The Irish Echo newspaper has revealed the Top 100 Irish Australians of all time.
Drawn from all periods of Australian history since the arrival of the First Fleet, the list showcases the contribution Irish migrants and their descendants have made to this country.
The Top 100 includes 50 entries from New South Wales, 26 from Victoria, ten from [...]

I’m married to an Irish citizen. Can I become one?
Up until 2005, spouses of Irish citizens living abroad could apply for what was called Post-Nuptial Citizenship Provision.
That meant that you could apply for Irish citizenship through your marriage without having to live in Ireland.
But that’s all changed now.
Then Minister for Justice John O’Donoghue (who recently [...]

by Billy Cantwell
Many Aussies have Irish ancestors but can they then claim Irish citizenship? The answer is, well, maybe.
Ireland has generous citizenship laws for people of Irish background and less generous rules for spouses of Irish citizens.
If your grandfather or grandmother was Irish-born you can claim Irish citizenship without having to move to Ireland. This comes [...]

A man’s body found in the Brisbane River on Wednesday has this morning been confirmed as that of missing Corkman Shane O’Halloran.
Mr O’Halloran, 24, had been missing since Saturday night after falling overboard from a cruise ship, and a body found in the river on Wednesday morning has finally been confirmed as his.
He and a [...]

A young Derryman remains in a serious but stable condition after being struck by a train  in the Blue Mountains, 75kms west of Sydney.
Ryan Gilloway, 23, from Drumsurn near Limavady Co Derry, was hit by a west-bound coal train 80 metres from Springwood station at 12.50am on Sunday, August 30.
According to NSW Police, Mr Gilloway [...]

A body has been found in the Brisbane River this morning but local police say it is still too early to tell whether or not it is that of a 24-year-old Corkman missing since Saturday after falling overboard from a cruise boat.
Shane O’Halloran (pictured inset), from Ballineen in west Cork, currently on a second-year Working Holiday Visa, [...]

The Irish Echo newspaper has revealed the Top 100 Irish Australians of all time.

Drawn from all periods of Australian history since the arrival of the First Fleet, the list showcases the contribution Irish migrants and their descendants have made to this country.
The Top 100 includes 50 entries from New South Wales, 26 from Victoria, ten from [...]

The unique and historical links between the Catholic Church in Ireland and Australia came into particularly sharp focus recently when Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, spoke as a guest of honour at a special anniversary mass in Brisbane.
Archbishop Martin delivered a homily address to over 2,800 parishioners at St Stephen’s Cathedral as part of a [...]

St Brigid’s Church Hall in the small town of Crossley, Victoria, became party central for the Irish community last week as the Friends of St Brigid’s celebrated an epic victory in finally securing ownership of their local church and hall.
The group had been fighting to keep the facilities in community hands for the last three-and-a-half years [...]

The son of well-known Irish dancing teacher Jan Currie-Henderson, and brother of former Riverdance star Craig Henderson, has made an amazing recovery from horrific injuries sustained in a freak injury at Airlie Beach last month.
Andrew Henderson suffered an horrendous fall inside his apartment block in the north Queensland town, falling heavily and in the process [...]