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Guarded Irish welcome for British North Protocol plan
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Guarded Irish welcome for British North Protocol plan
Simon Coveney. RollingNews.ie photo. By Irish Echo Staff Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and trade, Simon Coveney, has welcomed the publi...
Social distancing on wheels
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Social distancing on wheels
Even the Gardai are keeping a little distance between themselves while on patrol. This wheeled trio is keeping an eye on swimmers at the famed Fort...
Time’s up, again, for Malachy McAllister
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Time’s up, again, for Malachy McAllister
Malachy McAllister with Cardinal Timothy Dolan By Ray O’Hanlon As you get older even longer periods of time seem like no more than a blink of an ey...
Death of Virginia, ‘Ginny,’ Byrne, 62
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Death of Virginia, ‘Ginny,’ Byrne, 62
Virginia Byrne By Irish Echo Staff The death has taken place of Virginia “Ginny” Byrne, for many years a member of the New York St. Patrick’s Day P...
Irish Sea line won’t be ‘international’ border
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Irish Sea line won’t be ‘international’ border
According to the British government there will be no international boundary line in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland when B...
Sign says one thing....
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Sign says one thing....
Clearly not everyone is staying home. As Ireland begins a tentative roll back of the Covid-19 lockdown more cars are on what were recently almost e...
Ireland's 14 day quarantine to last for now
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Ireland's 14 day quarantine to last for now
Dr. Tony Holohan speaking to the Dáil Committee on Covid-19. Oireachtas TV screenshot via RollingNews.ie. By Irish Echo Staff Travelers arriving in...
Ireland commemorates the Great Hunger
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Ireland commemorates the Great Hunger
Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., officiates at the National Famine Commemoration Ceremony in St. Stephen’s G...
New York and Belfast to embrace in a virtual link
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New York and Belfast to embrace in a virtual link
Cities stand shoulder-to-shoulder to count cost of pandemic and plan for bright future: New York-New Belfast conference to take place virtually The...
Not waiting for the advisory
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Not waiting for the advisory
On what was Day 50 of Ireland's Covid-19 lockdown, Friday, May 15, the government was reportedly poised to issue an advisory on the wearing of face...
National Famine Commemoration set for Sunday
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National Famine Commemoration set for Sunday
Professor Christine Kinealy By Irish Echo Staff Not surprisingly, the plans for Ireland’s annual National Famine Commemoration have been revised. J...
Slainte 2020 presses ahead as economic crisis deepens
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Slainte 2020 presses ahead as economic crisis deepens
Siobhan Dennehy. By Frank Brady Though the epidemiologists positively proclaim that the curve is flattening as mortality rates and hospital admissi...

 

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