St. Stephen's Green: Inside & Out, Part 2
If you’ve visited Dublin, chances are you’ve strolled through St. Stephen’s Green, the 27-acre Victorian park located in the heart of the capital. ...
August 15, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
News
A Day on the River
Pic of Day: Generations of Irish school students think of certain Irish river systems in threes. One of them was "The Barrow, the Nore and the Suir...
August 15, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Signs of Transatlantic Trade Contraction
Even before a 15 percent tariff on Irish imports to the United States became effective on August 7 there were clear signs that trade between Irelan...
August 15, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Hope Stokes Eternal
Three hundred years ago, Alexander Pope said that hope springs eternal. He also said that to err Is human, but to forgive is divine. He also mentio...
August 15, 2025
by Colum McCann
2025's top four tipped again
This time last year people were hesitant about betting against Pep Guardiola. It had been seven years since the name of any club other than his Man...
August 14, 2025
by Peter McDermott
News
Book Sale A Book Sale B
If at first you don't get it right, revise. And that's just what the American Irish Historical Society did in recent days after a notice of a book ...
August 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
The magic was always present
I recall the day my journey to become an author began, even though I didn’t know it yet. My wife and I were laying around watching Taylor Sheridan’...
August 14, 2025
by Bill Nagel
News
McGuinness Withdraws from Presidential Race
Pic of Day: Mairead McGuinness, the former EU Commissioner and Fine Gael’s top contender to succeed President Michael D. Higgins, has withdrawn fro...
August 14, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
A Tariff Border for Irish Whiskey
If it's distilled on the island of Ireland, or one of the offshore islands, it is Irish Whiskey. This applies to Bushmills from County Antrim and J...
August 14, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
An Irish Heat Wave
Pic of Day: Much of the U.S. is baking in high summer heat but parts of Ireland are experiencing temperatures reaching towards, and even into, the ...
August 13, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Irish Government Focused on Gaza and Ukraine
The Irish government has taken a leading role on Gaza within the ranks of the European Union. It has been subjected to critical comment from some U...
August 13, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
O'Callaghan shows new Dublin boss Brennan his worth
There are many who believe Con O’Callaghan is as important to the Dublin football team as David Clifford is to Kerry. And I’m one of them. The inju...
August 13, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Locked in by literature at salon
This month we are in the back room of Ernie O’Malley’s on East 27th Street. Its Kelly-green walls are festooned with historical paraphernalia detai...
August 13, 2025
by Anthony C. Murphy
Opinion
A Sad Departure
Matt Morrison's American life was always precarious - this despite an American family and a longtime home in Missouri. In recent times Matt Morriso...
August 13, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
ITMA is a bedrock institution
Back home after a great trip to Ireland, where I spent a week in Dublin getting stuck into a new research project! Over the course of these academi...
August 12, 2025
by Daniel Neely