The question on everybodys lips is “When is the next book coming out, Frank?” After the phenomenal success of his highly entertaining Angela’s Ashes, we all want more, a lot more. Limerick-born ...

Dr. Susan McElroy’s work in establishing the effectiveness of a new medication for people with bipolar disorder led to the recent approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

The former Democratic Senator from Maine and Senate majority leader, George Mitchell, surprised the political world when he decided not to run for re-election in 1994 after spending 14 years in the ...

A native of Springfield, Massachusetts, Congressman Richard Neal is a tireless advocate for peace in Northern Ireland. In 1980, as a delegate for Senator Edward Kennedy at the Democratic National ...

Born in Co. Clare, Edna O’Brien is one of the finest Irish novelists writing today. Mary Gordon in The New York Times Book Review praised her for having “the courage and sureness of vision to derive ...

The story of Mark O’Brien is the story of the triumph of the human spirit. At the age of six, O’Brien was paralyzed by a severe case of polio, forcing him to spend the next two years in an iron lung.

She sings, she acts, she hosts a hugely successful nationally syndicated talk show, and still she finds time to be a mom to baby son Parker — Rosie O’Donnell has definitely been there, done that and ...

Noted Irish-Canadian historian and retired schoolteacher Marianna O’Gallagher has earned her reputation as the leading authority on the quarantine station at Grosse Ile in Quebec, the main point of ...

With paternal ancestors hailing from Counties Cork and Mayo, this world champion golfer — who last month had the distinction of winning two PGA tournaments back to back in two weeks; one of them the ...

The Irish Repertory Theater Company, or the Irish Rep as it is more commonly known, is currently enjoying unprecedented success with two shows on offer, Yeats on Stage: The Plays, a special series of ...

The friendship between the Irish and the Choctaw nation is one born out of tragedy. Only a decade after their own “Trail of Tears,” the Choctaw nation contributed $170 towards Irish Famine Relief.

The 1995 election of John Sweeney as president of the AFL-CIO ushered in a new era in the labor movement. On the day of his electoral victory he led an impromptu march up Manhattan’s Fashion Avenue ...