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Donaldson Trial Postponed
The sex abuse trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been postponed once more due to the ill-health of his wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, ...
October 22, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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McDonald Wants to See a Plan
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Irish government to plan and prepare for Irish unity. She was speaking ahead of a Dáil motion ...
October 21, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder named Emeralds' 2026 Irishman of the Year
The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES) has named Patrick J. Ryder, Police Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department, as it...
October 10, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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SDLP's Hanna Wants 'New Island' Ministry
SDLP leader Claire Hanna has told her party conference that the Irish government must create a ministry for a “new island” to plan for a future ref...
October 06, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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Quinnipiac quizzed over continued closure of Great Hunger Museum
Irish Echo publisher and Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters of Quinnipiac University, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, has called on the Connecticut college's n...
September 23, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
Belfast's twin top restaurants cooking up a storm for annual Homecoming
Visitors to this week's Belfast International Homecoming are being invited to savour the city at two iconic restaurants led by acclaimed chef Niall...
September 23, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
WATCH: Comptroller pledges stronger links with labor, Ireland at Echo gala
The annual Irish Echo Labor Awards in New York became a platform for a renewed commitment to workers’ rights and cross-Atlantic solidarity, as New ...
September 17, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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Former Soldier Facing Bloody Sunday Murder Charges
A former member of the British army’s Parachute Regiment has gone on trial in Belfast charged with murdering two men on Bloody Sunday. Soldier F ha...
September 16, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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RTÉ out of Eurovision if Israel is in
RTÉ will not take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates in the competition. There are also doubts over whether Sloveni...
September 15, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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Teamsters leader tells Irish Labor Awards: It's time to remind employers how valuable labor is
The head of one of America’s most powerful unions has urged workers to “stick together” in the face of corporate greed, recalling the sacrifices ma...
September 15, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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Outrage Over Intimidation of Catholic Families
The intimidation of Catholic families living in a mixed housing development in North Belfast has been described as “outrageous and totally unaccept...
September 05, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
News
The show must go on: Kneecap to live stream into U.S. from 'secret location'
RAPPERS Kneecap are set to play in the United States after all this year – by live streaming a concert into a New York theatre and across the world...
September 04, 2025
by Anthony Neeson