News
Walsh Confirmation on Hold After Democrat Boycott
A vote on President Trump's ambassador pick for Ireland has been delayed after Democrats boycotted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing lat...
May 12, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Mulroy leads Louth to victory, first Leinster title in 68 years
Louth 3-14 Meath 1-18 Before Sunday in Croke Park, it was 1957 when Louth last won the Leinster SF championship - the same year that the Soviets se...
May 12, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Tipperary win in Ennis pushes champs Clare to the brink in cup
Tipperary 4-18; Clare 2-21 We’re only half way through the month of May and barring a miracle that champions Clare won’t be in, never mind contend ...
May 12, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
News
Flowers in Memory
Photo of the Day: Flowers placed at the location where Garda Kevin Flatley was struck and killed by a motorcycle. RollingNews.ie photo.
May 12, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Garda Struck and Killed by Motorcycle
The Garda officer who died died at the weekend after being struck by a motorcycle has been described as a “faithful public servant” by Commissioner...
May 12, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Swinger was brave, strong and a gentleman through and through
I SPENT the last week in Dublin in the Four Courts as part of the outworking of my case against the BBC’s Spotlight programme nine years ago. But m...
May 12, 2025
by Gerry Adams
News
Extending vote to Irish Diaspora will transform transatlantic links: Echo Publisher
Irish American small business leaders in New York have been told by the publisher of the Irish Echo that by extending the franchise to the diaspora...
May 11, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
Friends gather for a spring salon
A beautiful spring night brought out some of the usual suspects and a few new friends to enjoy the ambience of the Ellington restaurant on 105th & ...
May 09, 2025
by Maureen Hossbacher
Kelleher should move: boss
Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has reiterated his desire to see Caoimhín Kelleher leave Liverpool and become a first-choice goalke...
May 09, 2025
by Sean Creedon
News
Seal City
Pic of Day. California? Actually Howth in Dublin. Seals along with people have been enjoying the sunny weather which Ireland is currently enjoying....
May 09, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Irish Leaders Congratulate New Pope
The political leadership of Ireland has welcomed the new pope, Leo XIV. In a statement, President Michael D. Higgins said: “May I, as President of ...
May 09, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Chicago Calling: Tommy Finnegan and the Beatles of the Bagpipes
Tommy Finnegan is the son of a Chicago Firefighter and has been playing the pipes in The Shannon Rovers Pipe Band for 27 years. He sez, “I’m not mu...
May 08, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
News
An American Pope
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is the newly elected Pope. The College of Cardinals voted four times before white smoke appeared from the chim...
May 08, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Louth have edge against Meath
Most neutrals will be hoping that Louth beat Meath to win the Leinster senior football final next Sunday. The majority of GAA supporters agree that...
May 08, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Achill changed Henry's painting
Ironically, the artist who best captured the subtle and ephemeral beauty of the West of Ireland was an outsider. Belfast-born Paul Henry painted ca...
May 08, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb