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A march protestor expresses his views to police. By Evan Short Two of the most contentious loyalist parades in Ireland passed off without incident ...

Bill O’Driscoll By Irish Echo Staff William, “Bill” O’Driscoll, Cork-born but a leading labor leader in the U.S. for many years, has died aged 87. ...

Theresa Villiers By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Whatever the future of the United Kingdom, and that part of it that is to be found on the i...

Urko Aiartza (right) meets with Californian congressman John Garamendi, who is a member of the Basque diaspora. By Evan Short A Basque country sena...

Hib Hib Harrah’s. The Ancient Order of Hibernians convention takes place next week in Harrah’s of Atlantic City. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho...

A firefighter and a police officer on alert in Carrickfergus. Photo by Kevin Scott/Presseye. By Anthony Neeson Feuding loyalists went on the rampag...

The Bronx courthouse By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com The New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches on an avenue that is nothing less than a ...

One of the most familiar photographs of Frederick Douglass By Christine Kinealy Frederick Douglass, as recent research has shown, was the most phot...

By Charles Larkin Die Zukunft wird nicht gemeistert von denen, die am Vergangenen kleben. [Those who adhere to the past won't be able to cope with ...

Ministers from north and south in Ireland will be meeting as these two flags begin to drift apart By Anthony Neeson Irish government ministers and ...

By Anthony Neeson Part of the fallout from the shock Brexit vote has been the upsurge in people applying for Irish passports. Within hours of peopl...

Flags that are now on a divergent course By Anthony Neeson and Ray O’Hanlon Sinn Féin is calling for a border poll on Irish reunification after the...