Community Features & Events
BOOKS: Catalpa Rescue was Irish America's coming of age
Sailing halfway around the world in a whaling ship to rescue Fenian rebels rotting in an English penal establishment has all the ingredients of a c...
April 09, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Labor
Áras Uí Chonghaile strengthens bonds between Irish and US labour movements
A SPECIAL event was held in Áras Uí Chonghaile (the James Connolly Centre) in Belfast on Good Friday where the visitor center rededicated its meeti...
April 09, 2026
by Conor McParland
Opinion
LETTERS: Necessary Steps
Editor: The Irish Martin-Harris coalition government needs to take positive and immediate steps to assist Irish farmers, industry, fishing, and hom...
April 09, 2026
by Craig E. Speers, Buffalo, NY
News
Fuel Protest Rolls On
Pic of Day: A coffin featuring the slogan "RIP IRELAND" is driven up O'Connell Street as part of a nationwide protest against rising fuel costs. Ph...
April 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Irish Government Announces America250 Program
The Irish government has announced details of its America250 commemorative program marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration ...
April 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
1926 Irish Free State Census to be released on April 18
“Census Day — Next Sunday.” So announced the Irish Independent on Friday morning, April 16, 1926, That was a fourth-deck headline on a leading news...
April 08, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Heimir wants Coleman to stay
After last week’s uninspiring 0-0 draw against North Macedonia at the Aviva, former Irish captain Seamus Coleman batted away questions around his i...
April 08, 2026
by Sean Creedon
News
Fuel Protest
Pic of Day: The war might be a long way away but the effects are being felt globally, and in Ireland too. Tractors and trucks blockade O'Connell St...
April 08, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Hibernians Undertake Fact Finding Mission to Ireland
A 43 member Hibernian delegation is arriving in Ireland this week for a 10 day fact-finding mission that will include a key meeting with family mem...
April 08, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: So Which Way?
The world has arrived at one of those moments. It's not just to do with wars going on but rather to do with what goes on next in the matter of, wel...
April 08, 2026
by Leader Column
Writers answer some questions at Houghton Hall salon
The Irish American Writers & Artists gathered at Houghton Hall, East 30th Street, New York City on April 1. It was national Flann O’Brien Day, 60 y...
April 07, 2026
by Anthony C. Murphy
McCrory stopped in 4th round
For a few rounds, “Fearless” Feargal McCrory lived up to his moniker, hanging tough against the former world featherweight champion Mark Magsayo at...
April 07, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
News
Moore Street Commemoration
Pic of Day: Members of the group Independent Dublin Republicans held their 3rd Annual 1916 Easter Commemoration and Reenactment. Photo shows partic...
April 07, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Sacred Shoes On Holy Ground
Many of them didn't even have shoes. But they will be remembered by a pair of bronze shoes The National Irish Famine Way has announced plans for th...
April 07, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
Mayo begin another Sam campaign in London
It’s the big GAA championship kick-off this weekend. And you can blame Covid that it’s no longer happening in Gaelic Park, New York, on the first w...
April 06, 2026
by Sean Creedon