Cork overcome Galway resistance to win back-to-back titles
Cork 1-16; Galway 0-16 This was a real arm-wrestle of an All-Ireland final with underdogs Galway putting it up to the hot favorites before finally ...
August 12, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
IPPP allows Irish kicker influx
“It's in our DNA, we’re made for being kickers.” That was 19-year-old Andy Quinn’s straightforward explanation for the recent influx of young Irish...
August 08, 2024
by Peter Nolan
Dublin's Harrington strikes back-to-back gold at Paris 2024
Kellie Harrington became the first Irish female athlete to win gold at back-to-back Olympic Games following her defeat of China's Wenlu Yang in the...
August 06, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Coyle goes 21-0 in Barnsley
Connor “The Kid” Coyle threw down the gauntlet to the Sept. 14 Erislandy Lara-Danny Garcia World Boxing Association [WBA] middleweight title winner...
August 06, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Kerry win at 3rd try, bringing home cup after 30-yr drought
Kerry 3-14; Galway 0-11 If at first you don’t succeed, just keep on going! That must have been the Kerry ladies footballers motto over the past thr...
August 05, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
The Comeback Kid!
It’s gold 3 for Ireland at the Olympics and this one underlines just how well Paris 2024 is going for the team overall. For Rhys McClenaghan on Sat...
August 03, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Back-to-Back Golds
Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy today became the first Irish competitors to win golds at successive Olympics since Pat O’Callaghan followed up h...
August 02, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Kerry tipped to bridge 31 years
This is a big year for Ladies Gaelic football as the Association is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their foundation in Hayes Hotel, Thurles, i...
August 02, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Coyle ready for Barnsley fight
It’s only an eight-rounder, albeit against a once-beaten opponent named Kyle Lomotey. But in the scheme of things, Connor “The Kid” Coyle’s fight a...
August 01, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Cheering on Armagh from a faraway Brooklyn bar
I was anxious before Sunday’s All Ireland Gaelic Football final, as were all the Armagh supporters. How many times had our hopes been dashed? How m...
July 31, 2024
by Geoffrey Cobb
Irish swimming gold in Paris
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen snatched victory in the final stretch of the men's 800 freestyle final to take gold in Paris late Tuesday in an Olympic rec...
July 30, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
County Crests are talking points
Television viewers may have noticed a new crest on the Team Ireland unform during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics last Friday. Laura Web...
July 30, 2024
by Sean Creedon