Peter McDermott

Peter McDermott joined the Irish Echo’s full-time editorial staff in 2004. Before that he was a frequent contributor to the Echo and to Newsday, and he has written also for a variety of publications in Ireland, including the Irish Times, the Sunday Press and the Irish Examiner. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from University College Dublin.

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The dystopia is in your inbox The dystopia is in your inbox
Every Saturday morning, CNN sends out an email containing what it calls “5 Good Things.” There's clearly a need for this when you consider some of ...
August 20, 2025 by Peter McDermott
2025's top four tipped again 2025's top four tipped again
This time last year people were hesitant about betting against Pep Guardiola. It had been seven years since the name of any club other than his Man...
August 14, 2025 by Peter McDermott
2 phone calls changed history 2 phone calls changed history
Governor Nelson Rockefeller preached Sunday sermons at four Black churches in Brooklyn on Oct. 23, 1960. Historian Taylor Branch said the governor ...
August 07, 2025 by Peter McDermott
Vermeers spend time at the Frick Vermeers spend time at the Frick
“I know how difficult it is. Everyone wants your Vermeer.” So said Axel Rüger, the director of the Frick Collection, when thanking the National Gal...
July 30, 2025 by Peter McDermott
'A really discouraging time' 'A really discouraging time'
We hear the term “trickle-down” often. But “downstream” might be particularly apt for any discussion around the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. New Yor...
July 24, 2025 by Peter McDermott
Novelist in search of an identity Novelist in search of an identity
“This Side of Paradise’ unfurled like a banner over an entire age." So wrote A. Scott Berg in his biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius.” Its mo...
July 17, 2025 by Peter McDermott
'Are you going for a jar?' 'Are you going for a jar?'
The proprietor of O’Shaughnessy’s of Glin, Co. Limerick, aka the Ivy House, likely never said, “Have you no homes to go to?” He must’ve known that ...
July 10, 2025 by Peter McDermott
Remember them on this July 4 Remember them on this July 4
On April 24, Robert Crimo III was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms along with 50 years in prison for each person injured. That was in Illi...
July 02, 2025 by Peter McDermott
BBC's man awestruck by hurling BBC's man awestruck by hurling
The All Ireland Hurling Final will take place on Sunday, July 27, with a 3:30 p.m. start at Croke Park in Dublin. But before that at the same venue...
June 26, 2025 by Peter McDermott
The city that never slows The city that never slows
“I’m never the smartest person in the room, but I’ll always be one of the hardest working and that will take you far in any life.” So said Philip F...
June 11, 2025 by Peter McDermott
Hawkins finds home in Buffalo Hawkins finds home in Buffalo
On a quiet week, 60 hours. That’s one estimate of the time Conor Hawkins spends at the five-star Curtiss Hotel, the Banshee pub and the Sky Bar in ...
May 14, 2025 by Peter McDermott
Buffalo moving to the next level with Joyce treasure troves Buffalo moving to the next level with Joyce treasure troves
The right person, in the right place, at the right time. That in essence explains how the University at Buffalo came to have the largest James Joyc...
May 13, 2025 by Peter McDermott



 



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