Opinion
2021 race showed what ranked-choice voting can do
“Ranked Choice Voting gives a strong voice to all voters in our elections, and ensures candidates with the broadest support get to govern.” So says...
December 05, 2025
by Peter McDermott
'A gift from Egypt to the world'
I just visited the stunning new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. As a writer I am not supposed to be at a loss for words, but this amazing bu...
December 05, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
News
Presidents Meet
Pic of Day: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the President of Ireland Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin during Zelenskyy’s f...
December 05, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
AOH Webinar Will Focus on Justice for Victims
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is holding a live webinar on Saturday, December 6 that will focus on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill that is cur...
December 05, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Mary Lou McDonald Meets With the NCAFP
Pic of Day: Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald was recently in New York where she briefed members of the National Committee on American Foreign ...
December 04, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
The McMullens Are Back
It's been thirty years since we first met the McMullens. And now they are back. "The Brothers McMullen" inhabits an honored place in the pantheon o...
December 04, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Kerry pay tax after self-review
Kerry GAA confirmed last week that a payment has been made to the Revenue after the County Committee carried out a self-review audit for the four y...
December 04, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Opinion
ADAMS: An open letter to my unionist neighbours
I WANT to respectfully reach out to my unionist neighbours at this time of ongoing change on our island and continuous turbulence and conflict in p...
December 04, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Is it real or is it magic talking?
In the “Acknowledgements” section of her latest book, Lucy McDiarmid reveals she loved showing her students “what a social occasion a poetry readin...
December 03, 2025
by Peter McDermott
News
A Peaceful Moment
Pic of Day: He doesn't get very many of them but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is here enjoying a quiet moment during his visit to Govern...
December 03, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Wreaths Across America NY Ceremony
The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, the AOH New York County Board and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Morris County, New Jersey will be h...
December 03, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Lighter, Fruity Cakes for the Holiday Table
Love it or loathe it, fruitcake is one of Christmastime’s most iconic foods. I make no apologies for being one who loves it, and over the years I’v...
December 03, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
Patrolman shot in 1945 honored
Patrolman Francis Garret McKeon was honored in a memorial ceremony at the 34th Precinct in Washington Heights on Monday, Nov. 17, the 80th annivers...
December 03, 2025
by Luan Rogers
Opinion
The Closing Doors
Immigration is not an easy or casual word to bring up in conversation these times. The immigrant, the refugee, the migrant, is being increasingly v...
December 03, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Plum Sam openers in Ulster
Ulster is the championship that just keeps on giving. Following the draws for next year’s provincial series throughout Ireland, we have some fixtur...
December 02, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham