The Irish Voice is a newspaper published in New York City

New York City

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, New York. It focuses on news and stories from an Irish-American

Irish American

Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...

 perspective. The paper was first published in the fall of 1987 and was targeted at the new Irish immigrants who were moving in large numbers into the US.

Origins

The paper was founded by Niall O'Dowd

Niall O'Dowd

Niall O'Dowd , is an Irish journalist and author living in the United States. He was extensively involved in the negotiations leading to the Irish Good Friday Peace Agreement, and is a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform in the United States...

 in 1987. Circulation of the paper was claimed to be 65,000 in 2007.

The Irish Voice is very closely linked with the Irish Central website. Most of the newspaper articles are available from the site.