News
A New State President
Pic of Day: Newly Installed Ancient Order of Hibernian New York State President Tom Beirne celebrates with his mother Mary and his brothers Francis...
July 21, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Connolly Announces Presidential Bid
Catherine Connolly has launched her bid to become Ireland’s next president. The Galway West TD who sits as an Independent in the Dáil is being supp...
July 21, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Rebels felled by swashbuckling Tipp in huge hurling final upset
Tipperary 3-27; Cork 1-18 Pundits, bookies and the hurling world in general are in a state of shock this week at the Tipperary second-half surge an...
July 21, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Beirne the star man as Lions draw first blood in test series
The Lions 27; Australia 19 An underwhelming victory in Brisbane but a win nevertheless that means at least the Lions will still be in contention on...
July 21, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: People protest over 'shameful' GPO plan
THERE is widespread anger at the decision by the Irish government to convert the historic GPO in Dublin into shops and offices. Last Saturday hundr...
July 21, 2025
by Gerry Adams
News
EXCLUSIVE: IFI Funding Likely a Victim of Spending Cuts Bill
U.S. funding of the International Fund for Ireland could well be ending as a result of the $9 billion spending cuts bill passed by the Republican-c...
July 18, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Theatre is the place to be
Incoming report from The Weather Girls; humidity is rising and the barometer's getting low. According to all sources, the theatre is the place to g...
July 18, 2025
by Cal Dillon
News
So Long
Pic of Day: Thanks for the memories. Two times Open champion Padraig Harrington saluted the crowd after finishing his second round at Royal Portrus...
July 18, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Cullen Will be Laid to Rest July 31
Cullen Crowley will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, July 31. Attendance at the burial ceremony will be numbers limited. Cul...
July 18, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Dou's album is powerful arrival
If it’s the middle of July then it means it’s time for the Catskills Irish Arts Week, which at this very moment is in full swing up in East Durham,...
July 18, 2025
by Daniel Neely
News
Hunger strike museum planned for Belfast?
SPECULATION is mounting that a prime site in West Belfast has been purchased for the development of a museum dedicated to the 1981 hunger strike wh...
July 18, 2025
by Staff Reporter
Culture
BOOKS: Inspired by an IRA legend, 'Monaghan' enlarges our view of what it is to be human
In the classic short story ‘Guests of the Nation’ by Frank O’Connor, the narrator and his fellow soldier have befriended the two British hostages t...
July 18, 2025
by Rus Bradburd
Novelist in search of an identity
“This Side of Paradise’ unfurled like a banner over an entire age." So wrote A. Scott Berg in his biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius.” Its mo...
July 17, 2025
by Peter McDermott
News
On Its Way
Pic of Day: Shane Lowry putting on the 18th green today at Royal Portrush. Lowry won the Open Championship at the County Antrim links in 2019 and t...
July 17, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
A Widening Rift Over Irish Bill
There is a widening rift between Dublin and Washington over the Irish government's Occupied Territories Bill. And that rift is being most glaringly...
July 17, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff