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Broadcast journalist Colm Flynn, seen here interviewing fashion blogger Erika Fox, is among the 2021 Irish Echo Top 40 Under 40 that is set for Fri...

By Daniel Neely As you read this, the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is raging away in Ennis, Co. Clare, and if it’s anything like last year’s Fleadh, i...

Malachy McCourt. PHOTO BY VINCENT REMINI Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott One of the most quoted couple of lines from George Bernard Shaw’s ...

Rosie Carney, 20, had caught the attention of NPR on this side of the Atlantic. By Colleen Taylor It’s an almost eerie experience to hear true orga...

ALEXEY BORODIN | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson In my last column, I asked, “what’s your preference — a crumble, crisp, cobbl...

John Spinks wearing the Newcastle colors. The Premier League kicks off again tomorrow night when Arsenal host Leicester City and so we've asked som...

Malachy McCourt, seated in the center, with from left, John Brennan, Arianne Hutch, Caroline McEvoy, Annalisa Chamberlin, Guenevere Donohue, Bernad...

Pierre Salinger was the first White House press secretary to be a celebrity in his own right. Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott “The mood in t...

By Daniel Neely In a little over a week’s time, close to 20 bands from all over the world will assemble at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ennis, ...

The Narrowbacks. By Irish Echo Staff All hands on deck at Gavin’s Irish Country Inn where preparations are underway for the 2nd Annual Gavin’s Iris...

The Phelan homestead. By Tom Phelan In the early 1930s, my father, JohnJoe Phelan, having borne the dictatorship of his father until the old man di...

Brendan Costello. PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BOOTH By Maureen Hossbacher A song in Gaelic was the fitting start to a special IAW&A Salon with an immigra...