Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Burning houses a salutary reminder of August '69
IN 1972, Catholic families who had endured three years of sustained sectarian attacks on their homes fled Annalee Street in North Belfast. Last mon...
June 23, 2025
by Gerry Adams
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A Slippery Slope
The parade saluting the U.S. Army's 250th birthday went ahead and the rain pretty much held off. And that was good. The idea of a parade for such a...
June 18, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to the heroes of 1916
REGULAR readers of this column will know that I wholeheartedly support the efforts of the Moore Street Preservation Trust to preserve the 1916 Moor...
June 16, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
Only The Beginning
On its web page, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has a notice aimed at any and all who might be considering a career with the federal ...
June 11, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
OPINION: Our 'leaders' could learn a lot from the twin principles of Cullen Crowley
Over on Pennsylvania Avenue last Friday, two morally bankrupt, truly lost souls spent their time lying about and tearing each other down as they fo...
June 10, 2025
by Kevin McCabe
Opinion
Top of the Class
Back in the Penal Law days education in Ireland was proceeding along parallel lines. These lines were wide apart; very wide indeed. In terms of the...
June 04, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: BBCNI's attempt to demonise me rejected by libel jury
THE success of my case against the British Broadcasting Corporation is an important and very significant breach of that institution's monopoly on h...
June 03, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
LETTER: A Pearse Statue
Editor: On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stepped out of the General Post Office and read aloud the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. In that ...
June 02, 2025
by Phil Boyle
Opinion
KIRWAN: A Stolen Kiss That Still Feels Magical
What a blast to move to New York from Wexford town - the size, the bustle, and the sheer moxie of the city, but also the originality and diversity ...
May 29, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
Own Goal
It's fair to say that soccer fans in the U.S. and around the world are looking forward to the World Cup next year. The 2026 competition will be the...
May 28, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Words don't come easy to me – or at least they didn't use to
WHEN I was younger I had a stammer. I don’t know what age I was. Somewhere between seven and ten perhaps. A youngster! I grew out of my speech impe...
May 27, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
LETTER: God Forbid
Editor: I would like to offer comment on the front page article "Eyeing the Exits?: Many Exploring Irish Citizenship, Passports" (Feb. 26 - March 4...
May 22, 2025
by Sean F.X.