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Fireworks greeted the arrival of 2020 in big cities around the world but also in smaller conurbations such as Dingle in County Kerry. RollingNews.i...

Hillary Clinton was awarded an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University Belfast in October, 2018 and is now its chancellor By Irish Echo Staff Hill...

Joe Rafter, known to all as “Floorboards” By Gerry Adams Floorboards was my friend. Sorry. Floorboards is my friend. As regular readers will know t...

The Mooneys in New York dined with Mooneys in Ireland. Pictured standing is New York Maitre D’ Greg. On the Dublin side was Mateo, who is well know...

The 2nd Leinsters in Calcutta prior to World War I, probably circa 1910. Brendan Farrell’s grandfather, Peter, is in the third row fourth in on the...

If it’s a sunny morning at Newgrange in County Meath the winter solstice will see light shine down the passage grave and into the central burial ch...

Claire Hanna (holding pen and paper) after her recent election win By Anthony Neeson The SDLP’s two new MPs have written letters in "respectful pro...

Congressman Brendan Boyle By Ray O’Hanlon Impeachment apart, the U.S. House of Representatives has been conducting other business this week. A spen...

A peaceful setting in Mayo where the stress of the busy world can be left behind. This farm participates in Western Care’s Social Farming Initiativ...

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir By Irish Echo Staff The Irish Echo’s chairman, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, is saying goodbye to a political career that began at a tim...

Sinn Féin’s John Finucane made electoral history in Northern Ireland last week by winning the North Belfast constituency seat, long a bastion of un...

Congressman Joe Kennedy By Irish Echo Staff Congressman Joe Kennedy III, together with Congressman Richard Neal and Brendan Boyle, called on the le...