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
Bloody Sunday Fiftieth Anniversary Marked
Bloody Sunday in Derry occurred fifty years ago today. The gunning down of civilian civil rights marchers was one of the most shocking in modern Ir...
January 30, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Irish Fishing Boats Versus....
Pic of Day: Pride of the Russian fleet: the guided missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov is dubbed a "carrier killer." Well, it might have to face off wi...
January 28, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Foreign Affairs Defends, Concedes
Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs has defended its record with regard to working on behalf of the undocumented Irish in the U.S. But it has c...
January 28, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
Fishing Meets Diplomacy
Pic of Day: Pictured (l-r) Brendan Byrne, CEO of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association and Patrick Murphy, CEO Irish South and West F...
January 27, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Irish Fishermen Take on the Russians
The Russians are coming. So are the Irish fishermen. Scores of Irish fishing boats are planning to head for the area of the Atlantic where a Russia...
January 27, 2022
by Ray O'Hanlon
A phony Tenement controversy
As reported in last week’s issue, Kia Corthron will tonight discuss her new novel, “Moon and the Mars,” at the Irish Arts Center. The book is descr...
January 26, 2022
by Peter McDermott
Power in the Corridor
Pic of Day. This is one of those photos that would work for a reader caption competition. Taoiseach Micheal Martin (right) and Tanaiste Leo Varadka...
January 26, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Hibernians Holding Victims Appeal Webinar
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is this weekend hosting a webinar prompted by a new report on collusion during the Troubles. Said a statement from ...
January 26, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Streamed plays focusing on place
The recordings of stories can be heard humming over the ocean this week, as two Irish theatre companies present their new plays from sea to shining...
January 25, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Pic of Day: As the winter sun rises over Dublin a flock of birds seems to be flying to the moon. RollingNews.ie photo.
January 25, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Tourism Ireland Welcomes Lifting of Covid Restrictions
Tourism Ireland has welcomed the announcement by the Irish government that almost all Covid-19 public health restrictions will come to an end. From...
January 25, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff