Another Armada
Pic of Day: There hasn't been this many navy ships off the Irish coast since, well, the Spanish Armada in 1588. With the arrival of a Russian floti...
February 03, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Givan Resignation Leads to Election Call
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has called for early elections after the North's First Minister Paul Givan resigned after just 231 days in th...
February 03, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
A Festival of Remembrance
As all that is well must end well, so too does the 14th annual Origin’s 1st Irish Festival, which concluded on Monday with reflections of hope and ...
February 03, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Remembering Police Officer Gilroy, 49 years on
The law enforcement community will turn out again today in their thousands to honor fallen hero Wilbert Mora, who was tragically gunned down in Har...
February 02, 2022
by Geoffrey Cobb
Joyce's Masterpiece Marks 100
Pic of Day: Pictured Wednesday morning is Niamh Ní Chuirc as the Friends of Joyce took delivery of a cake celebrating today’s 100th anniversary of ...
February 02, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Relief for the Undocumented...in Ireland
A plan to allow thousands of undocumented migrants permission to stay in Ireland has been set in motion. There are up to 17,000 people living in Ir...
February 02, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
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The Alabama Irish: Flying the flag in the Deep South
As I left an evening reception at the Huntsville home of Michael and Lisa Bollinger, mainstays of the most active chapter of the Ancient Order of H...
February 02, 2022
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
A Cross For Brigid
Pic of Day: Pictured outside Temple Street Hospital in Dublin today and holding a St. Brigid's Cross is Clinical Nurse Manager Suzanne Kernan. Fron...
February 01, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Celebrating St. Brigid Worldwide
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs initiative "To Be Irish" is marking today, February 1, St. Brigid’s Day (Lá Fhéile Bríde), with a program o...
January 31, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Mary Remembers
Photo of the Day: Mary O'Neill is pictured beside the Bloody Sunday memorial in Derry. Mary can be seen in the background of the famous photo of Bi...
January 31, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Russians Give, Eh, Water
The Russians are not known for giving up ground easily. But water? Well, they are apparently a little more fluid on that. The Russian government ha...
January 31, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
New York's Mayor Walker: Charming and Corrupt
Jimmy Walker epitomized Jazz Age New York. Charming and beloved, but also embodying all that was wrong with Tammany Hall politicians, Walker was fo...
January 31, 2022
by Geoffrey Cobb