We are still receiving requests from residents out in the Rockaways for help with the rebuilding of their homes after hurricane Sandy. If any qualified tradespeople (carpenters, plumbers, painters, etc) are available to help for a day or two, please call us at 914-237-5121.

As ten brave, single men from across the five boroughs prepare for a private interview, on stage performance, and party piece in the hopes of being crowned New York's Bachelor of the Year in Gaelic Park on February 16, there's only one man to put them through their paces. That man is the Irish Aisling Center’s Bachelor of the Year’s host, Dáithí Ó Sé.

90-year-old illegal Irish immigrant Josephine Stout, who had been living in the U.S. since she was a toddler in the 1920s, passed away on Monday just a few weeks before officially becoming an American citizen.

Bosses at media giant The Associated Press have banned the use of the term ‘illegal immigrant’.

The Department of Homeland Security expect that applications for high-skilled immigration visas, H-1B visas will be far greater than the numbers they will supply.

On Wednesday April 10th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted what appears to have been an orchestrated raid in Massachusetts, taking into ICE custody a number of Irish immigrants. 

Irish Pastoral Centre Chaplain Fr. John McCarthy and IPC pro bono attorney Chris Lavery in Boston  are providing ongoing assistance to those in need of help and support. 

Ill prepared Irish immigrants arriving in Australia are falling on hard times, according to emigrant support organizations.

Though a Tuesday press conference to unveil the new Senate immigration reform bill was canceled out of respect to victims of the Boston terror attack, the sweeping measure was made public.

The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform has welcomed Wednesday’s introduction of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, S.744 by the ‘Gang of 8’ in the US Senate and fully expect an estimated 50,000 Irish undocumented to benefit if it becomes law.

History was made at the City Club of Chicago on Monday, April 22 as two rival congressmen, one a conservative Republican and the other a liberal Democrat, shared a stage not once but twice to confirm their commitment to comprehensive immigration reform. The Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform led by Chairman Billy Lawless greeted both legislators and thanked them for their leadership on this issue.

Senator Durbin took to the stage Wednesday May 1, standing alongside Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform Chairman Billy Lawless, for a May Day rally in downtown Chicago that saw thousands take to the streets to demand an end to deportations and immigration reform now.

As droves of fresh faced Irish students touchdown on U.S. soil eager to experience a slice of American life this summer, the coalition of Irish Immigration Centers (CIIC) has issued a guide for J-1 students.

Irish Minister of State Dinny McGinley will urgently ask Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore for a comprehensive explanation of the actions of the Irish International Immigration Center (IIIC) in Boston, after it was revealed that they turned in an Irish student visa holder to U.S. authorities who were unaware of an alleged violation of her visa.