News
Beijing's Bird's Eye?
Pic of Day: In this instance it's cameras, not balloons. There have been calls for Ireland to follow the lead of other countries and stop using Hik...
February 17, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
News
GOAL Death Toll Reaches 28
The Irish aid agency GOAL is now reporting that 28 of its workers have been confirmed dead following last week's massive earthquakes in southern Tu...
February 17, 2023
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Remembering a Great Escape
Pic of Day: Pictured is Ernie O’Malley's son, Cormac O'Malley, at the opening of an exhibition to mark the 102nd anniversary of the daring escape o...
February 16, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Irish Government's Biggest Ever St. Patrick's Program
With Covid-19 seemingly in retreat the Irish government is preparing for its "widest yet engagement" with governments and Irish communities on ever...
February 16, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Scotland's Sturgeon to Step Down
Pic of Day: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she will be stepping down from her post, and also from her leadership of the...
February 15, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Lasting Lessons From My Father
Playing for the first time in Carnegie Hall in 2003 was an unforgettable experience. The excitement and energy was palpable back then, and standing...
February 15, 2023
by By Gregory Harrington
News
St. Valentine's Irish Day
Pic of Day: St. Valentine is an Italian saint. But he rests in Dublin. Some of him at any rate. St. Valentine died in 269 AD. The Catholic Church v...
February 14, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Ireland Fair But Firm on Immigration
Speaking to reporters in Brussels ahead of an EU summit, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar stressed that refugees had a legal right to come to Ireland, but sa...
February 14, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
News
Vive La France
Pic of Day: French rugby fans having a good time in Dublin before Saturday's Six Nations game against Ireland. The celebrating was somewhat tones d...
February 13, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Casey album is filled with gorgeous original songs
Safe journey to the great singer Donie Carroll, who has just gone to Bangkok, Thailand, to carry on work with the Mercy Centre. Carroll has been an...
February 13, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Community Features & Events
Profile: Buffalo's Jack of all trades with finger on political pulse
Attorney, lobbyist, political aide to Chuck Schumer, former political candidate, author, adjunct faculty member at his alma mater Canisius College,...
February 13, 2023
by Peter Nolan
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Áine's beating the ancestral drum, from Tyrone to Tinley Park!
Fans of “Derry Girls”, the hilarious TV show out of the North of Ireland that ran for years with the wacky antics of a group of Catholic school gir...
February 13, 2023
by Mike Houlihan