Notre Dame’s luck ran out Wednesday when its Fighting Irish leprechaun was ... with critics calling him a disparaging symbol of Irish Catholics— after ranking only slightly better than San ...

An ESPN host claimed that Notre Dame's Fighting Irish symbol is racist in like the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo. That is not the case. Likening Notre Dame’s mascot of the “Fighting Irish ...

it is "symbolic of the Fighting Irish and intentionally a caricature." Notre Dame went on to note the leprechaun began in England — as a disparaging symbol of Irish people. "Irish-Americans ...

A US ice hockey team has apologised after deleting a tweet which advised fans travelling to Belfast for a game “NOT to wear” Irish symbols on ... are nicknamed the Fighting Irish, had released ...