Two NYGAA greats mourned
Teresa Crowe, another legendary GAA character, was laid to rest in Thurles at the weekend. She was 90. Teresa was born In Killarney and spent the e...
October 10, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Celtic Junction’s Capital Campaign Builds Global and Local Momentum
Celtic Junction Arts Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, launches the second phase of its $2 million capital campaign while deepening cultural and business connections between Ireland and the Midwest.
October 10, 2025
by Carillon RoseMeadows
Community Features & Events
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
On using (and not abusing) history
A President from the great state of New York serving one of his two nonconsecutive terms in the White House. A precocious political talent running ...
October 10, 2025
by Stephen Butler
News
A Crucial Gathering
Photo of the Day: The Menopause Hub Workplace Excellence Awards were held in Trinity College Dublin earlier this week. Pictured (l-r) Joe Duffy, br...
October 09, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
News
On a Clear Windy Day
Pic of Day: A woman braves strong winds while looking across Carlingford Lough from Killowen, County Down and towards County Louth. Photo by Eamonn...
October 08, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
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
Heimir still upbeat about WC
He might be the only one who believes it, but Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Halgrimsson says that Ireland can qualify for next year’s World Cu...
October 08, 2025
by Sean Creedon
A nation mourns its heroes
On an autumn Monday evening in 1978, the Zambian soccer national team were awed by a display of technical brilliance from one of the greatest legen...
October 08, 2025
by Peter McDermott
Culture
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
Opinion
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
News
Louth Mourns
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
by Irish Echo Staff
News
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