We expected fireworks but not an astronaut gate-crashing the Campfire
There had been torrential rain across Ireland in the days before the Big Irish Echo Campfire while the US was being battered
Read MoreThere had been torrential rain across Ireland in the days before the Big Irish Echo Campfire while the US was being battered
Read MoreHow to close the greatest gathering of Irish America in a generation? With dinner of course.And in this era of
Read MoreLast year, two million visitors from North America visited the Emerald Isle. That stunning figure – fully one-in-ten of all
Read MoreFor some time, I had toyed with the idea of hosting, via the good offices of the Irish Echo, a
Read MoreToday I received the distressing news of the death of revered New York architect and Belfast ally Michael Sorkin. Michael
Read MoreWe have been here before. Or at least, I have. Dread and despair. A fear of imminent and overwhelming attack.
Read MoreWhen Irish American bank robber Willie Sutton (not all those who traced their origins to the Emerald Isle were choirboys, you know)
Read MoreI arrived home jet-lagged and groggy early-doors on the Aer Lingus flight from New York on Sunday morning and,
Read MoreNo sooner had I left Stormont than the parties had agreed a deal which saw government return after a marathon three-year
Read More35 years ago, when I lived in a West Belfast house where the front door had drop bars to prevent it
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