Kevin McCarthy, who has been House Minority Leader in the US House of Representatives since 2019, is likely to become Speaker of the House of… Read More »The Irish roots of Kevin McCarthy, likely to be the next Speaker of the House

Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll, an Irish immigrant hitman in the US, died on February 8, 1932. The United States has always opened its arms to… Read More »Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll: The Irish immigrant and NYC gangster

Hundreds of people marched through Dublin City Centre on Saturday afternoon to mark the tenth anniversary of Savita Halappanavar’s death, with activists pledging to launch… Read More »Hundreds march in Dublin to mark 10th anniversary of Savita Halappanavar’s death

Grab yourself a cushion to hide behind, throw on Netflix or wherever you stream and be prepared to be terrified.  The Irish make https://www.irishcentral.com/topic/movies”>a great… Read More »Irish retro-horror movies to celebrate Halloween

Brendan Gleeson was joined by his “Banshees of Inisherin” co-star Colin Farrell during his first-ever appearance as Saturday Night Live host on Saturday night. Delivering… Read More »Colin Farrell makes surprise appearance during Brendan Gleeson’s SNL monologue

Several people are understood to be trapped following a major explosion at a gas station in Donegal.  Emergency services are responding to an incident that… Read More »Massive explosion at Donegal gas station leaves several trapped

It took nine years for Irish American New York cab driver John McDonagh to finally collect a fare from a broke Irish customer, who vowed… Read More »New York cab driver’s two-pint debt finally paid in Dublin

The majority of Caulfields are actually MacCawells and descended from the Irish Mac Cathmhaoils, the Country Tyrone clan, descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages.… Read More »Your Irish ancestry – The Caulfield clan

Choose New Jersey, New Jersey’s leading nonprofit economic development organization, announced on September 29 the official opening of an office in Ireland, making New Jersey… Read More »New Jersey becomes first US state with an economic development office in Ireland

Now you can chat about skeletons, werewolves, ghosts, and banshees in the Irish native tongue. There’s no better way to impress a crowd than with… Read More »Thirty scary Halloween words in Irish