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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Daniel Neely |P.J. Cunningham
San Francisco, Calif. --
During its 50th Anniversary year, the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco is hosting an extraordinary evening of celebration, culture, and community on Saturday, April 12, 2025 starting at 5 p.m. at the Building Our Future—Gala 2025. This event is being hosted at Bally Keal Estate vineyard (4286 Suisun Valley Rd. Fairfield, Calif. 94534) as a campaign kick-off event for their proposed and fully approved San Francisco building project.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Daniel Neely |P.J. Cunningham
Munster 30; Connacht 24
This was a day when rugby went to meet the masses outside of its usual stomping ground and the result was a packed McHale Park with 27,870 getting everything except the result they hankered for at the end of the game.
The fairytale finish looked on three minutes from time when Connacht showed great resolve to roar back from 18 points down earlier in the game as Dylan Tierney-Martin got over for what appeared to be the match-winning try.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Gerry Adams |Daniel Neely
In 2017, I wrote about Tony MacMahon’s “Farewell to Music” here , the landmark – and final – recording from one of traditional music’s greatest musical voices. The album consisted entirely of slow airs and allowed an intriguing window into not simply MacMahon’s music, but also the “lineage” of his slow air playing. It was then and now remains a real statement on the way to play slow airs and must-have album for lovers of traditional music.
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1 month ago | 
irishecho.com | Jay Mwamba |Daniel Neely
On March 6, 2025, the Society of Irish American Lawyers (“SOCIAL”) awarded its annual $2,500 scholarship to high school Senior Alexandra Daley of Roosevelt High School in Yonkers. The award was presented at SOCIAL’s annual Gala Event at The Mansion in White Plains.
Alexandra is the valedictorian of her graduating class at Roosevelt, ranked #1 out of 286 students, and a member of the National Honor Society. She plays on the varsity volleyball and lacrosse teams and works a part time job.
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1 month ago | 
irishecho.com | Jay Mwamba |Daniel Neely
Robert Polner (pictured below) and Michael Tubridy will speak about “An Irish Passion for Justice” on this Friday, Mar. 28, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m, at the Sunnyside branch of the Queens Public Library, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, NY (Tel: 718-784-3033). The talk is an outgrowth of their biography of the Irish-born New York lawyer, politician, and activist Paul O’Dwyer, who fought in the courts and beyond for the rights of the downtrodden and the marginalized throughout the 20th century.
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1 month ago | 
irishecho.com | Jay Mwamba |Daniel Neely |Geoffrey Cobb
After the madness of St. Patrick’s Day every year it is time for the other March madness, college basketball’s National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Men’s championship, which is one of the most watched sporting events of the year.
This year St John’s University, which earlier this month won the Big East Championship, is one of the tournament’s top contenders.
