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Cahir O'Doherty

Get your shorts on at the virtual Craic Fest this month

Craic Fest 2021 - which will be available virtually this month - features a number of Irish short films to tune into!

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The debate over Irish immigrants and the US Draft Riots

"Failing to account for the many factors that go into any such disturbances all but guarantees a misunderstanding of both the past and the present."

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Another sad St. Patrick’s Day - we hold out hope for a grand party in 2022

Like last year, St. Patrick's Day is set to take on a very different form as the pandemic lingers.

Cahir O'Doherty

Trump's final gift to us was the year without friends

As we begin to discern an end to this terrible pandemic, it's important to reflect on what happened to us all. On where we were and how we got there.

Cahir O'Doherty

All Pauls: how a band made up of men called Paul O'Sullivan found fame

What happens when four random men all named Paul O'Sullivan meet on Facebook?

News

Dead Irish man's sister allegedly scammed by man in NYC

Fredrick Gilbert is accused of contacting a woman in Ireland and pretending to be her brother who had been living in New York City in order to swindle her out of thousands of dollars.

Entertainment

The New York Tenors announce virtual concert for Hope House Ministries

The New York Tenors (Daniel Rodriguez, Andy Cooney, and Christopher Macchio) will stream a live benefit concert from March 12 - 14.

Events

St. Pat’s for All - Queens parade goes virtual for 2021

The St. Pat’s for All parade, always based in Sunnyside, Queens, will step off virtually this Sunday, March 7, at 2 pm EST.

Entertainment

Paul McCartney working on autobiography with Irish poet Paul Muldoon

Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon are teaming up for the ambitious "The Lyrics" project.

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Irish woman Vicky Phelan’s cancer treatment in the US seeing positive results

Brave Irish cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has revealed that she has reason to feel "positive" about a treatment program she is undergoing in the U.S.

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Ireland making COVID progress but gloom remains

An air of despondency descended on the country here last week after the taoiseach's latest address to the nation about Covid.

Politics

More Brexit woes ahead for Ireland as EU financial support en route

Ireland is facing another Brexit headache after it emerged that the country's share of a $6 billion EU fund to boost the economies of member states may have to be paid back.

Entertainment

Bryan Cranston "just itching" to visit ancestral home of Armagh

Bryan Cranston, star of Your Honor on Showtime, says that his great, great, great, great grandparents came from Armagh.

Niall O'Dowd

The Irish orphan girls who were flogged on a ship bound for Australia

An Australian account from 1849 tells the horrors that four girls, possibly Irish orphans, faced aboard the Ramilies ship.

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Ireland’s border is a hot Brexit topic - here’s a history of the partition

The division of the island is on the front burner again as many nationalists and republicans demand a border poll as allowed in the Good Friday Agreement.

Cahir O'Doherty

“Ag Críost an Síol” - a St. Patrick’s Day song to remember

An Irish hymn as Gaelige for St. Patrick's Day. Ag Críost an Síol is an Irish song to remember this year that deeply reconnects us all to something from the Emerald Isle.

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Joe Biden’s looming border battle

While the health crisis, the presidential election, and the Capitol riots have knocked immigration out of the news of late, expect it to come roaring back.

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Trump responsible through neglect for many of the 500,000 COVID victims

Imagine the population of the city of Atlanta, all 524,000 residents, succumbing to a virus, and you have a snapshot of what has happened in America with Covid.

News

New York’s Irish community mourns teenager Sarah Lynch

New York’s Irish community is mourning the sudden death of 17-year-old Sarah Lynch, a cherished daughter, sister, Irish musician, and athlete who was killed in a car accident.

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Why now is not the time for an Irish Unity poll

"If they can't come together and produce a harmonious society in the North, how can anyone think they can make reunification work?"

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TUNE IN: AOH to host free webinar on Sean Graham Bookmakers atrocity

The AOH's "Sean Graham Bookmakers Atrocity" webinar on Feb 28 will feature Mark Sykes, Billy McManus, and special guest Andree Murphy on behalf of Relatives for Justice.

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Ireland’s pubs and nightclubs set to get extended opening hours

Ireland's Licensed Vintners Association says the extended hours are a move in the right direction.

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Northern Ireland’s DUP to launch legal action against Britain’s Brexit

Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP and First Minister of Northern Ireland, is to mount a legal challenge against the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol.

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