Happy Holiday Salads
We all can probably agree that counting calories is not a holiday activity. A brisk walk after dinner or a game of touch football, sure, but declin...
December 19, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Family's turkey season work was worth it
Each year Mam reared about 80 turkeys for the Christmas market and to give as gifts. The birds she sold produced a little wave of money that would ...
December 19, 2025
by Tom Phelan
News
Connolly Hosts Thurnberg
Pic of Day: President Catherine Connolly met with Swedish activist Greta Thurnberg in Áras an Uachtaráin. Photo by Tony Maxwell via RollingNews.ie.
December 19, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Diversity Visa Lottery Suspended
The Trump administration has suspended the Diversity Visa lottery program in the aftermath of the Brown University and MIT shootings. The Washingto...
December 19, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Women footballers head for Australia
The exodus of top women footballers to Aussie Rules continues with another quartet signing for Australian clubs last week. Geelong Cats have signed...
December 18, 2025
by Sean Creedon
O'Connor's 'The Ghosts of Rome' named Irish Book of 2025
Joseph O’Connor’s “The Ghosts of Rome,” the second in a planned World War II-set trilogy, has been named An Post Irish Book of the Year. The first ...
December 18, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Partial Arming
Pic of Day. Most Gardai are unarmed on the beat but some will now be equipped with Tasers. An Garda Síochána has launched a pilot program deploying...
December 18, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Cardinal Dolan Retires
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is taking his leave of the Archdiocese of New York. The 75-year-old native of St. Louis, Missouri has led the archdiocese an...
December 18, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Call for Nominations Inaugural Irish–American Maritime Excellence Awards
Call for Nominations - Inaugural Irish–American Maritime Excellence Awards We invite nominations for outstanding Irish Americans and dynamic compan...
December 18, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
New Wings
Pic of Day: The Irish Air Corps has taken delivery of a new Dassault Falcon 6X "strategic reach" aircraft. The plane landed at Casement Aerodrome o...
December 17, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Boston Seniors Getting in the Christmas Groove
The Christmas season is a very busy time of year at Boston's Irish Pastoral Centre, with festive events and outreach programs for Irish immigrants,...
December 17, 2025
by Jim Smith
Ireland to host Italy in Galway
The Irish Women’s Rugby team will play a Six Nations game in Galway for the first time next year. The newly renovated Dexcom Stadium will the venue...
December 17, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Malachy officially recognized, again
Twinkly-eyed and chubby cheeked, Malachy McCourt was a much larger build than his brother Frank, but arguably remained in Frank’s shadow. Malachy’s...
December 17, 2025
by Orla O'Sullivan
Opinion
Ireland in a New Front Line
Splendid isolation was the view over many decades. Europe might be engulfed in war but Ireland, off the continent's edge, was sitting both pretty a...
December 17, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Brehons Celebrate and Honor
Pic of Day: The Brehon Law Society of New York recently held a seasonal gathering that also bestowed honors for the year. Guests at the event inclu...
December 16, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff