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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...

Michael Dowling delivers a compelling tale of an Irish and American life By Ray O'Hanlon It's not just a memory. It's a searing vision. His father ...

An early morning golfer tees off at Tullamore Golf Club, Co. Offaly, which has reopened to the public. INPHO/JAMES CROMBIE

Old Ireland In Colour brings a vivid new look to long ago photos By Ray O'Hanlon Is there a reason why a national memorial to the dead and maimed o...