News
First Day
Pic of Day: On the first day of Ireland’s six month EU Presidency, Taoiseach Micheál Martin welcomed the President of the European Council, António...
July 01, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Vallely headed for Belfast's Fleadh
It is easy, even for a top traditional musician, to go unnoticed when you play in a Celtic supergroup like Lúnasa. The band features Kevin Crawford...
July 01, 2026
by Geoffrey Cobb
Hurling is 20-yr project: Burns
After making the draw for the All-Ireland football quarter-finals ten days ago GAA president Jarlath Burns said that the GAA need to work on raisin...
July 01, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Opinion
America at 250
"In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes nece...
July 01, 2026
by Leader Column
Big Apple's Jazz Age highlights
“Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York, From the Suppressed to the Strange,” by Jonathan Ezra Goldman. “Be careful in New York, Katie, the streets ...
June 30, 2026
by Lori Cassels
Mayo advance to date with Louth
Mayo are into the last four of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time in six years. They showed had an extra bit of qualit...
June 30, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Collins Honored
Pic of Day: Judge John Collins pictured with Ancient Order of Hibernians National Immigration Chair Dan Dennehy during a recent gathering at which ...
June 30, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Boston's Charitable Irish Society Supporting Birthright Citizenship
At its 289th Anniversary Dinner in Boston on St. Patrick’s Day, the Charitable Irish Society announced it had submitted an amicus brief to the Unit...
June 30, 2026
by Tyler McManus
News
Pride Parade
Pic of Day: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee and Tanaiste Simon Harris taking part in the annual Pride Parade in Dublin Satur...
June 29, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Blindsided host keeps peace
“I’m hiding you,” one of the characters in “The Loved Ones,” the new play at the Irish Rep says to another. As one might an unwanted pregnancy – or...
June 29, 2026
by Orla O'Sullivan
Dubliner vs. Messi
USA Today newspaper at the weekend reported after Argentina’s Round of 32 game against Cape Verde, they “will” go on to their Round of 16 game. Hol...
June 29, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Community Features & Events
'Something Bigger' Tells a Little-Known Irish American Story
Stories matter. For Irish Americans, they are a way to celebrate identity and ensure that we and the next generation know who we are and where we c...
June 29, 2026
by By Sheila Killian
Opinion
EDITORIAL: And The Next One Please.....
There's an old comic dig at the old time Soviet leadership standing stiff on the Kremlin Wall reviewing one of those interminable Moscow military p...
June 29, 2026
by Leader Column
Community Features & Events
Stellar Line-Up Set for 2026 Irish Echo Labor Awards
A stellar line-up of labor leaders is to be honored at 16th annual Irish Echo Labor Awards in New York on 18 September. Hailing from across the nat...
June 29, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
Can a nation tearing itself apart learn from Ireland's peacemakers?
Amid growing polarization in America, Belfast has been on my mind. Growing up in the 1990s, the name “Belfast” was synonymous with conflict and war...
June 27, 2026
by Paul Rockower