Cork tipped for Munster glory, Dublin hurlers host Galway
A big weekend for hurling in Ireland with provincial finals in Munster and Leinster. In Munster the pairing is a familiar one with Cork playing Lim...
June 04, 2026
by Sean Creedon
News
Rugby Legend Fergus Slattery, 77
Photo of the Day: Irish rugby legend Fergus Slattery has died at the age of 77. One of the greatest players to ever don the green jersey of Ireland...
June 04, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Westchester Hibernians Fundraiser June 6
The Westchester County Ancient Order of Hibernians are holding their first fundraising event in several years and it is set for Saturday, June 6. E...
June 04, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
That Time of Year Again
Pic of Day: It's exam time in Ireland with students around the country like these pictured taking on the challenge of the Leaving Certificate exami...
June 03, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Starmer Apologises to Springhill-Westrock Families
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised to the families of the five people who were shot dead by the British Army in West Belfast in Jul...
June 03, 2026
by Conor McParland
Egan, Friel to box at FDNY Rockaway show June 26
In his second appearance on a “Thrilla in Camilla” amateur card, former MSG Boxing Ring Masters 165-pound novice titlist Tim Egan meets Bronx firef...
June 03, 2026
by Jay Mwamba
IAW&A contingent makes road to trip to ALA in Chicago
We pick up our contingent from Tarrytown, N.Y., railroad station. We are to drive from there across the old Tappan Zee Bridge and head out west. We...
June 03, 2026
by Anthony C. Murphy
Opinion
EDITORIAL: More Equal Than Others
During her address a few weeks to the annual Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, party president Mary Lou McDonald lamented what she saw as an exodus from the isl...
June 03, 2026
by Leader Column
Family struggles in new environs
In 1996, Frank McCourt, a retired high school English teacher who was born in Brooklyn but raised in Limerick, became a literary sensation with the...
June 02, 2026
by Stephen Butler
News
Green Thumb Taoiseach
Pic of Day: Taoiseach Micheál Martin tries out his gardening skills at the Bord Bia Bloom gardening festival in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photo by Leah...
June 02, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Armagh in control vs. Derry
Armagh 1-18, Derry 1-13 Veteran Derry star Conor Glass opened the scoring with a point against Armagh in the Round 1 game the Athletic Grounds on S...
June 02, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
News
FAI Under Pressure Over Israel Games
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is coming under increasing pressure to pull-out of their two upcoming Nations League games against Israel...
June 02, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
'Outlander' goes on tour
Across 12 years and 8 seasons, “Outlander” has proven itself to be a force in the television zeitgeist, weaving the century-spanning love story of ...
June 01, 2026
by Cal Dillon
News
An Early Brood
Pic of Day: A family of swans with signets on Derryounce Lake, just outside Portarlington on the Laois/Offlay border. The lake is in what was a Bor...
June 01, 2026
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Experience trad at its best
With our two regional fleadhanna done and dusted, North America’s All-Ireland hopefuls are making plans to head over to Belfast from Aug. 2-9, to c...
June 01, 2026
by Daniel Neely