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National Famine Commemoration Set for Limerick
On March 5, Limerick TD and Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O’Donovan announced that the 2025 National Famine Commemoration would be held in ...
May 15, 2025
by By Loretto Leary and Paddy Gannon
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Petition Seeks Return of Great Hunger Museum
For several years now the Great Hunger Museum, still mostly housed at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, has been the subject of a tussle betwee...
May 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Book on the Life of Margaret Heckler
Pic of Day: A gathering to greet a new book, ”A Woman of Firsts: Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer," was hosted by Irish Ambassador to the U....
May 14, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Dowling to Step Down as Northwell CEO
Michael Dowling, a County Limerick native who heads one of the country's largest health care systems, will step down from his role as Northwell Hea...
May 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Concrete and Glass
Pic of Day: Cranes at the "Glass Bottle" apartments being built on the Sandymount Strand at the base of the Poolbeg Peninsula in Dublin. Glass Bott...
May 13, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Walsh Confirmation on Hold After Democrat Boycott
A vote on President Trump's ambassador pick for Ireland has been delayed after Democrats boycotted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing lat...
May 12, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Flowers in Memory
Photo of the Day: Flowers placed at the location where Garda Kevin Flatley was struck and killed by a motorcycle. RollingNews.ie photo.
May 12, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Garda Struck and Killed by Motorcycle
The Garda officer who died died at the weekend after being struck by a motorcycle has been described as a “faithful public servant” by Commissioner...
May 12, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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Extending vote to Irish Diaspora will transform transatlantic links: Echo Publisher
Irish American small business leaders in New York have been told by the publisher of the Irish Echo that by extending the franchise to the diaspora...
May 11, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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Seal City
Pic of Day. California? Actually Howth in Dublin. Seals along with people have been enjoying the sunny weather which Ireland is currently enjoying....
May 09, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish Leaders Congratulate New Pope
The political leadership of Ireland has welcomed the new pope, Leo XIV. In a statement, President Michael D. Higgins said: “May I, as President of ...
May 09, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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An American Pope
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is the newly elected Pope. The College of Cardinals voted four times before white smoke appeared from the chim...
May 08, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff