Intermediate football

The first half of this intermediate football game was completely dominated by Long Island Gaels. 

An Irish-born lawyer who faced scorn for turning down an $8 million settlement in a medical-malpractice suit — only to lose at trial — has became the hero who secured a massive $130 million judgment for a brain-damaged Suffolk County girl at a new trial this week.

An overdue shout-out to Irish band the Script is well in order.  Lead singer Danny O’Donoghue, who stars in the U.K. version of The Voice, and his two mates rearranged their touring schedule to slot in an immediate fundraiser concert for Hurricane Sandy victims on Long Island.

A small plane crash claimed the lives of an Irish immigrant and his longtime friend off Long Island this past weekend.

The O’Brien family on Long Island has taken in two abandoned alligators that were found at their local supermarket parking lot. The Irish American family will care for the discarded animals for about a month until they’re brought to Florida.

Patricia Daly, who won $8 million in the New York lottery last year, has appeared in court to do battle with her ex-husband Jamie Eisel. He is suing her for half of the winnings.

An Irish grandfather had a close brush with death when he brought his granddaughters to pre-school last week on Long Island.

A Long Island Irish American woman gave birth to her twin sons on two different highways this weekend.

An Irish American nun who was beloved in her community at St.Edwards Parish in Syosset, Long Island has died after being  the victim of a hit and run driver.

Irish American teen Brittney Walsh, a standout Long Island student on her way to college was killed by a drunken driver late Sunday night, just a few short days after graduating with honors from her high school.

A Selden, Long Island mother is suing Suffolk County and eight police officers for shooting her unarmed 26-year-old son, Kevin Callahan, in his bedroom, and leaving him to bleed to death.

Keeling Pilaro, a 13-year-old Long Island boy who was raised in Ireland, will be removed from the varsity girls field-hockey team he plays for being “too dominant” a player. Pilaro,  is fighting the removal from the team in court and hopes to return for next season.

The incoming president of the Irish American Society in Mineola, Long Island, Patrick Kerins, announced that the annual St. Patrick’s Parade, which has been held in Garden City for over 30 years, is taking up a new route through Mineola.

Suffolk County Police have released a news artist’s sketch of one of the victims found on Gilgo Beach. Irish born Police Commissioner Richard Dormer continues to believe that the 10 bodies found over the past year are the victims of a serial killer.

Police believe they have found the body of Shannan Gilbert, the missing prostitute whose disappearance instigated the search for a serial killer on Long Island.

Suffolk County police now believe the disappearance of missing prostitute Shannon Gilbert was an accident.

Police have uncovered missing Shannon Gilbert’s pocketbook, ID, clothing, shoes, and a cellphone during their continuing search at Oak Beach in Long Island.