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BOOKS: Riveting read sheds new light on Philly's IRA supporters who shipped weapons to frontlines
The story of Irish America’s role in the Troubles is too often told from the perspective of New York or Boston. The Next One Is for You, by Ali Wat...
October 08, 2025
by Jack McCarthy
Collins on 2026 IBHOF ballot
On the heels of his induction into the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame comes news that Irish legend Steve Collins is included on the Internationa...
October 08, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
Unreliable narrators seek truth
In 1979, at the time when Northern Ireland was under siege by a civil atrocity we know as the Troubles, a song was playing on the radio by an Engli...
October 08, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
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No Way to Run a Country
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Irish Government Contacts Hochul Over Drivers' Licenses
All Ireland club champions Cuala dethroned in Dublin semifinal
Munster win 2nd game, as Leinster falter late in S. Africa
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Photo of the Day: The coffins being carried from St. Patrick’s Church, Dundalk after the joint funeral of Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor. The bodie...
October 07, 2025
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Irish Government Contacts Hochul Over Drivers' Licenses
The Irish government's transport minister Darragh O'Brien has written to New York Governor Kathy Hochul over the matter of reciprocal drivers' lice...
October 07, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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SDLP's Hanna Wants 'New Island' Ministry
SDLP leader Claire Hanna has told her party conference that the Irish government must create a ministry for a “new island” to plan for a future ref...
October 06, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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No Way to Run a Country
This page could pen many pages on the state of America right now. It would make in large part for uncomfortable reading. At the time of writing the...
October 08, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Gerry Adams: Catherine Connolly a candidate worth uniting for
ALL three candidates in the Presidential election have made commitments in support of Irish unity. Clear evidence of the growing importance of Iris...
October 06, 2025
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British Solvency Issue as a Path to Irish Unity
Economics is often made far too complicated. Talk of bonds, gilt yields, and fiscal multipliers often dull even the sharpest of minds. Yet, what “e...
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BOOKS: Riveting read sheds new light on Philly's IRA supporters who shipped weapons to frontlines
The story of Irish America’s role in the Troubles is too often told from the perspective of New York or Boston. The Next One Is for You, by Ali Wat...
October 08, 2025
by Jack McCarthy
Unreliable narrators seek truth
In 1979, at the time when Northern Ireland was under siege by a civil atrocity we know as the Troubles, a song was playing on the radio by an Engli...
October 08, 2025
by Kevin Phoenix
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Exploring Ireland - A Short Flight to Long Ago
It was the first time I can recall that myself and my wife were called to board the plane by our first names. But this wasn’t some big airline in a...
October 06, 2025
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Homecoming reflections - Belfast has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery
I’ve just returned from the Belfast International Homecoming, and if there’s one thing that struck me, it’s this: the city is no longer just a plac...
September 30, 2025
by Mike Flannery
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WATCH: 60 years on, Belfast Homecoming reunites music legends Des & Keith
They are Ireland's two greatest saxophonists — both tracing their fame right back to the showband era of the 1960s — but when they met up at the Be...
September 27, 2025
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Collins on 2026 IBHOF ballot
On the heels of his induction into the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame comes news that Irish legend Steve Collins is included on the Internationa...
October 08, 2025
by Jay Mwamba
All Ireland club champions Cuala dethroned in Dublin semifinal
Ballyboden St Enda’s 3-21; Cuala 2-22 It will be a while before Cuala come to terms with just how ruthless Ballyboden were in this smash ‘n grab vi...
October 07, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Munster win 2nd game, as Leinster falter late in S. Africa
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Egan boxes clever at Gaelic Park
Obnoxious fans embarrass U.S.
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