News
Practice Makes....
Pic of Day: An Irish search and rescue AW189 helicopter and crew practice a rescue operation. Photo Heneghan via Rollingnews.ie.
March 25, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
AOH Pitches In Amid Baseball Brouhaha
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has released a statement supportive of the Irish American Baseball Society and its raising of questions as to why t...
March 25, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Connacht get big boost with win in Belfast
Connacht 26 Ulster 19 What’s seldom is indeed wonderful! Just ask Connacht Head Coach Stuart Lancaster who was beside himself with glee after his c...
March 25, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
Bread and butter issues at center of NYU strike
As another Irish-American Heritage month nears completion, it’s a good time to remember Terry Golway’s comment that the “three pillars of Irish pow...
March 25, 2026
by Stephen Butler
Opinion
The Closing Door
A few days ago Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated from coast to coast. The day that's in it is a gift from Ireland, more specifically immigrants wh...
March 25, 2026
by Leader Column
Community Features & Events
Knights gather on St Patrick's Day to salute Grand Marshal
Over 275 guests turned out for the Knights of Saint Patrick annual Saint Patrick’s Day Luncheon on March 17 at the Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue in ...
March 24, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Yeates eulogizes Weldon, Keane
On Friday, the Folk Music Society of New York presented Dublin-based singer Macdara Yeates at the St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church as ...
March 24, 2026
by Daniel Neely
Limerick hold on, reach final
Limerick 2-27; Galway 0-31 They are not the Limerick of the golden era just gone but they still know how to get over the line in a tight game. On S...
March 24, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
News
Stepping Out in Yonkers
Pic of Day: Bronx Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz (third from left holding banner) with Bronx AOH Members Denis Boyle, Martin Galvin, Timmy O'Donoghue an...
March 24, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
GERRY ADAMS: Increased demand for Irish education must be met
THE Irish language has more than two thousand years of unbroken history behind it. Apart from Greek, it has the oldest literature of any living Eur...
March 24, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Culture
BOOKS: United Ireland debate highlights need for clear, credible plan from Dublin
For and Against a United Ireland. By Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride. Blackwell's. For most readers of The Irish Echo, the prospect of a united Irel...
March 23, 2026
by Jack McCarthy, Princeton, NJ
News
So where are we?
Pic of Day: Irish soldiers engaged in a map reading challenge in full combat gear on a warm spring day on the Curragh Plains in County Kildare. Pho...
March 23, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Parade Problems Persist in Southie
SOUTH BOSTON --- Despite monthly meetings of city officials and law enforcement agencies, coupled with outreach to area schools and colleges about ...
March 23, 2026
by Jim Smith
Brennan takes Dublin relegation in his stride
Galway 0-20 Dublin 1-15 Dublin manager Ger Brennan was philosophical about his own sending off and his team’s defeat which has led to relegation by...
March 23, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
Historical Ingredients Cook Up An Historical Novel
What happens when an actual trained historian decides to use years of research as the raw material for a work of fiction? Well, for one thing, the ...
March 23, 2026
by By Terry Golway