Dunne's new tour takes in NYC area, NY state
Irish folk singer Emer Dunne’s upcoming U.S. tour will see her in the Kerry Hall, Yonkers, on Wednesday, June 3, in Garvan’s, New Paltz, N.Y., on T...
May 20, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Leinster eye elusive 5th title
Prior to the launch of Rugby’s Heineken Cup in 1995 most of the domestic focus was on the All-Ireland League and clubs like Cork Con, Young Munster...
May 20, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Highway Hoops
Last weekend saw another four fatalities on Irish roads in addition to a number of injuries. The headlines were all too familiar, all too depressin...
May 20, 2026
by Leader Column
News
Video and Still
Pics of Day: A camera photo shows a phone video of Tanaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris talking to the media before the Irish government'...
May 20, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Sea Trials and a Singular Honor
The USS Patrick Gallagher has commenced sea trials - a final turn before entering full service with the navy. And the County Mayo native, Vietnam W...
May 20, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
Irish had big role in Big Easy
Researching the Irish in the New Orleans, I discovered their huge role in the city’s history and culture, a role too large for one article — and th...
May 19, 2026
by Geoffrey Cobb
Westmeath defeat Dubs, crowned Leinster champions
Westmeath 2-28; Dublin 0-26 Westmeath great Leinster’s run has gone all the way, with the county taking only the second title in their history foll...
May 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: The people are ahead of the politicians on Irish unity
AT the time of writing this week’s column Keir Starmer is still the Leader of the British Labour Party and Prime Minister. On Monday he delivered a...
May 19, 2026
by Gerry Adams
News
A May Bloom
Pic of day: A Whitethorn tree in full May bloom in County Kildare. RollingNews.ie photo.
May 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Charles to Visit
King Charles is to make a State Visit to Ireland An invitation was formally extended Monday by President Catherine Connolly during a visit to Londo...
May 19, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Donovan wins in Mannheim
Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan, who’s co-managed by New York attorney Kevin Sullivan and former world middleweight champion Andy Lee, dropped Ukrain...
May 18, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
McKenna Family members have superb rapport
This week I’ve got “The Boys of Carrickroe” by the McKenna Family in my media yoke, and what a thing to be listening to! Hailing from Augher, Co. T...
May 18, 2026
by Daniel Neely
News
Commemorating The Famine
Photo of the Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin, accompanied by the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan and Cathaoirleach ...
May 18, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Labor
As Long Island Rail Road strike bites, Samuelsen blasts Governor, rejects efforts to have TWU members 'undermine action'
Transport Workers Union President and leading Irish American labor leader John Samuelsen has laid the blame for the Long Island Rail Road strike wh...
May 17, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
Golden Opportunity to Mark Irish Contribution to Founding of United States by Investing in Peace Process
I know they say what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas but this is the exception that proves the rule because I want to thank Bostonian and P...
May 17, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir