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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | Ray O'Hanlon |P.J. Cunningham
One Man and His Dog News June 18, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff Pic of Day: A man and his dog on a forest walk near Ballymore Eustace in County Kildare. Photo by Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | Ray O'Hanlon |P.J. Cunningham
The Irish Business Organization of New York (IBO) will bestow the 2025 Sean McNeill Award at its Annual Summer Party on Monday, June 23, starting at 6 p.m. at Tara Mór, 150 West 30th Street in Manhattan.
This year’s event, according to an IBO release, celebrates Consul General of Ireland in New York, Helena Nolan, and Deputy Consul General Gareth Hargadon, as they complete their distinguished service in New York and embark on their next assignments.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | Ray O'Hanlon |P.J. Cunningham
Office Closed Thursday News June 18, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff The office of the Irish Echo will be closed on Thursday, June 19 in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday. The office will reopen Friday.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | Ray O'Hanlon |P.J. Cunningham
The parade saluting the U.S. Army's 250th birthday went ahead and the rain pretty much held off. And that was good.
The idea of a parade for such a big birthday was never a bad one. The manner in which President Trump's own birthday celebration became entwined in the grand march was certainly a complication, but it didn't ultimately mean much.
The president looked a little glum betimes on his 79th birthday.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Ray O'Hanlon
The New York Saint Patrick's Day Parade has undergone changes in its board membership following a meeting Monday.
Four members of the Board of Directors were voted off the body in a move intended to ultimately slim down the parade's controlling entity.
Three of the four were Frank McGreal, Brendan Lynch and Eileen Barker.
Tom Tuffy will now fill the post of parade COO following the recent retirement of the long serving Hilary Beirne.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Ray O'Hanlon
Leinster 32; Bulls 7
Leinster entered this game knowing they were one more loss away from infamy.
Leinster entered this game knowing they needed to win silverware for the first time in four years after losing three Champions Cup finals in succession.
Leinster entered this game and batted South Africa’s finest, the Bulls, into submission from the first minute to the last in this BKT United Rugby Championship final before 47,000 people at Croke Park on Saturday.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Ray O'Hanlon
An Honorary Consul for Buffalo News June 17, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff Pic of Day: Honorary Irish Consul for Buffalo and Western New York Kathleen Higgins Greeley (left) and Irish Deputy Consul General in New York Katie Daughen at the recent ceremony appointing Higgins Greeley to her post. Full report in this week's Print/Digital edition of the Echo.
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1 week ago | 
irishecho.com | P.J. Cunningham |Ray O'Hanlon
Since the death of their son Rory from Sepsis thirteen years ago, Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton have waged an extraordinary campaign to raise awareness of this illness in New York and across the United States.
The Stauntons, in a statement, said that they were again proud to share the news that the Sepsis Act, the bipartisan bill first introduced in the Senate last September, was officially reintroduced into the new Congress on Thursday, June 5.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Ray O'Hanlon |P.J. Cunningham
Cork 1-30; Limerick 2-27
(AET - Cork win 3-2 on penalties)
Two down and possibly an All Ireland final clash to come. Limerick won the head-to-head in the Munster round robin, but in this decider it was the Rebels who emerged victorious, not in regulation time, not with extra time – but on penalties after an absorbing Saturday evening at the Gaelic Grounds in front of 45,000 fans.
Seven Up is still only a drink and not Limerick’s achievement of achieving seven Munster titles in succession.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishecho.com | Sean Creedon |Ray O'Hanlon
Colleen Gaynor looks back on the last few months with a broken heart and a breaking voice.
Noel Gaynor, with whom she shared a life, with whom she parented two daughters, died alone and without proper care.
"It's really heartbreaking, infuriating and sad," Colleen said.
"It feels like Noel was really killed."
Noel Gaynor died last month at the age of 71.
