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
Events
Bellew Honoured at Long Island Sustainability Awards
An audience of over 400 attended the Herald Sustainability Awards of Long Island, which took place on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Heritage Club ...
May 17, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
News
Echo Columnist Patrick Campbell, 92
Patrick Campbell, a former Irish Echo columnist and an author of a number of books, has died in New Jersey at the age of 92. Campbell, a Donegal na...
May 16, 2026
by Ray O'Hanlon
Carrott Cake Conundrum
Ever since the early 1980s when I first discovered carrot cake, I’ve been intrigued by the many iterations the little sweetie assumes. I thought ab...
May 15, 2026
by Margaret M. Johnson
Coleman announces end of 17-year Everton career
Seamus Coleman has announced that his Everton playing career ends this month. The Killybegs, Co. Donegal native joined from Sligo Rovers in 2009 an...
May 15, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Events
World's greatest and second-greatest cities team up for New York-New Belfast Conference
If you are in the New York area, a proud Irish American and keen to help cement the peace process via mutually beneficial transatlantic links, then...
May 15, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Redesign Protest
Pic of Day: Protesters Stephen Murphy from Dublin and Oscar Ryan from Dublin outside the Saint Stephen's Green shopping centre. They are protesting...
May 15, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Sean Pender Looks Back and Forward
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has been playing a prominent role throughout the U.S. in holding the British government to account, especially in r...
May 15, 2026
by Anthony Neeson