News
State Said, He Says
So what exactly was said? Tánaiste Simon Harris has contradicted the U.S. State Department account of a phone call earlier this week between himsel...
March 06, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Many Exploring Irish Citizenship, Passports
In a fraught time in America's political life an Irish passport has the look of a safety valve. Or even an exit strategy. Reports and anecdotal evi...
March 05, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Congress Members Call for North Special Envoy
Members of Congress from both parties are calling on President Trump to appoint a Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. A letter crafted by Massachus...
February 25, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Community Features & Events
A Distillery with a Twist – and New Tastes
Distilleries are a familiar concept in Ireland. Back in the day, however, few people other than those working in one would enter into such a hall o...
February 17, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Echo Columnist Gerry O'Shea, 80
The death has taken place of New York and Kerry's Gerry O'Shea, Irish Echo columnist and tireless advocate for the disadvantaged, no matter where i...
January 27, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
LA Needs All Its Angels
I remember, even today and vividly so, the odors and scents wafting in the open door of the plane. It was the beginning of February, 1982 and I had...
January 17, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Proud 150 Years
The Irish Echo marks 97 years of publishing this year. But we are only a youngster compared to the Buenos Aires-published "The Southern Cross." The...
January 16, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Beirne Senate Bid Enters Final Phase
Hilary Beirne wants votes from those who can vote. He is standing for the Irish Senate in part to secure voting rights for those who can't vote. Th...
January 10, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Stauntons Secure Historic White House Sepsis Event
Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton have been on a crusade since they lost their son Rory to Sepsis in 2012. That crusade has been aimed at saving other pa...
January 08, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Siobhan Dennehy is Echo's Choice for 2025
Siobhan Dennehy, a tireless and outstanding frontline advocate for Irish immigrants in the United States, and a champion for quality of life for th...
January 02, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
A Farewell American Christmas?
October 3, 2025 will be a significant anniversary in the story of immigration in America. That date will mark the 60th anniversary of the signing i...
December 30, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
President Jimmy Carter Dead at 100
Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, December 29 and at the age of 100, was the first U.S. president to break with the orthodoxy of non-interference on t...
December 29, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
