In 1979 Pope John Paul II visited Ireland, the first Pope to do so. British authorities were annoyed and fearful for his safety in Northern Ireland...

THE decision by Micheál Martin last week to oppose Sinn Féin’s ‘Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026’ was no real surprise. His opposition ...

The Ring of Kerry is probably the most recognizable driving route in all of Ireland. A quick check of the most popular itineraries from tour operat...

Brenda Fricker, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in “My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown” (1989), has died at age 81. T...

Pic of Day: Drops from the bucket: A helicopter dropping water in a part of the Wicklow Mountains in case an earlier wild fire which devastated an ...

The Irish American Unity Conference has welcomed the Fine Gael announcement of a blueprint for Irish unity. The IAUC stated its support for the mov...

In 1979 Pope John Paul II visited Ireland, the first Pope to do so. British authorities were annoyed and fearful for his safety in Northern Ireland...

THE decision by Micheál Martin last week to oppose Sinn Féin’s ‘Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026’ was no real surprise. His opposition ...

County Tyrone is sometimes referred to as "the hard country." This not in the context of scenery, but in the county's role over the centuries in Ir...

The Ring of Kerry is probably the most recognizable driving route in all of Ireland. A quick check of the most popular itineraries from tour operat...

You hear a lot about Orla before you see her. “When I enter, I can feel them making a snap decision,” Clare O’Malley said about the audiences for t...

Stories matter. For Irish Americans, they are a way to celebrate identity and ensure that we and the next generation know who we are and where we c...

A stellar line-up of labor leaders is to be honored at 16th annual Irish Echo Labor Awards in New York on 18 September. Hailing from across the nat...

Let’s get this straight. Cook County Circuit Court Judge William “Bill” Gamboney is ¾ Irish. “My mother was a Fallon.” Bill is also one of the most...

John J. Sweeney, a son of immigrants from County Leitrim, started in the Bronx and rose to the heights of the AFL-CIO presidency, was honored Monda...

Louth 0-15 Mayo 3-23 Mayo’s Awake! At Croke Park at the weekend, they stormed into another Croke Park final, making Louth’s first trip to a semifin...