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Wheels Turn
Pic of Day: Wheels turn as the year turns. The end of December weather is kind enough for cycling through the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Photo by Leah...
December 31, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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GAA Holds Tight to Sponsor
The GAA will maintain its relationship with Allianz despite calls from players and some county boards to end its association with the insurance com...
December 31, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Celebrate Nollaig na mBan with Cake, Tea and Wine
The twelfth day of Christmas, Jan. 6, officially marks the end of the Christmas season. In Ireland, it’s also one of the most important days on the...
December 31, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Fishermen die, kingpins walk
Liz Oyer has a great job title on her resume: the pardon attorney. She was appointed to that position in 2022 and her U.S. Justice Department bio r...
December 30, 2025
by Peter McDermott
A year of superb albums & books
And with that, we come to the end of 2025! Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to spend time with a wide range of albums and books about tradit...
December 30, 2025
by Daniel Neely
News
Handshake Concern
Pic of Day: Newly released State Papers reveal that U.S. diplomats expressed concern over President Bill Clinton shaking hands with Gerry Adams dur...
December 30, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Use of Force Was Not Justified
The use of lethal force by a member of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment was not justified in the killing of a 14-year-old schoolboy in West Be...
December 30, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
News
Too Few
Pic of Day: Just released Irish government State Papers reveal that the Garda reserve numbers present at Landsdowne Road for the February, 1995 soc...
December 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Support Program Allocated €16.4 million in '25
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee, and Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond, have...
December 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Blow for Wexford as O'Connor takes time out to travel
Wexford hurling got a massive boost thanks to the exploits of St Martin’s in winning this year’s Leinster senior club hurling championship. However...
December 29, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Leinster make it 6 wins in row thanks to heroic defense
Leinster 13; Munster 8 Scorers Leinster: Tries: Josh van der Flier Cons: Harry Byrne Pens: Harry Byrne (2) Munster: Tries: Dan Kelly Pens: Jack Cro...
December 29, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
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Gerry Adams: For Gazans, the Nativity scene is a truly horrific one
THE story of Christmas and the birth of Jesus in a stable, as Mary and Joseph sought shelter, is known by billions around the world – even by those...
December 29, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
Hunkering Down For Christmas
Another Christmas, another time of celebration that is in reality for all too many a time of separation. There are photos taken at Dublin Airport o...
December 29, 2025
by Leader Column
SPORTS REVIEW OF 2025: Unlikely wins spark WC hope
Gaelic football and hurling are great games, but the players have no international outlet to really test themselves. Rugby is international and we ...
December 24, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Focus on memories of Christmas past
Resplendent in a glittering jacket of red & green sequins, Mark William Butler, playwright, composer and former Irish American Writers & Artists Bo...
December 24, 2025
by Maureen Hossbacher