Introducing your 2025 Irish Labor Leaders Line-Up
All eyes will be the Edison Hotel, Manhattan on 12 September when the cream of Irish America's labor leaders will be spotlighted at the 15th annual...
July 03, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Community Features & Events
A Heart Thumping Tale from Sally Quinn
I have long been aware of Sally Quinn. And that’s not just because she was married to the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. Quinn has c...
July 03, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Documentary Shines Light on Noraid and Irish America
As the author of the only academic monograph on Noraid, or Irish Northern Aid to use the preferred term, I was cautiously optimistic when I heard n...
July 03, 2025
by Robert Collins
Musicians lift the 'June Gloom'
The fog had covered Jack London Square where Slainte Oakland is located. Many have the misconception of California as the proverbial ‘Sunshine Stat...
July 03, 2025
by Lori Cassels
Breen's solo statement delivers
In the media yoke this week is “Sooner or Later,” the most recent album from the brilliant fiddle player Tara Breen. A musician with an impeccable ...
July 03, 2025
by Daniel Neely
News
Friendly Flags
Pic of Day: A flag that flew during Ireland's Easter rising and Japan's Rising Sun flag are both on display as Taoiseach Micheál Martin met with Ja...
July 03, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Request Hearing on Driver's License Reciprocity
A U.S. based lobby group, the Irish-US Driver's License Exchange Committee, is requesting a hearing before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport. T...
July 02, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Cork, Tipp look good for semis
This new GAA split season means that inter-county games are coming at us very fast and supporters don’t get much time to prepare or plan for the ga...
July 02, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Remember them on this July 4
On April 24, Robert Crimo III was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms along with 50 years in prison for each person injured. That was in Illi...
July 02, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Martin in Japan
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin today met with the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba. Mr. Martin is on a four day visit to Japan. Photo f...
July 02, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Down The Rails From Duffy's Cut
The dead of famous/infamous Duffy's Cut have comrades down the line in a potter's field, part of Northwood Cemetery in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. T...
July 02, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Opinion
Beginning To Look Elsewhere
You will hear the joke in Ireland, variations of it. Only it's not entirely a joke. Someone will say that he or she was planning on a trip to the S...
July 02, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
'The Smuggler' to make Irish debut
It has an Irish tour throughout July, but it kicks off with a performance in New York this week. We’re referring to “The Smuggler,” playwright Roná...
July 01, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Donegal make Sam statement, as Meath break Galway hearts
Donegal 1-26; Monaghan 1-20 Just as we could never have foreseen Donegal being seven points behind at half-time, neither could we have seen such a ...
July 01, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
News
High Noon Standoff
Pic of Day: The traffic in this photo taken on the Curragh in County Kildare is not moving. And neither is the sheep on the road. The standoff was ...
July 01, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff