Irish Echo

The Irish Echo is a weekly publication located in Manhattan, New York City. It was acquired in 1997 by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, an Irish entrepreneur and the publisher of the Andersonstown News.

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Walsh Confirmation on Hold After Democrat Boycott

3 days ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Gerry Adams |Ray O'Hanlon

A vote on President Trump's ambassador pick for Ireland has been delayed after Democrats boycotted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing late last week. Democrats boycotted a committee vote on Thursday May 8 to advance several of President Trump’s ambassador nominees, an act of rebellion against Republican efforts to quickly confirm Trump’s picks, The Hill newspaper reported.
Tipperary win in Ennis pushes champs Clare to the brink in cup

3 days ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Gerry Adams |P.J. Cunningham

Tipperary 4-18; Clare 2-21 We’re only half way through the month of May and barring a miracle that champions Clare won’t be in, never mind contend further for the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Tipperary meanwhile who few fancied going into this year are looking good for a Munster final place and manager Liam Cahill seems to have got the swagger back into his side - a mixture of the old and the new which has blended very well this Spring. Any win in Ennis is hard-earned.
Mulroy leads Louth to victory, first Leinster title in 68 years

3 days ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Gerry Adams |P.J. Cunningham

Louth 3-14 Meath 1-18 Before Sunday in Croke Park, it was 1957 when Louth last won the Leinster SF championship - the same year that the Soviets sent Sputnik into space and the Suez Canal was reopened.
Garda Struck and Killed by Motorcycle

3 days ago | irishecho.com | Gerry Adams |Anthony Neeson |Maureen Hossbacher

The Garda officer who died died at the weekend after being struck by a motorcycle has been described as a “faithful public servant” by Commissioner Drew Harris. Garda Kevin Flatley, 49, was struck as he was conducting a speed checkpoint on the R132 in the Lanestown area of north Dublin. A motorcyclist also suffered serious injuries. Garda Commissioner Harris said: “I have to say this is a desperately sad day for An Garda Síochána.
Flowers in Memory

3 days ago | irishecho.com | Gerry Adams |Anthony Neeson |Maureen Hossbacher

Flowers in Memory News May 12, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff Photo of the Day: Flowers placed at the place where Garda Kevin Flatley was struck and killed by a motorcycle. RollingNews.ie photo.
GERRY ADAMS: Swinger was brave, strong and a gentleman through and through

3 days ago | irishecho.com | Anthony Neeson |Maureen Hossbacher |Sean Creedon |Gerry Adams

I SPENT the last week in Dublin in the Four Courts as part of the outworking of my case against the BBC’s Spotlight programme nine years ago. But more of that when it’s over, which could take another fortnight. On the morning that the case started our Gearóid phoned me to say that his father-in-law Paddy ‘Swinger’ McBride was dead. The news was a great shock. I had spent a half-hour or more a few days before chatting with Paddy in his home.
Extending vote to Irish Diaspora will transform transatlantic links: Echo Publisher

4 days ago | irishecho.com | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |Maureen Hossbacher |Sean Creedon

Irish American small business leaders in New York have been told by the publisher of the Irish Echo that by extending the franchise to the diaspora, the Irish Government could turbo-charge transatlantic relations. Belfast native Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, addressing the April monthly virtual meeting of the Irish Business Organisation of New York, said the move would bring the Irish Government into line with the vast majority of global democracies which give their citizens abroad the vote.
Friends gather for a spring salon

6 days ago | irishecho.com | Maureen Hossbacher |Sean Creedon

A beautiful spring night brought out some of the usual suspects and a few new friends to enjoy the ambience of the Ellington restaurant on 105th & Broadway and the craic to be had at another Irish American Writers & Artists salon.
Kelleher should move: boss

6 days ago | irishecho.com | Mike Houlihan |Sean Creedon

Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has reiterated his desire to see Caoimhín Kelleher leave Liverpool and become a first-choice goalkeeper elsewhere. The Corkman won his second EPL title two weeks back and is now approaching the end of his sixth first-team campaign with Liverpool where he remains number two behind Brazilian Alisson Becker.
Chicago Calling: Tommy Finnegan and the Beatles of the Bagpipes

1 week ago | irishecho.com | Sean Creedon |Geoffrey Cobb |Mike Houlihan

Tommy Finnegan is the son of a Chicago Firefighter and has been playing the pipes in The Shannon Rovers Pipe Band for 27 years. He sez, “I’m not musically inclined.” He got the itch to join the band when he was a little kid, meeting the late Irish rebel and Rovers founder Tommy Ryan at a family party and told him he wanted to play the bass drum.