Anthony Neeson

Belfast

Contributor at Irish Echo

Editor of the Andersonstown News in Belfast, Ireland, and contributor to the Irish Echo in New York.

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Articles

In For The Long Haul

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Daniel Neely

Tariffs aren't going away anytime soon. That's the view of Tánaiste Simon Harris who was in Washington last week where he met with, among others, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick, presumably, sketched out the days ahead, at least as best as he could given the all over the shop nature of Washington these days.
Ladies of the Dance

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Daniel Neely |Frank Brady |Anthony Neeson

Ladies of the Dance News April 15, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff Pic of Day: Competitors at the 2025 World Irish Dance Championships (Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne), taking place at the Dublin Convention Centre from April 13–20. Over 4,000 competitors from across the globe will compete in more than 50 events. Photo by Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie.
Casement Park Decision in June

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Daniel Neely |Frank Brady |Anthony Neeson

A decision on British government funding for the new Casement Park is expected in June. A delegation from Sinn Féin, including party leader Mary Lou McDonald TD, deputy leader Michelle O’Neill MLA, and North Belfast MP John Finucane met in Belfast with the British Secretary of State, Hilary Benn on Monday, where the issue of British government funding for Casement Park was raised.
Owens was folk trailblazer

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |P.J. Cunningham |Daniel Neely

Sad news once again to pass on from the world of Irish folk music with the April 3 passing of Michael “Jesse” Owens. Born in Dublin in 1935, Owens was a ballad singer, guitarist, humorist and storyteller, who, from the 1960s onward, made a real mark on the world of Irish music, particularly in the United States. His loss marks an important moment in the closing of an era. Owens was born Michael Francis Owens, the oldest of six children.
N.Y. clubs debut new rules

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |P.J. Cunningham |Frank Brady

Donegal 4-18 Cork 0-12 The local GAA schedule got under way last Sunday at Gaelic Park. The senior match between Cavan and Sligo was cancelled due to Manhattan University having to play a rescheduled softball game. Meanwhile the first game in the senior football league pitted Donegal against Cork. This was also the first occasion for the new rules to be applied in a local competition. Thus the 13-a-side format coupled with the rule changes confluenced to produce a fast-flowing encounter.
Gerry Conlon Miscarriage of Justice story for San Fran Arts Fest

1 week ago | irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |P.J. Cunninghman |Anthony Neeson

San Francisco International Arts Festival will present the United States premiere of In the Name of the Son next month. The production is a captivating solo play starring Shaun Blaney that chronicles the extraordinary life of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four following his release from prison in 1989, where he had been unjustly held by the British Government for 15 years. The Guildford Four was a group wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in England.
Maskey calls for scrapping of the two-child limit

1 week ago | belfastmedia.com | Anthony Neeson

WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey has called for the scrapping of the two-child limit on child support. The benefit cap was brought in by the Conservative government in 2017 and restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in a household. This week marks eight years since the introduction of the two-child limit. New research shows that scrapping the measure is a more cost effective way of reducing child poverty.
O'Neill Writes Starmer Urging Public Inquiry

2 weeks ago | irishecho.com | Gerry Adams |Larry Kirwan |Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Anthony Neeson

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill has written to the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, urging his government to grant a public inquiry into the murder of a leading GAA official.
KIRWAN: Missing My Long Ago Influencers

2 weeks ago | irishecho.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Anthony Neeson |Larry Kirwan

There are a number of building blocks in any reasonably successful rock ‘n’ roll band. First of course, are the musicians themselves, followed closely by a loyal tech crew. Add a dogged and dedicated agent and you’re off to the races. Some swear by a good manager, but if you haven’t learned how to manage yourself after a couple of years, then you haven’t been looking or listening – besides adding a manager’s 15% off the top to an agent’s 10%, means you’ll take very little home.
GERRY ADAMS: Cherishing our history – and our future

2 weeks ago | irishecho.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Anthony Neeson |Gerry Adams

The North began, the North held on,The strife for native land;When Ireland rose to smite her foesGod bless the Northern land. Thomas DavisIN the 1790s Belfast was the centre of an Irish political movement which linked Antrim and Down with the Republics of France and America, and Belfast citizens celebrated the Fall of the Bastille, drank toasts to Mirabeau and Lafayette and studied Payne’s great book, The Rights of Man.