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Jamie Dornan in “Siege of Jadotville.” By Ray O’Hanlon It was filed away, brushed under the carpet and largely forgotten. But Jadotville refused to...

The surviving 1929 Irish Echo By Irish Echo Staff For years, indeed decades, the precise date of the first issue of the Irish Echo was a mystery. T...

Gerry Adams By Anthony Neeson Gerry Adams is suing the BBC for libel on the back of an allegation made in last week’s Spotlight program on IRA spie...

Pope John Paul II in Ireland. By Ray O’Hanlon One of the basic skills for any half decent news reporter is to be able to count the number of people...

Chief Michael Fahy. FDNY photo. By Ray O’Hanlon New York City has last one of its bravest. FDNY Battalion Chief, Michael Fahy, died Tuesday after b...

Denis Donaldson. By Anthony Neeson The family of Denis Donaldson, who was shot dead in a County Donegal cottage in 2006 after being outed as a Brit...

Rory McIlroy By Irish Echo Staff On the day that Arnold Palmer died, Rory McIlroy seemed possessed by the spirit of golf’s first truly popular hero...

Matthew Broderick set for Irish Rep. re-opening. By Irish Echo Staff New York’s Irish are being pulled this way and that this Saturday with events ...

Solicitor Padraig Ó Muirigh with members of the bereaved families outside Stormont today. Belfast Media Group photo. By Irish Echo Staff On Monday ...

Kathleen Walsh D’Arcy and Brendan Fay. Photo by Garry Rissman. By Irish Echo Staff The 2016 Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish...

One Horse Pony. By Colleen Taylor This week, I was looking for some fun, whimsical music, and I found it in the Cork blues band One Horse Pony. As ...

Members of the Ballymurphy Families. John Teggart is third from left. By Irish Echo Staff Members of the Ballymurphy Families group have walked out...