Opinion
Tweedle Three?
The U.S. election is over, though for sure its aftermath will linger. The general election in Ireland is looming, though not quite in the way that ...
November 06, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: For Our Shared Future
Back in 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain were battling for the presidency. McCain, a Vietnam War hero and the Republican candidate, represented w...
October 30, 2024
by The Editor
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Crossing All The Lines
It is clear that the next occupant of the White House will have to play an outsize role in healing wounded peoples across the globe. On the issue o...
October 23, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Celebrating Diplomacy, Repudiating Hate
It was, to say the least, a jarring contrast. Taoiseach Simon Harris was in Washington last week to celebrate a hundred years of diplomatic relatio...
October 16, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Priceless Lone Acre
The Irish Echo was born in Manhattan, Harlem to be precise. In all our 96 years and counting we have been based on the island that has given so muc...
October 09, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Terrible Blow
More often than not we get a fair few days warning about tropical storms and hurricanes as they form off the west coast of Africa and move eastward...
October 02, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: All Astir in New York
It's the week of the opening of the General Assembly in New York and midtown Manhattan is in its usual state of General Assembly chaos with street ...
September 25, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: When An Apple.....
Oh well, sometimes you have to take the lumps and the bruises. The Irish government is contemplating legal bumps and bruises after the Court of Jus...
September 18, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Unions Rising Albeit Slowly
About seven in 10 Americans say they approve of labor unions. This is just points away from the record-high approval rating for organized labor, ac...
September 11, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Unwelcome Words that Echo the Know Nothings
JD Vance's recent statements that the Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger were responsible for higher crime rates is in the centuries old tra...
September 09, 2024
by Brian O'Dwyer
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Immigration an Issue Waiting to be Addressed
Immigration might not be a third rail in American politics but it is for sure a hot potato. It will be interesting to see if Kamala Harris and Dona...
September 04, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Ireland's Revolving Green Door
Ireland, the Republic part of it, is a busy place these times with people coming and people going. But more are coming in according to the latest n...
August 27, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff