in New York, on May 2. One World Trade Center’s spire unveiled - NYC skyscraper now tallest building in Western Hemisphere

One World Trade Center in New York City officially became the tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere when its 408-foot spire was placed atop the building on Thursday. ...

by KERRY O’SHEA 1

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