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Duggan, O'Gorman retire from club soccer
Two Irish female soccer stars announced their retirement last week. Aine O’Gorman and Karen Duggan both retired following the final round of games ...
October 16, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Opinion
KIRWAN: Ospreys Depart for Calmer, Saner Skies
The ospreys dallied a few weeks longer this year. They’re usually gone by the third week in September. But then, 2025 was a banner year. One day I ...
October 16, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
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Curfew Inquiry
Pic of Day: Pictured at the inquiry into the Falls Curfew of 1970 areMichael Mansfield KC, center, Mariela Kohon and barrister Mark Bassett. Full r...
October 16, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Two Parties Nominate Judge John Collins Jr.
Connolly premiere
Munster edge Edinburgh to maintain 100 pc record in URC
Ireland win, but face uphill task
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A Nativist Fist
Engaging debut remains essential
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Curfew Inquiry
Pic of Day: Pictured at the inquiry into the Falls Curfew of 1970 areMichael Mansfield KC, center, Mariela Kohon and barrister Mark Bassett. Full r...
October 16, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Two Parties Nominate Judge John Collins Jr.
Judge John P. Collins, Jr., who as a federal prosecutor in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office supervised the apprehension of a key witness in the...
October 16, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Columbus Day Office Closing
The office of the Irish Echo will be closed on Monday, October 13 in observance of the Columbus Day federal holiday. The office will reopen on Tues...
October 13, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder named Emeralds' 2026 Irishman of the Year
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KIRWAN: Ospreys Depart for Calmer, Saner Skies
The ospreys dallied a few weeks longer this year. They’re usually gone by the third week in September. But then, 2025 was a banner year. One day I ...
October 16, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
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A Nativist Fist
Journalists are regularly targeted around the world as they carry out their jobs of reporting truth amid war and mayhem. All too many have paid wit...
October 15, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
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GERRY ADAMS: Taoiseach’s Áras debacle says so much about him
THE decision by Fianna Fáil Presidential candidate Jim Gavin to withdraw from the contest means the race is now between Independent Catherine Conno...
October 14, 2025
by Gerry Adams
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No Way to Run a Country
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Gerry Adams: Catherine Connolly a candidate worth uniting for
British Solvency Issue as a Path to Irish Unity
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KIRWAN: Multiple Homes But One Now Firmly Set
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The Battle of Bethpage
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United and Divided
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Engaging debut remains essential
In the media yoke this week is “Vol. 1: Catchin’ the Tune” by The Irish Tradition. The trio, which included Billy McComiskey (button accordion and ...
October 14, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
REVIEW: Pump it up - fists in the air for Seanchai second coming
Unrepentant Fenian Bastard – I first heard the refrain blaring from a small transistor radio on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Armagh. It was the ...
October 14, 2025
by Michael Patrick MacDonald
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Commodore John Barry’s Bronzed Encore
Boston --- You could say that Commodore John Barry, Irish-born hero of the American Revolution, has been AWOL in Boston for nearly half a century. ...
October 13, 2025
by By Michael Quinlin
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Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder named Emeralds' 2026 Irishman of the Year
The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES) has named Patrick J. Ryder, Police Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department, as it...
October 10, 2025
by Anthony Neeson
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CHICAGO CALLING: Peggy O’Flaherty
Tech entrepreneur Peggy O’Flaherty launched her first business venture when she was a little girl in second grade. Peggy was the youngest of ten ki...
October 08, 2025
by Mike Houlihan
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Duggan, O'Gorman retire from club soccer
Two Irish female soccer stars announced their retirement last week. Aine O’Gorman and Karen Duggan both retired following the final round of games ...
October 16, 2025
by Sean Creedon
Munster edge Edinburgh to maintain 100 pc record in URC
Munster 20; Edinburgh 19 This weekend, we will know for sure the strides Munster are making under new Head Coach Clayton McMillan as they make the ...
October 15, 2025
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland win, but face uphill task
Éire Óg complete Clare double
Two NYGAA greats mourned
Heimir still upbeat about WC
Collins on 2026 IBHOF ballot
All Ireland club champions Cuala dethroned in Dublin semifinal
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