Buffalo Congressman Tim Kennedy has taken the wraps off the Washington Ireland Program (WIP) Emerging Leaders Class of 2026 and the WIP Academy Cla...

WE are in the midst of Seachtain na Gaeilge. It used to run for one just week, but its popularity is now such that it has been extended in order to...

Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with their teams at Fota House, County Cork, Friday morning. The two leaders me...

Buffalo Congressman Tim Kennedy has taken the wraps off the Washington Ireland Program (WIP) Emerging Leaders Class of 2026 and the WIP Academy Cla...

Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with their teams at Fota House, County Cork, Friday morning. The two leaders me...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians are waiting for it. So are a lot of others. But almost half way into the month of March there is no sign of the tra...

The first shamrock summit took place on a summit - literally. That would have been, as the story goes, the fifth century encounter between Saint Pa...

CURRENTLY, the British state is convulsed by allegations surrounding a member of its royal family. Norway too is in the midst of a crisis around it...

I wrote my first column for the Irish Echo 18 years ago. It concerned Social Security, and how the program’s reserves would be unable to pay full b...

Derek Dempsey knew from an early age that “music would define my life.” When asked what he wanted to be, his answer was a simple one: a singer. And...

Larry Kirwan is a man to admire on many fronts. Anyone who chances to meet him knows they are in the midst of a living, American urban legend. For ...

On Saturday, March 7, the 51st Queens County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade commenced at Rockaway Beach, defying typical Irish weather. Grand Marshal M...

Calling Irish labor leaders across the nation: nominations are now open for the 16th annual Irish Labor Awards which honor exceptional leaders in t...

The first twelve honorees to be recognised at the inaugural Irish Maritime Awards in New York on 16 April have been named. They are: Rich Davey, CE...

In a scrap between two skilled fighters, Garda middleweight Daragh Gilroy outpointed FDNY’s Sean Dillon for the second time in nine months to punct...

Galway 0-35; Kilkenny 0-17 Not too many teams get the honor of beating a Kilkenny hurling team by 18-points - that sort of humiliation was somethin...