Limerick take weakened Cork
Limerick 3-19; Cork 0-20 Two things we think we know after this game played in championship fervor at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening - Cork...
March 09, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland overcome spirited Welsh
Ireland 27; Wales 17 SCORERS Ireland - Tries: Stockdale, Crowley, Conan, Osborne Cons: Crowley 2 Pen: Crowley. Wales - Tries: Carre, Botham Cons: E...
March 09, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
News
How an illiterate Irish immigrant inspired a NY lawyer's journey to the El Paso Detention Center
When retired attorney and Vietnam veteran John J. Reilly got the call to join a group of Fordham law grads heading to the El Paso Detention Center ...
March 09, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Community Features & Events
Knights Funding Boosts Queens Parade
On Saturday, March 7, the 51st Queens County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade commenced at Rockaway Beach, defying typical Irish weather. Grand Marshal M...
March 08, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Andrew crisis puts focus on the failures of royalty
CURRENTLY, the British state is convulsed by allegations surrounding a member of its royal family. Norway too is in the midst of a crisis around it...
March 08, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Ah, Those Were The Days, Sort Of
I wrote my first column for the Irish Echo 18 years ago. It concerned Social Security, and how the program’s reserves would be unable to pay full b...
March 08, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
News
Irish for DiNapoli - Join the Echo in Endorsing Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
Irish Americans are being invited by the Irish Echo to throw their weight behind New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli ahead of the primary and f...
March 07, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Making sense of the Brontës
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But whether they’re entitled to their own interpretation is, well, a matter of opinion. Actress, filmmaker a...
March 06, 2026
by Peter McDermott
News
Green and White
Pic of Day: The green spring grass on the Curragh Plains in County Kildare contrasts with snow covered Lugnaquilla Mountain in County Wicklow. Phot...
March 06, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
McEntee Expresses Ireland's Concerns
If the list of possible conversation pieces in the Oval Office on Saint Patrick's Day was already long it has now grown longer still. Iran will loo...
March 06, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Egan wins unanimous decision
Timmy Egan defeated Gaetano Di Chiara for the second time in four months last weekend to take another step closer to the MSG Ring Masters’ 165-poun...
March 06, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
Community Features & Events
Nominations open for 16th annual Irish Labor Awards
Calling Irish labor leaders across the nation: nominations are now open for the 16th annual Irish Labor Awards which honor exceptional leaders in t...
March 06, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
News
Made It!
Pic of Day: It looks like a scene from Christmas but it is anything but. Pictured is Anna Gallagher as she meets her mum Patricia Gallagher from Do...
March 05, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Patrick J. Byrne Will Lead Pittsburgh Parade
The Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has announced that the Irish Society for Education and Charity, Inc. has named Patrick J. Byrne a...
March 05, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Irish host Wales Friday night
Many years ago Jimmy Greaves said that ‘‘football is a funny old game.’’ The former Spurs and England star was referring to soccer, but I suppose y...
March 05, 2026
by Sean Creedon