Opinion
America at 250
"In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes nece...
July 01, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
Boston's Charitable Irish Society Supporting Birthright Citizenship
At its 289th Anniversary Dinner in Boston on St. Patrick’s Day, the Charitable Irish Society announced it had submitted an amicus brief to the Unit...
June 30, 2026
by Tyler McManus
Opinion
EDITORIAL: And The Next One Please.....
There's an old comic dig at the old time Soviet leadership standing stiff on the Kremlin Wall reviewing one of those interminable Moscow military p...
June 29, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
Can a nation tearing itself apart learn from Ireland's peacemakers?
Amid growing polarization in America, Belfast has been on my mind. Growing up in the 1990s, the name “Belfast” was synonymous with conflict and war...
June 27, 2026
by Paul Rockower
Opinion
Fondly Remembering All Those Sweaty Showband Years
“Send ‘em Home Sweatin’!” was the battle cry of Irish showbands during their rambunctious dancehall reign back in the 1960s. Or, as Ben Dolan of Th...
June 26, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
No longer 'above the mire'
Dan Wilson is so good, they pardoned him twice. He’s one of a cohort who’ve been looked upon with considerable favor by the Trump Administration, f...
June 25, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Opinion
Congress Should Not Support Britain Shutting the Door on Truth
Fifty-four years. That is how long the families of the Springhill victims waited for justice. Fifty-four years before a British Prime Minister fina...
June 23, 2026
by By Neil F. Cosgrove
Opinion
Gerry Adams: Pride shines out amidst the racism and the violence
THE bulletholes from the August 1969 sectarian pogrom against the people of the Falls area are still visible on the front wall of St Comgall’s Prim...
June 22, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Troubled Past Troubled Present
Detainees facing no formal charges going on hunger strike. Protestors outside the walls and barbed wire. Rubber bullets being fired at protestors. ...
June 15, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
OPINION: From era of Brehon Laws to time of Black Abolitionists, Ireland has been known for its Céad Míle Fáilte
Until recently, Ireland was a net exporter of its people. Poverty, hunger, political repression and lack of opportunity scattered Irish emigrants t...
June 12, 2026
by Dr. Christine Kinealy
Opinion
View from Belfast: Time to call on the Spirit of 1916 or risk a repeat of August '69
This is the editorial from today's edition of the Andytown News, our sister paper in Belfast: If you think a week is a long time in politics, then ...
June 10, 2026
by The Editor Andytown News/Belfastmedia.com
A political slush fund too far
Should we refer to the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization" slush fund in the past tense? The Senate failed to get the 60 senators needed to kill it l...
June 09, 2026
by Peter McDermott
No longer 'above the mire'
A political slush fund too far
