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Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald. By Ray O’Hanlon The loud knocking on Ireland’s door would appear to be having s...

Elaine Gannon, now known as Catholine Butler, at the base of the Celtic Cross at Martindale Pioneer Cemetery. By Maura De Freitas Along the banks o...

Attending the unveiling of the new memorial were members of the Irish Cultural Society of Stanislaus County, Irish American Unity Conference, Campa...

NAMA headquarters in Dublin By Evan Short Calls are growing for a cross-border inquiry into the sale of NAMA’s Northern Ireland portfolio which has...

Some of the names surrounding one of the reflecting pools at the 9/11 Memorial. By Ray O’Hanlon At first it was frustrating. I couldn’t find the na...

The Pieta House U.S. operation is based in the New York Irish Center in Queens By Joan Freeman I want you to imagine a jumbo jet filled with men, w...

Colm Connolly home on the farm with the “Rucksnacks.” By Evan Short Just how good is Irish beef? Well, if you really want to know ask the German go...

The Dáil chamber will be the venue Wednesday for what is expected to be a spirited debate on the government’s decision to appeal the EU Commission’...

James Vincent McMorrow. By Colleen Taylor This time, James Vincent McMorrow didn’t let fear get in the way. Discussing his new EP, “We Move,” McMor...

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, speaking to reporters after the special ...

Players and cheerleaders from the visiting high schools took time out to tour Croke Park. By Irish Echo Staff American Football comes to Ireland th...

by Áine Ní Shionnaigh Growing up in the 1970s in the West of Ireland, a day confined to bed, thankfully, was a rare occurrence. Nevertheless memori...