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Pictured is TradFest Patron Harp player Brídín who will be part of a special tribute to the late poet Derek Mahon which will be filmed at Newbridge...

LAOH President Karen Keane By Irish Echo Staff The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians is taking issue with the Irish government’s decision to disso...

As the Irish government seeks to speed up the thus far sluggish rate of Covid-19 vaccinations in the Republic, Dublin's Aviva Stadium is being look...

Senator Bob Menendez By Ray O'Hanlon Another year, another chance. And it has been years since the last real chance, eight of them to be precise. D...

Irish army personnel have been helping with Covid vaccinations and will be called upon even more in the coming days as the rate of vaccinations in ...

A classroom at one of the Peter McVerry Trust's learning centers By Irish Echo Staff The Irish Boston-based American Partnership, in association wi...

Blue skies at St. Bridget’s Well, Loughminane, County Kildare. Legend has it that when 18 bishops visited, St. Brigid prayed for more milk and an a...

Mary Lou McDonald. RollingNews.ie photo By Anthony Neeson Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has thrown her support behind the growing calls for...

Adrian Rayward Adrian Rayward, Bronx, New York, 85 years of age, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2021 with his family by his side. Adrian wa...

Like the gaping teeth of a prehistoric beast, icicles present a terrifying image in the freezing conditions currently prevailing in the Wicklow Mou...

Liz Maguire with some of her letters. Photo by Rafal Kostrzew By Liz Maguire Letter writing has seen a resurgence in popularity in the last year. I...

It's turning into a relatively snowy winter in Ireland but for a time on a recent afternoon the sun warmed up snow covered Lugnaquilla in Wicklow, ...