Community Features & Events
NY Options team get St Pat's Day off and running with Global Craic 10K
St Patrick's Day festivities got off to a blistering start in Central Park on Saturday past when the Options Technology team in New York launched t...
March 17, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
News
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
We wish all our readers and advertisers, wherever in the world you are, a Happy, Peaceful and Holy Saint Patrick's Day. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádrai...
March 17, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Celebrating Ireland in a Special American Year
In a fast-moving and unpredictable world, it is good to know there are some certainties upon which we can depend. One of those is that St. Patrick’...
March 17, 2026
by Gerald Angley
News
Soberly Standing With Ukraine
All things Irish and all things Ukrainian will be meeting on Saint Patrick's Day when the 15th annual Sober Saint Patrick's Day celebration takes p...
March 16, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Dubs left reeling after late Armagh win
Late bloom from Orchard leaves Dubs reeling Armagh 2-24; Dublin 1-25 A decade on from the what we could now consider in a sporting sense as Dublin ...
March 16, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland win Triple Crown, as France take 6 Nations
Ireland 43; Scotland 21 Scorers: Ireland Tries: J Osborne, D Sheehan, R Baloucoune, D Murray, T O’Brien (2) Cons: Jack Crowley (5) Pens: Jack Crowl...
March 16, 2026
by P.J. Cunningham
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Embassy Gathering
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin with Ambassador of Ireland to the U.S., Geraldine Byrne Nason at a Saint Patrick's Day reception in the Irish ...
March 16, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kerry's Jesse Buckley Wins Best Actress Oscar
Killarney, County Kerry native Jesse Buckley became the first Irish actress to win the Best Actress Oscar at Sunday evening's Academy Awards in Los...
March 16, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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St Patrick's Day D.C. backdrop for launch of new Washington Ireland program cohort
Buffalo Congressman Tim Kennedy has taken the wraps off the Washington Ireland Program (WIP) Emerging Leaders Class of 2026 and the WIP Academy Cla...
March 16, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
GERRY ADAMS: Belfast this year wears its brightest Irish colours
WE are in the midst of Seachtain na Gaeilge. It used to run for one just week, but its popularity is now such that it has been extended in order to...
March 16, 2026
by Gerry Adams
News
UK-Ireland Summit
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with their teams at Fota House, County Cork, Friday morning. The two leaders me...
March 13, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Hibernians Decry Absence of Heritage Month Declaration
The Ancient Order of Hibernians are waiting for it. So are a lot of others. But almost half way into the month of March there is no sign of the tra...
March 13, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland Absent From World Baseball Classic
Why Isn't Ireland in the World Baseball Classic? The question is being asked on this side of the Atlantic by the Irish American Baseball Society. T...
March 13, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
3 Irish wins, 1 loss at MSG
In a scrap between two skilled fighters, Garda middleweight Daragh Gilroy outpointed FDNY’s Sean Dillon for the second time in nine months to punct...
March 13, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
Singer Dempsey turns to fiction
Derek Dempsey knew from an early age that “music would define my life.” When asked what he wanted to be, his answer was a simple one: a singer. And...
March 13, 2026
by Peter McDermott