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Royal Irish Constabulary members pictured in Waterford in 1917 By Irish Echo Staff A plan by the Irish government for a ceremony commemorating the ...

John Dearie at the announcement of the 2020 presidential forum. Photo by Nuala Purcell. By Irish Echo Staff Former New York State Assemblyman John ...

Senator Bill Lawless By Ray O’Hanlon Billy Lawless, who represents Irish emigrants and the global Irish diaspora as a member of the Irish Senate, i...

Phil Ní Sheaghdha. RollingNews.ie photo. By Anthony Neeson A record number of patients were waiting for admission to hospital on Monday with 760 wa...

Australia could do with a plan like this. The Irish government’s Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, speak...

Knights of St. Patrick Chairman John Tully (left) presents the check to Parade Chairman Sean Lane. By Irish Echo Staff The New York City Knights of...

Marian Finucane, a pioneering figure in Irish journalism and a trail blazer for women in journalism, has died suddenly aged 69. Many tributes are b...

Joe Roche By Irish Echo Staff The death has taken place of Joe Roche, Pennsylvania native and former National President of the Ancient Order of Hib...

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...