Farrell picks wrong tactics, team
France 36; Ireland 14 After the golden years of the Andy Farrell era, there is now a real fear that such a rich vein of green form is something tha...
February 10, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
The heart of the compromise
Behind the veneer of every great man’s ambition is the paradox of his ideals. At the height of immense power, aloft in all his fame, is the delicat...
February 10, 2026
by Kevin Phoenix
News
Connolly Completes Three Day North Visit
Pic of Day: During her three day visit to the North last week President Catherine Connolly met with First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy Firs...
February 10, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Kilkenny Man Held in ICE Hell
A Kilkenny man who has lived in the U.S. for 20 years, is married to a U.S. citizen and who has legal working status has been held in an ICE detent...
February 10, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Lords and Ladies
Pic of Day: Michael Flatley is here pictured with the "Young Lords" at 3Arena, Dublin. The gathering of dancers was to celebrate 30 years of Chicag...
February 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Library of Congress Exhibition Spotlights Frederick Douglass Ties with Ireland
An evocative exhibition detailing the links between Ireland and the 19th Century's most famed abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, has gone on show at...
February 09, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Cork look favorites after 7-pt win over champs Tipp
Cork 0-29; Tipperary 0-22 Hunger is great sauce they say and sure enough with so little hurling to savor in the latter months of last year, we got ...
February 09, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
Limerick up tempo in 2nd half to win vs. Cats
Limerick 1-26; Kilkenny 2-16 After losing to Waterford the previous week, the hurling world rightly asked, “Where is Limerick in the scheme of thin...
February 09, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
News
'We Know This Hatred'
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has condemned what it has described as "the racist depiction of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama circ...
February 09, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Gerry Adams: Civil trial ‘hearsay’ evidence part of a familiar agenda
IN May 2022 a civil case was launched against me in England. The civil trial will begin on March 9 in London and conclude on St Patrick’s Day. Ther...
February 09, 2026
by Gerry Adams
American democracy's fair-weather friends
The historian John Lukacs was no leftist. Indeed, he labeled himself a “reactionary” and his positions, if sometimes heterodox, were reliably right...
February 06, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Only Nevers made sense on right
This column was published in the Nov. 26-Dec. 2, 2025, edition of the Irish Echo. The word “Never” being used before someone’s name is a practice t...
February 06, 2026
by Peter McDermott
CIFF announces 2026 program
“The biggest challenge in this job is the amount of work that is coming out of Ireland.” So said Maedhbh McCullagh, the director of the Capital Iri...
February 06, 2026
by Peter McDermott
News
Geese Crossing
Pic of Day: Ireland's wet weather of late has been no problem for ducks. And not for geese either it would seem. This pair of Brent Geese, who are ...
February 06, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
McEntee in High Level D.C. Meetings
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee has held meetings with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer and Depu...
February 06, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff