At UN, Ireland Calls For Ukraine Ceasfire
Ireland has called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine, this on a day that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the United Nati...
April 05, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Mural Tribute To Zelenskyy
Pic of Day: A mural of the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy being painted in Dublin. Photo by Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie.
April 04, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
No solace for Cork as Deise take league title in Semple final rout
Waterford 4-20; Cork 1-23 What a difference a week makes in the world of hurling. After pulling through against Kilkenny in the semi-final the prev...
April 04, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
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GoFundMe appeal: Pounding Belfast pavements for Big Apple's homeless
I had hung up the marathon gutties pre-Covid and eased into a rhythm of regular — but slow and short — towpath sorties. Until that is, I got to vis...
April 04, 2022
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Loss of 'Blarney Star' part of a larger trad story
Last week I received an email from Don Meade, a multi-instrumentalist who has been one of traditional music’s fiercest supporters for decades, that...
April 03, 2022
by Daniel Neely
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With deep roots in Ireland, Villanova is a home-from-home for Cavan Gaeilge teacher
Villanova University, 30 minutes north of Philadelphia, PA, has always had an Irish connection. Founded by two Irish Augustinian friars in 1842, Ir...
April 03, 2022
by Aileen Gorman Leong
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'Temper Maggie': The Chicago Paramedic Chief 'just washing the feet of sinners'
Hollywood would have to bring a young Maureen O’Hara back from the past to play Chicago Fire Department Ambulance Commander Margaret Murphy. She’s ...
April 02, 2022
by Mike Houlihan
Dublin Himalayas
Pic of Day: This Red Panda is living in the Himalayan Hills in Dublin. No, this is not an April Fools joke. The Panda's home is part of the new Him...
April 01, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Byrne Nason For D.C. Post
Ireland's Ambassador to the United Nations, Geraldine Byrne Nason, will be moving to Washington later this year where she will take up the post of ...
April 01, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Letting the art do the talking
Sometimes the interviews on TV don’t do it. People have become immune to the horror, in Vinnie Nauheimer’s view. Twenty years ago this week, his fa...
April 01, 2022
by Peter McDermott
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Tax the Mega-rich but Protect Police budget, says State Primary Candidate Jim Magee
Jim Magee had just returned from Manhattan Criminal Court on a recent Wednesday morning when he took a moment to speak with the Irish Echo by phone...
March 31, 2022
by Peter Nolan
Running, And Marching, For Governor
Pic of Day: Congressman Lee Zeldin, the leading Republican candidate for the governorship of New York, had a busy St. Patrick's season marching in ...
March 31, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff