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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
News
Cliona Ward Released by ICE
Cliona Ward, an Irish woman who has been legally resident in the U.S. for 30 years but who was recently detained by U.S. Customs and Immigration En...
May 08, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
Walsh to make 4th defense
Never one to shy away from a challenge, “King” Callum Walsh takes on the highly seasoned Elias “The Latin Kid” Espadas in his next fight, on June 2...
May 07, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
'50 Odd Years' reissue is a treat
In the media yoke this week is “50 Odd Years Revisited,” the newly-released reissue of Jimmy Power and Josephine Keegan’s 1985 album. Power was one...
May 07, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Opinion
LETTER: Artistic Visa Nightmare
Editor: I read the article about the Fleadh with great interest since the USCIS (U.S. Customs and Immigration Service) and Consulate in Dublin do n...
May 07, 2025
by Robyn Boyd
Opinion
Nerves On Edge
The official portrait of Secretary of State Marco Rubio has the man smiling. Most photos of him in news reports of late shows him looking very seri...
May 07, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Watching Over Molly
Pic of Day: Stewards have been stationed beside Dublin’s iconic Molly Malone statue as part of a new pilot scheme by Dublin City Council aimed at d...
May 06, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
East Durham Readies for its 48th
The East Durham Irish Festival, one of the longest-running in the U.S., is celebrating its 48th year in 2025. And this year's Memorial Day weekend ...
May 06, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Limerick eye 7 in Munster
Limerick 0-28; Waterford 0-22 They’re not quite the imperious Limerick of the last six years but after running out of gas last year, the green tank...
May 06, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Jeseque wants to play her part
Asked what his book “Flight of the Eternal Emperor” is about, James Rogers replied, “Atonement on the part of Jeseque, fear of death on the part of...
May 06, 2025
by Peter McDermott
News
Bobby Sands Statue Unveiled
Pic of Day: 44 years after his hunger strike death a statue of Bobby Sands has been unveiled in Belfast. See full report in this week's Echo Print/...
May 06, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Harris Calls for International Action Over Gaza
The international community must act to “avert further disaster” in Gaza, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. Mr. Harris was speaking as concerns rise ...
May 06, 2025
by Anthony Neeson