Opinion
WE SAY: Embattled Garvaghy community will take no law lectures from DUP
This leader column appeared first today in our sister paper in Belfast, The Andersonstown News. WITNESSING the beleaguered residents of the Garvagh...
October 01, 2026
by The Editor Andersonstown News
Opinion
KIRWAN: Much Has Changed But Feeling Reassured
On account of a death in my family, I recently had occasion to make two trips to Ireland in consecutive months, something I hadn’t done in a long t...
October 01, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
LETTER: A Strident Pathology
Editor: If Catholic Republicans/Nationalists insisted on marching through Protestant areas in Northern Ireland I would be the first to condemn it, ...
September 30, 2026
by Fr. Sean McManus
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Back To No Future
Back in the late 1990s, when Drumcree and the Garvaghy road were headlines in ink that never went dry, the Echo featured a front page cover photo f...
September 30, 2026
by Leader Column
Behind controversy surrounding Ireland's games vs. Israel
On Sunday, September 27, Ireland played one of the most controversial international football matches ever. The Republic of Ireland faced Israel in ...
September 28, 2026
by Geoffrey Cobb
Opinion
Gerry Adams: Micheál Martin turns his back on Fianna Fáil priority
AS Fianna Fáil this year marks its 100th birthday, where does it stand on the issue of Irish unity? According to its Constitution, Fianna Fáil’s fi...
September 28, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
LETTERS: Equal Praise
Editor: The Irish National Caucus, since I founded it, has maintained a bi-partisan position neither Democratic nor Republican but dedicated to get...
September 24, 2026
by Fr. Sean McManus
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Very Irish Gifts
The meeting between President Catherine Connolly and President Trump went off well enough. There were fears over a possible clash of views but both...
September 23, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
LETTER: Legal Connections
Editor: On September 10, at the American Irish Historical Society in New York City, Ireland for Law held the final event of its ambitious NYC Missi...
September 21, 2026
by Ed Lenci
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Irish unity sands are shifting at a quickening pace
SEVERAL weeks ago British PM Andy Burnham sparked a furious debate over future constitutional change and Irish Unity with his crass comment that it...
September 21, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Underground and On the Air
Soon after I arrived in New York City I became a subway person. The price, speed, and anonymity suited me. And this was the wild and wooly 70s when...
September 17, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Words Mean Something
Back in 1992, at the Irish American Presidential Forum in Manhattan, Bill Clinton would utter words that would reverberate over time, into his pres...
September 16, 2026
by Leader Column
Behind controversy surrounding Ireland's games vs. Israel
