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Cabinet approves Apple tax appeal
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Cabinet approves Apple tax appeal
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, speaking to reporters after the special ...
The Showcase before the Classic
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The Showcase before the Classic
Players and cheerleaders from the visiting high schools took time out to tour Croke Park. By Irish Echo Staff American Football comes to Ireland th...
Foxford is no run of the mill
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Foxford is no run of the mill
by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Growing up in the 1970s in the West of Ireland, a day confined to bed, thankfully, was a rare occurrence. Nevertheless memori...
A summer without a silly season
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A summer without a silly season
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan. ROLLINGNEWS By Ray O’Hanlon It began with a British vote to leave the European Union and it’s ending with a ...
Mary and Joseph rest together at last
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Mary and Joseph rest together at last
Janet Donnelly with a photo of her mother and father. By Anthony Neeson A West Belfast woman has been buried amid emotional scenes with her husband...
Hickey being treated worse than a murderer: lawyer
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Hickey being treated worse than a murderer: lawyer
Pat Hickey. By Irish Echo Staff The contrast could not have been greater. Ireland rolled out the welcome mat for Skibbereen rowers and Olympic silv...
Peter Barry dead at 88
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Peter Barry dead at 88
Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Barry in his office in Dublin in 1986. EAMONN FARRELL/ROLLING NEWS.IE By Irish Echo Staff The former Tánaiste an...
Quakers and the Famine explained
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Quakers and the Famine explained
William J. Duffney By Irish Echo Staff It’s a line that most Irish remember from their school days. The Quakers, whoever they were, what with that ...
Chicago’s Maggie McEldowney is the 2016 Rose
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Chicago’s Maggie McEldowney is the 2016 Rose
Maggie McEldowney’s winning moment with presenter Dáithí Ó Sé. RTE photo. By Irish Echo Staff The Windy City has a new rose by the name of Maggie M...
Irrefutably cool and modern
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Irrefutably cool and modern
HamsandwicH is a band that keeps time with current musical innovations yet true to its Irish roots. By Colleen Taylor A couple years ago Hamsandwic...
Pop up your own Irish pub
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Pop up your own Irish pub
The local can be this local By Evan Short One of Ireland’s greatest exports is arguably the Irish Pub with even Kabul in Afghanistan boasting such ...
‘Authentic, rich in memorable detail’
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‘Authentic, rich in memorable detail’
Kathleen Donohoe. PHOTO BY BEOWULF SHEEHAN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott When “We Are Not Ourselves” – a multi-generational novel about a...

 



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