Conor Lamb Launches Senate Bid
Stating that "these are serious times," Congressman Conor Lamb has announced that he will be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Lamb, 37, is ...
August 16, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Cool Cars
Johnstown Castle Estate Museum and Gardens in County Wexford is running an exhibition of miniature cars by Matchbox, Corgi and Dinky. The collectio...
August 13, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Hindus Take Roy Keane to the Mat
Hindus have strongly criticized Roy Keane for slide tacking Yoga. A major Hindu organization, in a release, said that the Cork soccer legend seemed...
August 13, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
In Gleason’s footsteps
The opening of the Vernon-Jackson Ave. subway stop in 1916 was as good a place as any to begin. The story, though, goes back to the 19th century an...
August 13, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Dublin's Golden Girl Kellie Is Welcomed Home
Olympic boxing gold medalist Kellie Harrington gives a thumbs up from an open top bus to the throngs of well wishers when arriving home in Dublin T...
August 11, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Hochul Holds Fast To Her Irish Heritage
In south Buffalo, the streets are given traditional Irish names and covered in shamrocks. This is where Kathy Hochul, the lieutenant governor of th...
August 11, 2021
by By Nora Scally
A new kind of conservative leader
Ross Douthat is confused. Hopelessly so. Well, that’s the charitable explanation. Most specifically, I’m referring to his New York Times column thi...
August 10, 2021
by Peter McDermott
An Irish American in the Wings
With the announcement by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that he will resign, the state's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, is poised to step into ...
August 10, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Silver Into Gold
Ireland's Kellie Harrington turned silver into gold by winning her final olympic boxing bout on Sunday. This was Ireland's second gold medal to add...
August 09, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
And Finally, And Just One More….
Columbo always had just one more question. Paddy Murray always had one more story. But he drew the line at 250 of them and he placed them in a book...
August 05, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Homepage
I Could Be Writing for the Southern Cross
By Larry Kirwan Have you ever been down Argentina way? Talk about the eight Celtic nations - I’ve often felt that Argentina could claim number nine...
August 05, 2021
by Larry Kirwan
Vaccine Clinics Hailed as 'Huge Success'
(The HSE's Paul Reid. RollingNews.ie photo) New walk-in clinics in operation in the Republic of Ireland have been deemed a “huge success” after 18,...
August 05, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff