Musicians in focus for CraicFest films
The CraicFest is known for its music and its films, but this year the latter are paying particular homage to the former. “This is unprecedented,” s...
February 15, 2022
by Peter McDermott
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60 years after civil rights struggle, do black lives really matter in Birmingham, Alabama?
As a white man entering a black church in America, it's hard not to cast the shadow of Dylann Roof, the crazed racist who joined a Bible Study clas...
February 15, 2022
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Ready For Work
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheal Martin with his shirt sleeves rolled up arrives at Dublin Castle Tuesday morning for a meeting of the Irish governmen...
February 15, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
NY Cork Association's John J. Browne
The New York Cork Association has lost one of its favorite sons, John J. Browne, a native of Kanturk. Said a statement from the association: "The O...
February 14, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2022 is going to be fantastic
Big news, folks: all systems are go for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2022, which will take place in Mullingar July 31 to Aug. 7! It’s been a while...
February 14, 2022
by Daniel Neely
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Former American Irish Historical Society Chair blasts 'dysfunctional board'
Reports that the beleaguered American Irish Historical Society has lost key board members and elected the son of Irish President Michael D. Higgins...
February 14, 2022
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
St. Valentine's Irish Resting Place
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 ve...
February 14, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Damning Report Finds 'Collusive Behavior'
A damning Police Ombudsman’s report into the targeting and murder of Catholics in South Belfast in the 1990s has found "collusive behaviour" betwee...
February 14, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
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Samuelsen is 100 percent union
For the first in a series of articles concentrating on Irish-American labor leaders the Irish Echo recently spoke with the International President ...
February 11, 2022
by Peter Nolan
Embracing New York City's history
Part II I had high hopes for Charles Dineen. Lots of people did. He went to work each day, leaving behind his wife and three children in the apartm...
February 10, 2022
by Peter McDermott
50 Miles for Leitrim
Leitrim manager Andy Moran chats with his players before a Jan. 3 game against Sligo at the Connacht GAA Air Dome, Claremorris, Co. Mayo. The forme...
February 10, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Everything to play for still in Premier League
We’re checking in with our colleagues and friends to see how they’re feeling about their clubs a little more than half way into the 2021-2022 Premi...
February 10, 2022
by Peter McDermott