Opinion
LETTER: This Over That
Editor: As a Dub expat living in Chicago for a long time I've long said to our kids: 'I'll take American arrogance over Irish hypocrisy." The Irish...
October 21, 2026
by Rory Smith
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Leadership Required
Traditionally, the President of the United States is accorded the title of "Leader of the Free World." Lately, however, the title has been up for g...
October 21, 2026
by Leader Column
News
Mac Cionnaith to Appear in AOH Webinar
Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition leader Breandan Mac Cionnaith will give an update this Saturday, October 24 in an AOH-sponsored webinar. He will ...
October 20, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Bees slip up after sending off
Republic of Ireland connections were out of luck in the Premier League in the seventh round of games over the weekend. Most prominently of all, Bre...
October 20, 2026
by Charlie Murphy
Irish provinces all win European Cup openers
A great weekend for the Irish provinces in the Champions Cup as all three won their opening game in this season’s competition. It was an emotional ...
October 20, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Opinion
Gerry Adams: An open letter to my Protestant/Orange neighbours
A Chairde, Now that the British Secretary of State – recently landed among us – has banned the Portadown Lodge march on Garvaghy Road all of us sh...
October 20, 2026
by Gerry Adams
News
American Patriot
Pic of Day: The statue of General Nathaniel Greene in Greensboro, North Carolina. Greene led American forces in a defeat of the British at the Batt...
October 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Four Mourned After Waterford Arson Attack
A priest has told mourners that an “act of total evil” was responsible for the deaths of Kim and Phillip English and their sons Callum (12) and Jay...
October 19, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Dennis J. Schock named Irishman of the Year
The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES) has named Dennis J. Schock, President of the United Sanitationmen’s Association Local 831, as...
October 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Yeates has storyteller’s sensibility
I want to start this week with the major news that Aidan Connolly will step down as executive director of New York’s Irish Arts Center. For 20 year...
October 19, 2026
by Daniel Neely
Horgan, O'Callaghan star in county finals
A busy weekend for county finals in hurling and football with 20 finals played on Sunday. In Cork former inter-county star Patrick Horgan scored 11...
October 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Waterford Funerals
Photo of the Day: Friends and mourners grieve as the coffins are removed following the funeral of Philip and Kim English and their sons Callum (12)...
October 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Martin Describes Partition as a 'Disaster'
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that “partition was a disaster," this during a speech at Fianna Fáil’s annual Wolfe Tone commemoration on Sunday....
October 19, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Kevin Flynn Reaches For New Heights Onstage
Given a choice between possible stage fright and the kind of fear that comes with looking down from a great height Kevin Flynn is more inclined tow...
October 18, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
When Irish Famine History Becomes Local History
In November 2025 I began thinking seriously about how people outside academic settings learn about the Irish Famine. So much of the knowledge about...
October 18, 2026
by Loretto Leary