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NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says Boston bomber brothers planned to attack Times Square - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:48:53 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters Thursday afternoon that the Boston Marathon bombers had “spontaneously” planned to drive to Times Square with their unused six explosives.

Times Square church outraged by Sunday morning drag show next door (IrishCentral)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:13:11 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A Catholic church in Times Square is outraged that a brunch time drag show is being performed at Lillie's restaurant next door in the middle of Lent.

Barack Obama or Mitt Romney? What the folks in Times Square really think - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:04:41 PDT

By: DARREN REDMOND

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Irish photographer’s project featuring everyday women on show in Times Square (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:10:11 PDT

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The photographic project of Wexford photographer Christine Redmond will be displayed in Times Square, New York.

Two Irish soccer fans saved from death on subway tracks in Times Square (IrishCentral)

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:04:21 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Two Irish soccer fans who were inebriated and fell onto the tracks at Times Square in New York late on Sunday night were saved when perfect strangers jumped down on to the track and pulled them to safety.

Lady Gaga to lead the New Year’s Eve countdown in New York’s Times Square (IrishCentral)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:45:21 PST

Lady Gaga at the EMAs (Celebuzzcom)The pop superstar – who is a proud New Yorker - has been personally chosen by Major Michael Bloomberg to push a Waterford Crystal button and drop the ball into the crowd at 1159pm on Saturday nightEvery year the major picks a special guest to lead the countdown and previous choices have included former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary Clinton, boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Rudy Giuliani READ MORE

All eyes on Waterford Crystal ball for Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration (IrishCentral)

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:06:24 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

For the eleventh year in a row, a Waterford Crystal ball will be descending upon Times Square in New York City at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to help ring in the new year. This year, the theme for the ball is “Let There Be Friendship.”

Irish sporting legends take to New York stage to tell remarkable stories (IrishCentral)

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:55:08 PDT

Henry Shefflin & Ger Brennan in Times Square on Thursday (Photo Credit: Sean McPhail)I had the pleasure of hosting a couple of Irish sporting legends last night at the New York Athletic Club in New YorkThey were called Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy and neither of them spoke a wordThat is despite that fact they are, arguably, the two most famous sporting figures in IrelandEvery year thousands dream of Sam and Liam, people vie and will almost die to get their hands on them READ MORE

Irish selling off land a square-foot at a time to Diaspora (IrishCentral)

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:48:54 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Maybe you've always wanted to own a piece of the homeland but could never afford a plot.

A Dublin Christmas on Times Square (IrishCentral)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:22:39 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Irish language short film "Nollaig Shona", written and directed by Orla Murphy, was selected from over 5,000 entries to screen to an audience of up to 1,000 people, during the first-ever Times Square open-air short film event, part of the New York City International Film Festival, supported by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting.

Saturday in New York means Lillies at Union Square for a trip in the time-machine (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:10:11 PDT

Lillie was certainly one in a million back home, but in New York, no one compares to her Lillie was Ireland's Marilyn Monroe of her day, and Lillie's is New York's only authentic Irish Victorian public house Lillie's was literally disassembled in Ireland, shipped to Manhattan and reconstructed here, bringing the feel of old Irish urban life to the Big Apple What makes Lillie's so special--besides Lillie's ghost manifesting in antique mirrors after a few rounds--is the music READ MORE

NYPD Irish cop Wayne Rhatigan hero of Times Square car bomb attempt (IrishCentral)

Sun, 02 May 2010 04:23:55 PDT

By: JANE WALSHE

Police Officer Wayne Rhatigan was the hero of New York on Sunday as he sounded the alert about a car bomb in Times Square and managed to clear the area and help have the bomb defused.

Yes! The Time is now for Fr. Doyle Square (IrishCentral)

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:20:09 PST

Following the publication of the Murphy Report into clerical child sexual abuse Dublin City Council wants to change the name of Archbishop Ryan Park Okay, changing the name away from Archbishop Ryan is appropriate, but changing the name to honor "one of the city's famous writers," as suggested by one councillor, is wrong The park remains a gift to the city from the Catholic people of Dublin and, therefore, an Irish Catholic should be honoredThe park should be named after someone who lived a positive Catholic life READ MORE

It's time for a Fr. Doyle Square in Dublin (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:00:04 PST

Posted by TheYank at 9/29/2009 10:35 AM EDTYou know who Fr Duffy is, right? (If you don't, well, we need to remedy that You can get a snippet here) Anyway, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers had their own Fr READ MORE