Opinion
Opinion: From Capitol to Cuba, the convulsions of 'a strange and troubled land'
There is a popular song about the seditious Irish, as seen through the lens of the man from the Daily Mail which includes the cautionary line, "oh,...
April 25, 2026
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
EDITORIAL: The Envoys of Irish America
The absence of a U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland is regrettable. But Irish America is, to a significant degree, filling the void. This was made evid...
April 22, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Fuel protest has been disastrously handled by FFFG
THE blockade of fuel depots, motorways, towns and Dublin city centre was entirely avoidable if the FFFG government had taken the growing crisis aro...
April 20, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Getting an Ode of my Mind
Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold... Those lines were writte...
April 20, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: The GFA at 28
Rome wasn't built in a day and the Good Friday Agreement is not going to turn Irish history on its head, even after 28 years. But the agreement has...
April 15, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to John in a fitting place
I JUST spent an enjoyable couple of hours in the company of my good friend, American trade union leader John Samuelsen, and the staff of Áras Uí Ch...
April 13, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
LETTERS: Necessary Steps
Editor: The Irish Martin-Harris coalition government needs to take positive and immediate steps to assist Irish farmers, industry, fishing, and hom...
April 09, 2026
by Craig E. Speers, Buffalo, NY
Opinion
EDITORIAL: So Which Way?
The world has arrived at one of those moments. It's not just to do with wars going on but rather to do with what goes on next in the matter of, wel...
April 08, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Micheál Martin has zero interest in pursuing unity
AN Taoiseach Micheál Martin was the first guest to participate in a new six part series of the podcast, ‘How to Gael’ under the title – ‘How to Uni...
April 06, 2026
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: All Swaggered and Everyone Was Cool
It was the best of times and the worst of times – the best because we were young, the worst because we didn’t know any better. That’s how we all en...
April 02, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
LETTERS: Engaging with Irish America beyond the Beltway
I read with interest the Irish Echo's report on Mayor Mamdani's inspirational words on St. Patrick's Day (Mayor Mamdani Broadsides British, Salutes...
April 01, 2026
by Cathal Mallaghan MP
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Ireland Arming Up
It didn't enter the conversation over the shamrock in the Oval Office on Saint Patrick's Day but Ireland is heading down a path that will see the n...
April 01, 2026
by Leader Column
