The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES) has named Dennis J. Schock, President of the United Sanitationmen’s Association Local 831, as...

I want to start this week with the major news that Aidan Connolly will step down as executive director of New York’s Irish Arts Center. For 20 year...

A busy weekend for county finals in hurling and football with 20 finals played on Sunday. In Cork former inter-county star Patrick Horgan scored 11...

The Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES) has named Dennis J. Schock, President of the United Sanitationmen’s Association Local 831, as...

Photo of the Day: Friends and mourners grieve as the coffins are removed following the funeral of Philip and Kim English and their sons Callum (12)...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that “partition was a disaster," this during a speech at Fianna Fáil’s annual Wolfe Tone commemoration on Sunday....

I live in Pearl River, where the St. Patrick’s Day parade is a very big deal. About one in nine people in this district have Irish roots, and I’m o...

The Irish Echo Labor Awards is one of the best nights of the year. Not only does it give you an insight into the Labor movement in America, it offe...

We have just marked another Columbus Day. Also Indigenous Peoples' Day - though only the Columbus part of the day is an official federal holiday. A...

I want to start this week with the major news that Aidan Connolly will step down as executive director of New York’s Irish Arts Center. For 20 year...

In November 2025 I began thinking seriously about how people outside academic settings learn about the Irish Famine. So much of the knowledge about...

The Irish Echo is extending the nominations deadline for its 12th Annual Irish First Responders Awards, with a special appeal for nominations of ou...

On a recent summer afternoon, as congregants filed out of morning service at Mount Calvary Baptist Church across the street, I climbed the wooden f...

13 new Irish Labor Ambassadors were saluted at the annual Echo event recognising the contribution of the Irish to the American trade union movement...

A busy weekend for county finals in hurling and football with 20 finals played on Sunday. In Cork former inter-county star Patrick Horgan scored 11...

Former GAA president John Horan has been announced as the new chairperson of the Steering Group on Integration, replacing Dr Mary McAleese who rece...