East Side celebration
This residence in Manhattan’s Midtown East is all in for today’s Halloween celebration. [Photo by Peter McDermott]
October 31, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
'The Ball': A story for Halloween
The ref walked over to the dugout. “Will you do the line?” he asked the man beside Johnny and Rick. “Go on, you will,” he continued, throwing the f...
October 31, 2025
by James Rogers
A clear, focused, resonant voice
In the media yoke this week I’ve got “The Old Wood Road,” the solo debut by singer Evelyn O’Connell. Named for her County Kerry home townland of Kn...
October 31, 2025
by Daniel Neely
News
Finally Some Justice for Sarah
The man who brutally ended the life of Sarah McNally is facing over two decades behind bars. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursd...
October 31, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
OPINION: Digital Irish Tech Week is putting Ireland, North and South, on the map
Coming off the back of the September Homecoming events in Belfast — where the city has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery — last w...
October 30, 2025
by Mike Flannery
Presidential views
For Dr. Janet L. Walsh, attention to detail is key. She learned that during the earliest days of her career, for instance at a loading dock in her ...
October 30, 2025
by Peter McDermott
The Ghosts of Trotsky and Mrs. Ryan
This summer I spent some time doing research for a history of Woodside, Queens that was just published in Volume 38 of New York Irish History, the ...
October 30, 2025
by Stephen Butler
Opinion
KIRWAN: Heavenly Silence On My iPhone
“I’m pingless,” said I. “And I thought you were just brainless.” Replied Yer Man from Pearl River. He had been wondering why I hadn’t replied to hi...
October 30, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
AITA at AIHS
The 2025 Annual Conference of the American Irish Teachers Association will take place on this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Americ...
October 30, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Tis the Season
Pic of Day. You looking at me? A stag stands guard for intruders as rutting and mating season are under way for the fallow deer in Dublin's Phoenix...
October 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Kinealy to Speak on Workhouse Restoration
Professor Christine Kinealy of Quinnipiac University will be the keynote speaker at an event headlined "Irish Workhouse Centre – Campaign Launch & ...
October 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Lamb's Return
Pic of Day: Renowned Irish chef Mark Moriarty travelled to the U.S. for an event in New York City marking the return of Irish lamb to the U.S. mark...
October 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Higgins Back Home
President Micheal D. Higgins has returned to Áras an Uachtaráin following a brief treatment for an infection. The president spent two nights in hos...
October 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Inviting the dead to supper
You may know of the connection between Halloween and Samhain (pronounced "SOW-en"), the 2,000-year-old Irish festival marking the end of the Fall h...
October 29, 2025
by Deborah Schull
Ireland WNT promoted after 5-4 playoff win over Belgium
Abbie Larkin scored a dramatic goal in the last minute of extra time to push the Republic of Ireland past Belgium for victory in the Nations League...
October 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff