Cavan Day Is Back
Pic of Day: Following on from the spectacular success of the inaugural event in 2020, Cavan Day, the online celebration of County Cavan and its peo...
September 03, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Passing of Pat Hume
The death has taken place of Pat Hume, wife of the late John Hume. Mrs. Hume passed away earlier today after a short illness. The Derry Journal rep...
September 02, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Seventy Five Years Of Service
Pic of Day: Of writers and warships. Pictured are the L.É. George Bernard Shaw, L.É. WB Yeats, L.É. James Joyce, and L.É. Samuel Beckett (P61 and c...
September 02, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Ireland Takes Helm On UN Security Council
The world is in a mess and Ireland has a month to make things a little better through the workings of the United Nations Security Council. Ireland ...
September 02, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Ireland Remains Open To 'Non-Essential' U.S. Travelers
The Irish government will not be implementing a European Union decision to re-impose travel restrictions on Americans linked to the covid-19 pandem...
September 01, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Hibernians Leap Over The Leprechaun
There is a brouhaha over the Notre Dame mascot, the leprechaun with his dukes up. An opinion poll has found it to be offensive. Notre Dame is defen...
September 01, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
And They Were Irish Boots
Pic of Day: Pictured is Army Major General Christopher T. Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division 18th Airborne Corps at Hamid Karzai Inte...
September 01, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
News
Bronx court orders depositions in Dunleavy case
It's been six years since John Dunleavy chaired the committee that runs the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade. It seems more like six hundred years...
September 01, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Passing of Charlie McCabe, Iona hall of famer, banker & marketeer,who championed Dublin's Children's Hospital
Charles H. McCabe Jr. (84) of New Rochelle, NY peacefully passed away on Monday 30 August in the comfort of his home surrounded by family. “Charlie...
August 31, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Riders But No Storm
Pic of Day: Home home on the, well, beach. Horses and riders on Bunowen Bay Beach on Slyne Head on the Wild Atlandic Way in Connemara, County Galwa...
August 31, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Republic's Population Passes Five Million
It's been a long time coming. 170 years to be exact. The Republic of Ireland's population was estimated to stand at 5.01 million in April, new figu...
August 31, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Cycling in Aid of GOAL's Worldwide Work
Pictured are Colin Hunt, CEO of AIB, Siobhan Walsh, CEO of GOAL, and Anne O’Leary, Vodafone CEO and GOAL’s outgoing chairperson, as they return wit...
August 30, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff