Mass Death as the World Sleeps
The ballad "The West’s Awake" is based on a poem by Thomas Davis, a Protestant Irish freedom fighter, that laments Ireland’s plight, focusing on ho...
November 10, 2026
by Fintan Drury
Opinion
Gerry Adams: Finally Micheál Martin is beginning to get the unity message
THREE months ago An Taoiseach Micheál Martin urged Fianna Fáil TDs and Seanadóirí to push back against the increasingly vocal calls for the unity r...
November 09, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
A New Day
Those Americans who went to bed early Tuesday night might be forgiven for thinking they had traveled in time and space when waking to the new day o...
November 04, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Our Fraught Democracy
This editorial is being written before Midterm Election Day. It will be read when the dust has settled; or perhaps not. Elections these times are f...
November 04, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
LETTER: New Collins Investigation Needed
Editor: Michael Collins' death demands a new death investigation. Primary Irish military and archival sources confirm that an ambush of Michael Col...
November 04, 2026
by Noel Horkan
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Máire Drumm: Our pride in a remarkable republican
A SERIES of events have taken place in South Armagh and in Belfast to remember Leas Uachtarán Shinn Fein Máire Drumm. Máire was shot to death by un...
November 02, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Back to Those Dizzying Rock ‘n’ Roll Days
I rarely go to Rock ‘n’ Roll shows anymore. That’s a statement I never thought I’d make, my life was so caught up in the scene both as a fan and pe...
October 29, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
Homepage
EDITORIAL: Eggs and Gas
With the days ticking down to the Midterm elections there is much talk about the cost of living. And there should be. Back in 2024 there was much t...
October 28, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: A local shop tells the story of Ballymurphy
MY mother was allocated a house in Ballymurphy in the mid-50s. It was 11 Divismore Park, at the corner of Glenalina Road. At around the same time, ...
October 27, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
OPINION: A New Ireland - what's in it for me?
The biggest obstacle to a New Ireland may not be opposition to it, but the absence of a compelling reason to change. For those without firm constit...
October 26, 2026
by Paul O'Neill
Opinion
LETTER: This Over That
Editor: As a Dub expat living in Chicago for a long time I've long said to our kids: 'I'll take American arrogance over Irish hypocrisy." The Irish...
October 21, 2026
by Rory Smith
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Leadership Required
Traditionally, the President of the United States is accorded the title of "Leader of the Free World." Lately, however, the title has been up for g...
October 21, 2026
by Leader Column
A Writer’s Farewell to Dublin
Mass Death as the World Sleeps
