Community Features & Events
A 19th Century Irish Anti-Vax Case
Two court cases from 1890 remind us that the current heated opposition to public health mandates has a long history in the United States, as does t...
May 25, 2022
by Marion R. Casey
Neal Meets Coveney in Dublin
Pic of Day: U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and U.S. Congressman Richard Neal outside the Depa...
May 24, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
LAOH Urges Opposition to British Amnesty Bill
The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians is urging Irish Americans to speak out against the British government's Amnesty Bill. In a statement, the LA...
May 24, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
St. Barnabas sail to title with ease
St. Barnabas: 3-9 St. Raymond’s 0-4 St. Barnabas had little difficulty dispensing with the challenge of St. Raymond’s in the Junior A league final ...
May 23, 2022
by Frank Brady
AOH President O'Connell in Belfast
Pic of Day: Ancient Order of Hibernians National President, Danny O'Connell, speaks to a gathering at the site of the 1972 Springhill Massacre in B...
May 23, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Sea of Red for Language Rights
By Anthony Neeson Belfast was a sea of red on Saturday as Gaels took to the city center demanding Irish language legislation in Northern Ireland. O...
May 23, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
Neal Leads Congressional Delegation
As previously reported, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Belgium, the ...
May 20, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
A Hibernian Presentation
Pic of Day: Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Charlie Flanagan (center) is presented with a Ladies AOH 125th anniversary pin by Siobhan...
May 20, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Pelosi Fires Warning Shot Over Protocol Changes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned the British government not to meddle with the Irish Sea Protocol. And in a verbal broadside aimed across the ...
May 20, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
A long journey to a better life
“Nowadays you can go on Google and look up pictures of Australia.” So said theatre director Nicola Murphy, throwing into stark relief the leap of f...
May 19, 2022
by Peter McDermott
Marching Towards Their New Beat
Pic of Day: Pictured today's Graduation Parade of 102 newly attested Gardaí at the Passing Out Ceremony held in the Garda College, Templemore, Coun...
May 19, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Famine Talks at Quinnipiac Great Hunger Institute
Irish history scholars will gather at Quinnipiac University Wednesday through Friday, June 1-3, for “Famine Summer School: Heroes of Black ‘47,” an...
May 19, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff