ON July 1 the Irish government will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This will be its eighth time holding this key admin...

Rediscovering William Bourke Cockran, Irish-born orator who inspired Churchill By Harry Keaney SLIGO --- In the late 19th and early 20th centuries,...

St. Pat’s for All, the St Patrick's Day parade founded in 1999 in response to the ban on LGBT groups from the main New York parade, is gearing up f...

A former reporter for the Irish Echo has prompted a furious response from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after asking questions about...

Members of the Army No. 1 Band performed inside Dublin’s General Post Office Thursday as RTÉ marks 100 years of public broadcasting with a full day...

Pic of Day: Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee is on a visit to the Middle East. The mission nicluded a visit to Jorda...

ON July 1 the Irish government will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This will be its eighth time holding this key admin...

They say you should not speak ill of the dead. Well, in these fraught times, speaking ill of the dead is becoming standard U.S government behavior....

Warren Zevon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently. He was a fine songwriter and wrote of what he knew. You might remember Were...

Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” opened for the first time at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on Jan. 3, 1895. After a gap of 20 years, the perennia...

Millions of American kids grow up dreaming of scoring the winning points in an NFL football game in front of 70,000 screaming fans. You might suppo...

Rediscovering William Bourke Cockran, Irish-born orator who inspired Churchill By Harry Keaney SLIGO --- In the late 19th and early 20th centuries,...

St. Pat’s for All, the St Patrick's Day parade founded in 1999 in response to the ban on LGBT groups from the main New York parade, is gearing up f...

I was saddened to learn of the passing of my friend Phil Mullen of Philadelphia, the grandson of 1916 revolutionary figure Joe McGarrity of Carrick...

It’s only January but Irish punters are already looking forward to the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival which this year runs from March 10-13. Las...

Trainer Donal Ward, left, has been been preparing Timmy Egan for his biggest challenge so far, Saturday night’s fight on Long Island. Undaunted by ...