Belfast is having its first-ever Homecoming and you’re invited!

Whether you’re an expat or someone of Irish heritage who simply loves the city and wishes to see the peace blossom there, you will find a céad míle fáilte in Belfast from 24-26 September. The city will hang out its brightest colours to welcome Irish America home to join civic leaders in a two-day conference focusing on how best to build a better Belfast.

Among those joining the Homecoming will be the Mayor of Boston Marty Walsh and Oscar-winning film-maker Terry George. “Belfast is rolling out the green carpet for the Diaspora,” says Homecoming and Belfast One City Conference convenor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. “This is a unique chance for our friends in Irish America to reengage, reconnect and return to Belfast.”

For more details, please click HERE. To see a video from the 2013 One City Conference, please click HERE.

The contribution of the Irish in America to the cause of labor has been nothing less than immense. Indeed, it could be argued that the American labor movement would not exist at all in its current form without the efforts of the standout Irish men and women through the years, both immigrant arrivals in mind that the Irish Echo is hosting an event November 7th at The Edison Ballroom.

This year, the Irish Echo will be honoring 100 Irish-American men and women in today’s labor movement, while at the same time reflecting on the work of those historical giants who paved the way to labor’s central role in  contemporary American life.

Send in your nominations now!