New JFK Images From New Ross Visit Emerge
This still from a film shows President Kennedy waving to the crowds in New Ross, County Wexford By Irish Echo Staff Never before seen film footage ...
August 03, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Well there's no lack of wind
A sailboat cruising into Dun Laoghaire Harbor on what is the August Bank holiday in Ireland. The Irish government has announced details of Ireland'...
August 02, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
A funereal plea for U.S. help
(A mock funeral for "justice" was held in Belfast) Families who lost loved ones during the Troubles have held a requiem procession in Belfast where...
August 02, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Irish Boxing Bronze
Irish boxer Aidan Walsh has secured at least a Bronze Medal in the Olympic welterweight contest but hurt his ankle in doing so. However, the Irish ...
July 30, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Great Hunger Museum Closed But Possibly Moving
The Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, will not be reopening, the Echo understands. But the museum and its collec...
July 30, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
The Dead Goes Operatic
Pictured are Rachel O'Byrne, Kathy Rose O'Brien and Rachel O'Byrne from the cast of The Dead , an opera based on the James Joyce story that will be...
July 29, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish Rowers Win Olympic Gold
Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy won Ireland’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday in the lightweight men’s double sculls at the S...
July 29, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Ward returns to the Garden on Tuesday
Westmeath prospect Joe Ward returns to the scene of his cruel pro debut back nearly two years ago when he meets light heavyweight Tory Williams in ...
July 29, 2021
by Jay Mwamba
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A Pint in, and Inside, the Local
A customer gets a pint of Guinness in PJ Slattery's pub in Dublin after doors were opened this week for indoor dining and drinking.
July 28, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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An Olympic Medal For Ireland
While the Olympic superpower nations carry away buckets of medals a single medal is enough to fill Ireland's bucket with hearty cheers. And that me...
July 28, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Halliday in ICU following spill
Vince Halliday. By John Manley Jockey Vince Halliday remains in critical condition in a Delaware hospital following a spill in a race at Delaware P...
July 28, 2021
by John Manley
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Dublin Protest Against Vaccine Certificates
A large crowd of protesters held demonstrations in Dublin protesting against the Covid-19 vaccine passport and other restrictions. Protesters held ...
July 27, 2021
by Anthony Neeson