Opinion
Alive Alive-Oh
They say that a week is a long time in politics. Well it can be an eternity in sports. Just one week ago the Irish soccer team was contemplating an...
November 19, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Gerry Adams: We’ve seen it all before as DUP frets over TUV
MICHELLE O’Neill honoured her commitment to be a First Minister for All when she chose to take part in Sunday’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Belfast...
November 17, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
OPINION: Change New York rentals law to enable visitors to stay in our Irish neighborhoods
As one of New York City’s last Irish enclaves, Woodlawn in the northernmost part of The Bronx has drawn large numbers of Irish visitors for generat...
November 14, 2025
by Matthew Carey Salyer
Opinion
LETTER: An Unsurprising Silence
Dear Editor: The silence of many politicians on both sides of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland regarding the sectari...
November 13, 2025
by Raymond McCord
Opinion
KIRWAN: Setting Foot in a Very Different Ireland
“The longer you stay away, the less likely you are to go home.” That was another piece of wisdom the auld fellah imparted to me up in The Archway s...
November 13, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
A Recurring Inconvenience
You could take the view that the first Thanksgiving was also the moment when America - and the future United States of America - witnessed the very...
November 12, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Belfast came alive with the spirit of the language
COMHGHAIRDEAS to all of those who helped make Oireachtas na Samhna the huge success it was. Thousands of Irish language speakers from across the is...
November 10, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
Still Sweet Home
Up and down Michigan Avenue they walked. Up and down Wabash and State and along by the shore of Lake Michigan. They covered more than one Magnifice...
November 05, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
KIRWAN: Heavenly Silence On My iPhone
“I’m pingless,” said I. “And I thought you were just brainless.” Replied Yer Man from Pearl River. He had been wondering why I hadn’t replied to hi...
October 30, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
Tenth and Third
Catherine Connolly is a double T president. She is the tenth president of Ireland and the third woman to hold the office. That office was first occ...
October 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Gerry Adams: Censorship anniversary is a lesson for today
SUNDAY was the anniversary of the imposition on October 19, 1988 of the broadcasting ban by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Prior to that...
October 27, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
A Strategic Retreat
It's a serious moment in U.S. history when the Press walks away from a primary source. Such was the case last week when representatives of major ne...
October 22, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
