Opinion

I have met many loyalists over a very long time. In prison. Out of prison. In secret or in private talks going back to the 1970s. And many times si...

There were bars, and there were bars, and then there was The Village Pub. It perched atop Bainbridge Avenue in The Bronx. It was a small place owne...

There's no doubt that Ireland is one of the more dedicated members of the United Nations, one of the members that adheres most closely to the UN Ch...

Regular readers will know that Ionad Eileen Howell/St. Comgall’s was formally opened in June by the U.S. Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy. It came after ...

James Baldwin, the great writer and civil rights leader, reflecting on the origin of most wars wrote, "People are trapped in history and history is...

It is that time of year again when we give thanks for all the wonderful things that life in America can bestow. It is also a time of year when we t...

Patrick Ryan’s true-life story reads like fiction; a second-born son reared on a small farm in County Tipperary who went from being a Catholic miss...

Because I host Celtic Crush on SiriusXM, I am occasionally asked about the state of the arts nowadays. Well, Broadway has yet to fully recover from...

Wednesday November 22 will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Father Alec Reid. It is a matter of wonderment that a decade has passed since...

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is due to visit the strife-torn Middle East this week. He knows the ground well. Back in 2009, as Minister for Foreign Affa...

Seven key Irish-American organisations have announced an "Irish Unity Summit – For a New and United Ireland" to be held in New York on March 1 next...

Senator Mitt Romney, in announcing recently his retirement from the Senate, suggested that the two current likely major-party nominees for the pres...