O'SHEA: Decision Time In And For Ukraine
When Ukraine’s top military commander spoke last November of a stalemate in the war, most people understood this to mean that the conflict was froz...
April 11, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A New Taoiseach
Well, that was simple and easy enough. The transfer of executive power in a parliamentary democracy can be sometimes difficult, sometimes relativel...
April 10, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
All Come to Look for America, but this time by RV and wearing a mask
My DUP buddy Sammy Douglas enjoys getting up in front of American audiences visiting Belfast and telling them, in somber tones, that he is here to ...
April 06, 2024
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
O'SHEA: An Ireland Beyond the Old Stereotypes
I had a discussion with a Jewish friend recently about the continuing tendency among many people to hold on to old ethnic and racial stereotypes. H...
April 05, 2024
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
KIRWAN: Humming Along, Humming and Humming
There are bands, and then there are great bands. What makes a band great? Well, obviously, the members, particularly if one, or all, have a vision....
April 04, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Shocking Turn
As political earthquakes go on the island of Ireland this was as high up on the scale as you'll get. That's because the earthquake went far beyond ...
April 03, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Hope and History on the Island of Ireland
Once again, hope and history rhymed on the island of Ireland when Michelle O’Neill, the 47-year-old Vice President of Sinn Fein from County Tyrone,...
March 28, 2024
by Richard E. Neal
Opinion
EDITORIAL: All Changed, Nothing Changed
The Irish Times described it as a "bombshell announcement." It certainly seemed to come out of the blue, or at least the green hue surrounding all ...
March 27, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
LETTER: NY Post Broadside on Tish James a 'Hatchet Job'
Dear Editor, I write this letter to the Irish Echo because of a lack of courtesy by the NY Post to publish my response to their hatchet job of Atto...
March 26, 2024
by Joe Crowley
Opinion
OPINION: Charting a Pathway to a United Ireland Referendum in 2030
The launch of the latest discussion paper from Ireland’s Future is a significant moment in the debate on constitutional change. "Ireland 2030" is a...
March 26, 2024
by Prof. Colin Harvey
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Disagreement should never mean that people aren't heard
IT isn’t easy speaking in public and it can be very daunting when faced by a hostile audience who are not interested in what you have to say but si...
March 25, 2024
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Ah, That Glint in Malachy's Eye
I first encountered Malachy McCourt at a sparsely attended Irish-Americans for McGovern meeting in the fall of 1972. He was accompanied by Brian He...
March 21, 2024
by Larry Kirwan
O'SHEA: Decision Time In And For Ukraine
