Let's Celebrate!
June is definitely “celebration season”! From Bloomsday on the 16th to Father’s Day on the 21st and graduations running throughout the month, it’s ...
June 11, 2026
by Margaret M. Johnson
News
Sunset Cruise
Pic of Day: The sun goes down behind the Statue of Liberty during Wednesday evening's Celtic Cruise in New York Harbor. Irish Echo photo by Louise ...
June 11, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
GAA use better format in '26
The GAA gets its fair bit of criticism about how they conduct the draws for the All-Ireland football championship and two weeks back they annoyed a...
June 11, 2026
by Sean Creedon
News
Stab victim’s family call for violence to end
THE family of the man who suffered an horrific knife attack in North Belfast on Monday have condemned the unrest that took place in the city on Tue...
June 11, 2026
by Conor McParland
News
'Scenes reminiscent of Bombay Street in 1969'
Belfast council member Paul Doherty has called for political and community leadership on the ground following disorder across Belfast on Tuesday ni...
June 11, 2026
by Conor McParland
Opinion
View from Belfast: Time to call on the Spirit of 1916 or risk a repeat of August '69
This is the editorial from today's edition of the Andytown News, our sister paper in Belfast: If you think a week is a long time in politics, then ...
June 10, 2026
by The Editor Andytown News/Belfastmedia.com
As Beckett watches, group reads
On Wednesday, May 13, Éanlai graced the Irish American salon at Sláinte Bar in Oakland with her amazing writer’s group, a tight knit group of seven...
June 10, 2026
by Éanlai Cronin & Lori Cassels
News
Preparing for EU Presidency
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee in Dublin Castle for a press conference marking the launch of t...
June 10, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Lansdowne Yonkers crowned champions after 3-0 win
Lansdowne Yonkers were crowned USASA Region I Champions after trouncing Los Toros FC 3-0 at the Ukrainian American Sports Center in Horsham, Pennsy...
June 10, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
News
A Homecoming With a Gift
Bill Mulrow, a former partner at Blackstone and former secretary to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, will return on June 17 to his parents’ ancestra...
June 10, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Limerick take Munster title
Cork 2-17 Limerick 1-21 Peter Casey emerged as Limerick’s hero with two late points to secure the Munster hurling championship at Pairc Ui Chaoimh ...
June 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
A political slush fund too far
Should we refer to the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization" slush fund in the past tense? The Senate failed to get the 60 senators needed to kill it l...
June 09, 2026
by Peter McDermott
News
Serious Matter
Pic of Day: A serious matter to discuss. Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee meeting with High Representative of the European Union fo...
June 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
First Minister scores first in San Fran visit
In what was her first visit to the West Coast since her election as First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill last week met with Irish A...
June 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Boston leaders vow to strengthen transatlantic links to Northwest Ireland
Top Irish American advocates in the Boston area have pledged to step up efforts to forge links with Northwest Ireland. The senior figures in the Ir...
June 09, 2026
by Anthony Neeson