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It has been reported that renowned Irish novelist Edna O’Brien will be made an honorary…

Author Sebastian Barry, known for his representation of varying perspectives during Ireland’s revolutionary period in The…

The Sunday Times recently announced the winner of their EFG Short Story Award, a £30,000…

“Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according…

Celebrated Irish director John Crowley just can’t get enough of quality literature – and his…

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is going “hardcore.” Which means the Dublin star of TV shows like…

Following Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her star turn in Loving, Ruth Negga…

There’s lots of Irish talent in front of the camera and behind it in the…

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In this interview from our June/July 2018 issue, Mary Kay Henry, the international president of…

Concern, Ireland’s largest humanitarian aid agency, has been serving the poorest of the poor for…

William Trevor’s posthumous Last Stories. ℘℘℘ How strange to read a published work knowing it…

Mystery novelist Sheila Connolly takes our questionnaire. ℘℘℘ Sheila Connolly has published over 30 mysteries,…

The seeds of Robert F. Kennedy’s compassion lay in his understanding of the past struggles…

The World Irish Dancing Championships were held in April in Glasgow, Scotland, and several Americans came…

The County Council of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown announced plans in March to accommodate nude bathers at Hawk…

The Bronx girl who changed the face of Irish theater. An enigma and a shapeshifter,…

Eunice Kennedy was an amazing woman who changed the way people with disabilities are treated…

A night of creative expression recalling the Troubles in Northern Ireland, sponsored by the Irish government in…

Prince Harry and his fiancée, Suits star Meghan Markle, made their first joint trip to…

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his wife, Sabina, visited New York in late April….

Hunter College High School student Benjamin “Benjy” Firester was awarded $25,000 for a unique research…

T.D.s and Senators have been urged to support a new bill – the Sex Offenses…

The years 2006 to 2015 saw the highest average rainfall in Ireland in the past 300…

The Irish American Partnership hosted its inaugural New York Business Leaders Breakfast in New York…

The Irish Hunger Memorial was re-opened in late July 2017 after a year-long, $5.3 million…

Dublin-born playwright Conor McPherson’s 2006 play The Seafarer opened in an off-Broadway revival at the Irish Repertory…

Frances Black, Irish senator and founder of the nation’s RISE program, was presented with the…

In honor of the Good Friday Agreement’s 20th anniversary, the McGuinness Principles were launched from…

Dr. Alan Ferinhough, a lecturer and economic historian at Queen’s University Belfast, recently created an…

Archaeologists have discovered a significant number of Viking-era artifacts and architectural remains during the building of…

Genealogy database Findmypast joined with the Archdiocese of New York to collate a comprehensive digital…

Roscommon native Chris O’Dowd is moving beyond his comedy roots. April saw the release (in select…

“Kate, be careful when you get to America, the streets are full of gangsters!” That is what my…

An Irish fashion designer took over a shop window in London’s high-end Selfridges’ department store to…

Signed on April 10, 1998, the landmark Good Friday Agreement helped to bring to an…

Verizon Wireless’s executive vice president Ronan Dunne, a member of Irish America’s 2017 Business 100,…

With Father’s Day in mind, our columnist writes about her own dad, “a true Irish…

The housing crisis and collapse of the Celtic Tiger in the first decade of the…

Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar upheld the 65-year-old tradition of presenting the U.S. president with…

Recent passings in the Irish and Irish American communities. Marjorie Steele-Fitzgibbon 1930 – 2018 Marjorie…

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Four young doctors team up for a transatlantic row for a good cause. What takes…

The I.A.B.A. of New York hosted its annual Wild Goose Awards in April, honoring three…

According to the 2018 World Happiness Report published in March, Ireland has outstripped the United…