Given a choice between possible stage fright and the kind of fear that comes with looking down from a great height Kevin Flynn is more inclined tow...

In November 2025 I began thinking seriously about how people outside academic settings learn about the Irish Famine. So much of the knowledge about...

The European Rugby Cup competition gets under way next weekend and Ireland will once again have three provinces playing in the top tier of European...

Pic of Day: A Peregrine Falcon takes a moment to admire the view from the roof of Penn 2 in Midtown Manhattan. Photo by Kate O'Hanlon.

Fergus Farrell has reached the half way point in his epic walk across America from New York to Los Angeles. The Galway man made the half way point ...

Pic of Day: Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following his conviction for 18 sexual offenses against tw...

I live in Pearl River, where the St. Patrick’s Day parade is a very big deal. About one in nine people in this district have Irish roots, and I’m o...

The Irish Echo Labor Awards is one of the best nights of the year. Not only does it give you an insight into the Labor movement in America, it offe...

We have just marked another Columbus Day. Also Indigenous Peoples' Day - though only the Columbus part of the day is an official federal holiday. A...

In November 2025 I began thinking seriously about how people outside academic settings learn about the Irish Famine. So much of the knowledge about...

At first glance, the Portadown District Orange Order's request to march down the Garvaghy Road from Drumcree Church seems innocuous enough: just 35...

The Irish Echo is extending the nominations deadline for its 12th Annual Irish First Responders Awards, with a special appeal for nominations of ou...

On a recent summer afternoon, as congregants filed out of morning service at Mount Calvary Baptist Church across the street, I climbed the wooden f...

13 new Irish Labor Ambassadors were saluted at the annual Echo event recognising the contribution of the Irish to the American trade union movement...

Former GAA president John Horan has been announced as the new chairperson of the Steering Group on Integration, replacing Dr Mary McAleese who rece...

A 12-goal scoring spree over a 48-hour period saw Lansdowne Yonkers advance to the next round of the National Amateur Cup, and record a second vict...