News
Flag Raising Will Salute America 250
Irish America 250 and the Bowling Green Association will be jointly hosting a flag raising ceremony on Monday, February 16, Presidents' Day. The ra...
February 12, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Six stories, one reclaimed life
The odds were against Mary Kate O’Flanagan on the opening weekend of her one-woman show at the Irish Repertory Theatre, “Making a Show of Myself”. ...
February 12, 2026
by Orla O'Sullivan
An Gaodhal Project is launched
Was over at the Irish Consulate this past week for a networking event and was very pleased to hear Dennis Brownlee, founder and president of the Af...
February 12, 2026
by Daniel Neely
News
Survivor's Story
Pic of Day: Domestic abuse survivor and campaigner Margaret Loftus speaks at an event hosted by Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh and Senator Pauline ...
February 12, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
California’s coffee king back on the Belfast beat
Head to fog-shrouded San Francisco’s Outer Sunset and there you'll find the best coffee in the city at the Andytown café with, of course, an Andyto...
February 12, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
News
Orangetown, NY in mourning for community stalwart Denis Troy
Denis Troy, a towering presence in Orangetown, NY civic life for more than three decades and a defining figure in Rockland County’s Irish-American ...
February 12, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
News
Talk Between the Raindrops
Pic of Day: Speak softly and carry a big...umbrella. Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking to reporters as the rain fell, yet again, and before this we...
February 11, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Spirited Friel out of luck at Manhattan's Trinity Club
Facing a more experienced foe, Declan Friel put up a spirited fight before succumbing on points to Januel Cabrera in a 154-pound MSG Boxing Ring Ma...
February 11, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
Opinion
LETTER: Law for Some - Amnesty for Others
Editor: For half a century, allegations have swirled around Gerry Adams—often repeated as if the accusations themselves were proof. But when you fo...
February 11, 2026
by Marty Glennon Melville
News
Lawler Urges Irish to back 2026 Year of the Volunteer Bid
Prominent New York Congressman Mike Lawler has launched a bid on Capitol Hill to designate 2026 as the Year of the Volunteer with a special appeal ...
February 11, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Opinion
A Growing Darkness
Atop the front page of the Washington Post is the assertion that Democracy Dies in Darkness. This is somewhat limited. Democracy can die in broad d...
February 11, 2026
by Leader Column
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