 East Side celebration
  East Side celebration
    This residence in Manhattan’s Midtown East is all in for today’s Halloween celebration. [Photo by Peter McDermott]
  
    October 31, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       'The Ball': A story for Halloween
  'The Ball': A story for Halloween
    The ref walked over to the dugout. “Will you do the line?” he asked the man beside Johnny and Rick. “Go on, you will,” he continued, throwing the f...
  
    October 31, 2025
    by James Rogers
  
 
    
       A clear, focused, resonant voice
  A clear, focused, resonant voice
    In the media yoke this week I’ve got “The Old Wood Road,” the solo debut by singer Evelyn O’Connell. Named for her County Kerry home townland of Kn...
  
    October 31, 2025
    by Daniel Neely
  
 
    
       
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  Finally Some Justice for Sarah
    The man who brutally ended the life of Sarah McNally is facing over two decades behind bars. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursd...
  
    October 31, 2025
    by Ray O'Hanlon
  
 
    
       
    News
  OPINION: Digital Irish Tech Week is putting Ireland, North and South, on the map
    Coming off the back of the September Homecoming events in Belfast — where the city has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery — last w...
  
    October 30, 2025
    by Mike Flannery
  
 
    
       Presidential views
  Presidential views
    For Dr. Janet L. Walsh, attention to detail is key. She learned that during the earliest days of her career, for instance at a loading dock in her ...
  
    October 30, 2025
    by Peter McDermott
  
 
    
       The Ghosts of Trotsky and Mrs. Ryan
  The Ghosts of Trotsky and Mrs. Ryan
    This summer I spent some time doing research for a history of Woodside, Queens that was just published in Volume 38 of New York Irish History, the ...
  
    October 30, 2025
    by Stephen Butler
  
 
    
       
    Opinion
  KIRWAN: Heavenly Silence On My iPhone
    “I’m pingless,” said I. “And I thought you were just brainless.” Replied Yer Man from Pearl River. He had been wondering why I hadn’t replied to hi...
  
    October 30, 2025
    by Larry Kirwan
  
 
    
       AITA at AIHS
  AITA at AIHS
    The 2025 Annual Conference of the American Irish Teachers Association will take place on this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Americ...
  
    October 30, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Tis the Season
    Pic of Day. You looking at me? A stag stands guard for intruders as rutting and mating season are under way for the fallow deer in Dublin's Phoenix...
  
    October 29, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Kinealy to Speak on Workhouse Restoration
    Professor Christine Kinealy of Quinnipiac University will be the keynote speaker at an event headlined "Irish Workhouse Centre – Campaign Launch & ...
  
    October 29, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Lamb's Return
    Pic of Day: Renowned Irish chef Mark Moriarty travelled to the U.S. for an event in New York City marking the return of Irish lamb to the U.S. mark...
  
    October 29, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Higgins Back Home
    President Micheal D. Higgins has returned to Áras an Uachtaráin following a brief treatment for an infection. The president spent two nights in hos...
  
    October 29, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       Inviting the dead to supper
  Inviting the dead to supper
    You may know of the connection between Halloween and Samhain (pronounced "SOW-en"), the 2,000-year-old Irish festival marking the end of the Fall h...
  
    October 29, 2025
    by Deborah Schull
  
 
    
       Ireland WNT promoted after 5-4 playoff win over Belgium
  Ireland WNT promoted after 5-4 playoff win over Belgium
    Abbie Larkin scored a dramatic goal in the last minute of extra time to push the Republic of Ireland past Belgium for victory in the Nations League...
  
    October 29, 2025
    by Irish Echo Staff