On any given day there are wars being waged around the world. On any given day nature can strike as if at war with humanity and our world. The reac...

A new Congress and an old issue: comprehensive immigration reform. Reform as an issue and question has been with us for decades now. The last time ...

There has been much hand-wringing in top German political circles over the matter of supplying Ukraine with German-made Leopard tanks. Suffice it t...

A few days before Christmas, the top tier membership of the Irish government drove to Áras an Uachtaráin, official residence of the Irish president...

The Irish Echo is ninety five years on the job this year. The precise birthday will be in October, 2023. But why wait? Charles F. Connolly launched...

Looking back at 2022 there is much to be thankful for, much to be concerned about, yet reason for hope. Here, in the words of two presidents, Joe B...

It is incredible that Argentina won, again, the World Cup, as on previous occasions in 1978 and 1986. We are all pleased about this. Today there ar...

A year ago there was an expectation that Christmas 2021 would be more "normal" than Christmas 2020. And in significant ways it was. Many here in th...

There may well be mice living in the nooks and crannies of Croke Park. But they won’t be wearing GAA jerseys. The mice who inhabit the pages of the...

The word is about that the Biden administration is getting ready to appoint a U.S. Envoy to the Northern Ireland Peace and Political process after ...

Sometimes it is an idea to compare notes. In this instance, the comparison is between legislative bodies in the United States and Ireland - the New...

Back on the last day of October, that being Halloween, fifty United Nations member states issued a joint statement condemning the Chinese governmen...