News
UK-Ireland Summit
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with their teams at Fota House, County Cork, Friday morning. The two leaders me...
March 13, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Hibernians Decry Absence of Heritage Month Declaration
The Ancient Order of Hibernians are waiting for it. So are a lot of others. But almost half way into the month of March there is no sign of the tra...
March 13, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Ireland Absent From World Baseball Classic
Why Isn't Ireland in the World Baseball Classic? The question is being asked on this side of the Atlantic by the Irish American Baseball Society. T...
March 13, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
3 Irish wins, 1 loss at MSG
In a scrap between two skilled fighters, Garda middleweight Daragh Gilroy outpointed FDNY’s Sean Dillon for the second time in nine months to punct...
March 13, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
Singer Dempsey turns to fiction
Derek Dempsey knew from an early age that “music would define my life.” When asked what he wanted to be, his answer was a simple one: a singer. And...
March 13, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Kirwan is making a rebel musical
Larry Kirwan is a man to admire on many fronts. Anyone who chances to meet him knows they are in the midst of a living, American urban legend. For ...
March 12, 2026
by Kevin Phoenix
News
PIC OF THE DAY: QUEEN'S UNI MISSION IN MASS STATE HOUSE VISIT
A delegation from Queen's University Belfast, led by Prof. Margaret Topping (center) and Sarah Jayne Smith (right), visited the Massachusetts State...
March 12, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Hayes, Altan are season highlights
Folks, I caught word this week that registration for the Mid-Atlantic Fleadh is now open! The Mid-Atlantic is one of North America’s two qualifying...
March 12, 2026
by Daniel Neely
IAW&A marks Black History Month
Black History Month on the upper westside blew in on an almost balmy 35º breeze, bringing a happy crowd out to the Ellington restaurant on 105th & ...
March 12, 2026
by Maureen Hossbacher
News
Legendary Runner Ronnie Delany Dead at 91
Photo of the Day: Irish middle distance running legend Ronnie Delany has died at the age of 91. Delany thrilled Ireland and shocked the running wor...
March 12, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Death of Former Queens lawmaker Cathy Nolan
Catherine Nolan, a longtime Queens lawmaker and one of the most influential voices in New York State education policy, passed away on March 11, 202...
March 12, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Cleveland Parade Will Honor America 250
The Cleveland, Ohio Saint Patrick's Day Parade is set for the off on the big day itself, March 17 and its theme is one of celebrating "250 Years of...
March 11, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Galway thrash Kilkenny
Galway 0-35; Kilkenny 0-17 Not too many teams get the honor of beating a Kilkenny hurling team by 18-points - that sort of humiliation was somethin...
March 11, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
Eggs Are the Answer
The Christian world is already into its third week of Lent, and for those who observe it there might be a bit of fasting involved and abstinence fr...
March 11, 2026
by Margaret M. Johnson
Opinion
Shamrock Summit
The first shamrock summit took place on a summit - literally. That would have been, as the story goes, the fifth century encounter between Saint Pa...
March 11, 2026
by Leader Column