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Equine Exercise
Pic of Day: A horse gets some exercise in ahead of the Gallagher Dublin Horse Show which takes place in the RDS starting Wednesday and continuing u...
August 05, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hibernians Have Questions for New North Secretary
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has witnessed the work of successive Northern Ireland secretaries of state going back to the very first appointee, ...
August 05, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Full To Overflowing
Photo of the Day: Crowds of people watching the funeral of Glen Hansard on a big screen at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin Tuesday. See full re...
August 04, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Wings Over Wickow
Pic of Day: Don't try this at home - or anywhere for that matter. Photo shows a display by the Wing Walkers Team at the Bank Holiday weekend's Bray...
August 03, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Thousands Attend 'Public Wake' for Glen Hansard
Thousands of people have attended a public wake for singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who died last Wednesday, aged 56. Hansard died after a motorcyc...
August 03, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
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Teamsters touch down in Belfast for fact-finding mission
KEEP ON TRUCKING: A fact-finding delegation from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, led by President Sean O'Brien, was in Belfast this mor...
August 03, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
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Iowa Irish Fest Begins
The 20th annual Iowa Irish Fest returns to downtown Waterloo’s Lincoln Park beginning Friday, July 31 and running through August 2, bringing with i...
July 31, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Singing for Glen
Pic of Day: There was a memorial musical get-together in Dublin honoring Glen Hansard. Performers shared songs and memories of the Oscar-winning mu...
July 31, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Mayo's Higher Power
Not that God takes sides. Absolutely not. But the church might. The curse that supposedly haunted Mayo football for 75 years was, it was believed, ...
July 31, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Cup Leaneth Over
Pic of Day: Tom McGrath with Bill Burniston, Strength Coach for the Carolina Hurricanes, and the formidable Stanley Cup which recently made an appe...
July 30, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Glen Hansard Left Them Cheering in His Wake
Glen Hansard was a friend, and a lovely man who loved to play and lived for the moment he walked on stage. He may have seemed casual but, from his ...
July 30, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
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Martin and Merz
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Farmleigh House in Dublin. The two leaders had much to discus...
July 29, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
