Opinion
LETTER: Law for Some - Amnesty for Others
Editor: For half a century, allegations have swirled around Gerry Adams—often repeated as if the accusations themselves were proof. But when you fo...
February 11, 2026
by Marty Glennon Melville
Opinion
A Growing Darkness
Atop the front page of the Washington Post is the assertion that Democracy Dies in Darkness. This is somewhat limited. Democracy can die in broad d...
February 11, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
Gerry Adams: Civil trial ‘hearsay’ evidence part of a familiar agenda
IN May 2022 a civil case was launched against me in England. The civil trial will begin on March 9 in London and conclude on St Patrick’s Day. Ther...
February 09, 2026
by Gerry Adams
American democracy's fair-weather friends
The historian John Lukacs was no leftist. Indeed, he labeled himself a “reactionary” and his positions, if sometimes heterodox, were reliably right...
February 06, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Only Nevers made sense on right
This column was published in the Nov. 26-Dec. 2, 2025, edition of the Irish Echo. The word “Never” being used before someone’s name is a practice t...
February 06, 2026
by Peter McDermott
Opinion
LETTERS: A Message from an Irish American Community Leader in Minneapolis
I live in South Minneapolis, just over 4 miles from where Renee Good was killed. I am not from MN, but I moved here 25 years ago as a recent colleg...
February 06, 2026
by Reader, Miinneapolis-St Paul
Opinion
Time for a New Gang
This is an anxious time in the history of the land of the free home of the brave. All too many of those who would find freedom in a new land are no...
February 04, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
LETTERS: ICE editorial 'a bridge too far'
Dear Editor, I understand that the editorial board of the Irish Echo has never fully recovered from Donald J. Trump’s reelection, and his core camp...
February 02, 2026
by Brian J. Sharkey
Opinion
In Memory of Lenwood O. Sloan 1948-2025
The vastness of multiple libraries burned to the ground on Lá an Dreoilín (Wren Day) and the first day of Kwanzaa, December 26, 2025, when Lenwood ...
February 02, 2026
by By Dr. Miriam Nyhan Grey
Opinion
Beyond The Pale
The video evidence of the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis is truly sickening. And once again the words from the federal government do little mor...
January 28, 2026
by Leader Column
Homepage
LETTER - Time to Join
Editor: Most people in Ireland - except Taoiseach Martin - seem to think a United Ireland is going to happen. Indeed, I think the only way it could...
January 21, 2026
by Fr. Sean Mc Manus
Opinion
Green Isle to Greenland
At the risk of confusing a situation that is already deeply confused (and being facetious to boot) perhaps this is a moment for Ireland to claim so...
January 21, 2026
by Leader Column
American democracy's fair-weather friends
Only Nevers made sense on right
