Opinion
Editorial: Soldiers Not Pawns
The decision to pull 5,000 American military personnel out of Germany would appear to be more of a political slap than a strategic reassignment. Th...
May 06, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
KIRWAN: The Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received
I was recently asked, “What was the best piece of advice you ever received.” Though it was given to me way back in the last century, the simple wor...
April 30, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: An April Surprise
The decision by the U.S. to continue a financial contribution to the International Fund for Ireland is to be welcomed. Frankly, though, we are not ...
April 30, 2026
by Leader Column
Opinion
LETTERS: Long Overdue
Editor: I’m writing to share something deeply important — and something I believe many people simply don’t know. More than a century after his deat...
April 29, 2026
by Noel P. Horkan
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Our seagoing heroes deserve a permanent tribute
FOR as long as the English have occupied Ireland there have been political prisoners. As long as there have been political prisoners there have bee...
April 28, 2026
by Gerry Adams
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
