Boston has top-notch events
Published in the April 8-14, 2026 issue of the Irish Echo. Boston has very much an embarrassment of traditional music riches these days. Sometimes ...
April 16, 2026
by Daniel Neely
News
Ewe First
Pic of Day: It's not just fuel protestors blocking Irish roads. It’s that time of year when spring lambs are given the freedom of the Curragh Plain...
April 16, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Catalpa Flag on Display in Ireland's National Museum
If you are calculating the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue that standout day is today, Thursday April 16. That is if you are in New York, B...
April 16, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
News
Belfast Harbour On Course to be One of the UK's Fastest Growing Ports
Belfast Harbour will be well known to many in the maritime sector in North America as a key gateway for trade to and from the island of Ireland, an...
April 16, 2026
by Michael Robinson
A trio of Citrus Delights
Citrus desserts seem to be even more delicious on a bright spring day, but you’ll want to keep these recipes to make on a year-round basis to have ...
April 15, 2026
by Margaret M. Johnson
Maritime tenure
In the fall of 1937, 14 American seamen were arrested by federal agents on the S.S. “Algic” in Baltimore and charged with “revolt and mutiny.” Nine...
April 15, 2026
by Peter McDermott
'Derry Girls' passed local test first
Mary Pat Kelly sat down with Marie-Louise Kerr for a conversation about the impact and relevance of the television show “Derry Girls” at the Americ...
April 15, 2026
by Anthony C. Murphy
Upcoming events
The Ballyfermot-born playwright Derek Murphy is giving his “Bad Daters” duo Liam and Wendy, played by Shane McNaughton and Kate Arrington, a fresh ...
April 15, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Yonkers seeking new stars
Lansdowne Yonkers, whose latest victory last weekend kept them in the hunt for honors in the American Premier Soccer League [APSL], have bagged man...
April 15, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
President Meets President
Pic of Day: President Catherine Connolly receives the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, at Áras an Uachtaráin. Photo by Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie.
April 15, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Passing of Unateresa Sheahan Gormley
Unateresa Sheahan Gormley passed away peacefully on April 10 surrounded by her loving family and dear friends after a long and valiant battle with ...
April 15, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
Cork have unfinished business vs. Tipperary
The All-Ireland hurling championship starts this weekend with round robin games in Munster and Leinster. No doubt about the top billing, that’s the...
April 15, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Ireland win in Gdansk, set up Saturday return tie vs. Poland
Carla Ward, manager of the Irish Women’s National team, was hopeful of a strong result coming out of Tuesday night’s World Cup qualifying game in G...
April 15, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: The GFA at 28
Rome wasn't built in a day and the Good Friday Agreement is not going to turn Irish history on its head, even after 28 years. But the agreement has...
April 15, 2026
by Leader Column
News
New York's Irish Construction Workers Stage Solidarity Convoy with Ireland's Embattled Farmers, Truckers
A coalition of Irish workers in the construction trades today organized a New York convoy in solidarity with Irish farmers, truckers, and others st...
April 14, 2026
by Brian McCabe