Opinion
Technology Goes Postal And The Innocent Suffer
“You Are The Only One." The cynical phrase used by the Post Office to ensnare innocent victims. The Post Office scandal in the UK (including Northe...
April 23, 2024
by By Seamus Scanlon
News
McDonagh in the Garden
Pic of Day: Political activist, broadcaster and commentator, writer, cab driver and "cabtivist," as well as being an Irish Echo award winner, John ...
April 22, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Album recorded in Kyoto captures Lúnasa's live energy
It’s great to report that the inaugural “Archiving Irish America: Music, Dance, and Culture” conference, which took place last week at the Ward Iri...
April 22, 2024
by Daniel Neely
McGuinness picks Derry's lock
Donegal 4-11; Derry 0-17 No one organizes a sporting ambush quite like Jim McGuinness! All last week his critics and the so-called pundits predicte...
April 22, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
GERRY ADAMS: Disputed report – like all conversations – was another part of the unity debate
A RECENT report - 'Northern Ireland Subvention: Possible Unification Effects' – published by the Institute of International and European Affairs (I...
April 22, 2024
by Gerry Adams
Community Features & Events
Project Children marks 50, honors Denis, unveils plans for next chapter
A special evening celebrating 50 years of the trailblazing Project Children initiative which united thousands of Irish American families with child...
April 21, 2024
by Anthony Neeson
News
Rosie's Lit Up and Running
Pic of Night: Rosie O'Grady's, neon sign and all, has reopened its doors in Midtown Manhattan after having to vacate its longtime home on 52nd Stre...
April 19, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Boo$t for 69th Armory
The Armory, the historic home base for the Fighting 69th Regiment, is to receive a long awaited and timely financial boost. A trio of New York poli...
April 19, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
A marriage of styles
The pandemic was a time for taking stock of careers and for pursuing new directions professionally. This was not quite the case for my husband, Kev...
April 19, 2024
by Margaret Dowling-Murphy
Clare tipped to beat champs
Judging by attendances on the first weekend of the All-Ireland football championship GAA supporters are becoming more selective as to which games t...
April 19, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Stand-up star
“I’ll just get your mother, love.” The father in Deirdre O’Kane’s stand-up routines is affectionately remembered. But there are silences as he trie...
April 18, 2024
by Peter McDermott
News
In Loving Memory
Photo of the Day: A woman at the gathering of relatives of victims of the 1981 Stardust fire at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin today. RollingN...
April 18, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Finally, Some Justice for Stardust Families
The jury in the Stardust inquests today returned a verdict of unlawful killing in the cases of each of the 48 young people who died in the fire at ...
April 18, 2024
by Ray O'Hanlon
Opinion
KIRWAN: Remembering The King of Second Avenue
They don’t make them like Steve Duggan anymore. The question is – did they ever? The Monsignor was like many immigrants – neither here nor there. H...
April 18, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Plucky Irish trio out of luck on fight night at the Garden
On a bad night for the Irish trio in the finals, Sean O’Bradaigh suffered a third-round stoppage to nemesis Adrian Frometa in his bid for MSG Boxin...
April 17, 2024
by Jay Mwamba