Opinion

Inflation is likely to be the main issue in the November elections. Not current inflation, now nearing the Fed’s desired two percent, but rather th...

August 19 was World Humanitarian Day. Most people in the world didn't notice. Some who did might have wondered where the humanitarian bit actually ...

This year, 2024, is being justifiably hailed as the year of elections. Almost half the world’s population lives in countries that will be voting th...

And so, another Olympics in the books. Paris, truly a city sans pareil, opened itself to the world and the world entered its gates. Over 10,000 ath...

Having trouble sleeping? Welcome to the crew! According to the National Health Institute up to 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disor...

All road trips are local. In the United States they can be short or long. In Ireland they can be short and long too, albeit in a relative sense whe...

The campaign to save the 1916 Moore Street Battlefield site and those iconic buildings and streetscape that are forever linked to the most importan...

Back in 2021 Adrian Flannelly was one of four U.S.-based recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad. Flannelly...

It’s a difficult time for musicians. And yet, the world is teeming with music. The problem is – so few are getting paid for their efforts. Suffice ...

It was the kind of reluctant departure that Irish people are long familiar with. It was characterized by stubborn resistance, obvious pride, and no...

FORTY years ago this month, ten workers from the Henry Street branch of Dunnes Stores in Dublin's city centre went on strike to protest against the...

The jig is up, Joe. I don’t mean to be disrespectful, Mr. President, for the most part you’ve done a great job but time catches up with all of us a...