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Captain Frank Hurley By Greg Mahony Descendants of Captain Frank Hurley, 3rd West Cork Brigade, have marked the centenary of his death in Ireland, ...

Pope Francis, who won the support of two thirds of voting cardinals when elected eight years ago, is photographed in 2015 with President Barack Oba...

The days are getting longer. Sunrise in Dublin this morning with a view along the River Liffey towards Dublin Bay. RollingNews.ie photo.

William Henry Lane, "Master Juba" By Irish Echo Staff The Great Famine Voices 2021 series continues this Sunday May 9. This is a series of standalo...

Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (left) meets with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis in Iveagh House, Dubli...

Cavehill overlooks Belfast and on a clear day you can see Scotland and the Isle of Man from its more that 1200 foot summit By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir A...

Bobby Sands died forty years ago today, May 5, 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike. The hunger strikes began after a lengthy prison protest had fai...

Congressman William Keating By Irish Echo Staff A House of Representative Foreign Affairs subcommittee is today holding a hearing focused on "Reaff...

A Blue Tit takes cover in a bush in Glasnevin, Dublin. The government is being urged to take stronger action of behalf of Ireland's avian residents...

A new book by Lawrence J. Haas takes a look at the Kennedy brothers in a global context By Lawrence J. Haas “The devastation is complete,” John F. ...

May 1 is the first day of summer in the old Celtic Calendar but try telling that to these hard souls braving wind and wave on Dollymount Strand in ...

One hundred years on the line in the green fields is still with us By Ray O'Hanlon The Government of Ireland Act came into force a hundred years ag...