Opinion
KIRWAN: Don't Sweat It In The Subway Darling
At an out-of-state wedding recently, I fell into conversation with a cheerful gentleman whom I didn’t know from Adam. Or Eve for that matter. Upon ...
August 24, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Generation Passes
There's no stopping it of course. Time moves on and one generation gives way to the next. In recent years there has been much talk in America of "T...
August 23, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A Legacy Bill of Injustice
The foundation of any country’s justice system is justice itself. Justice requires that individuals receive fair, impartial, and reasonable treatme...
August 22, 2023
by Hon. Michael C. Mentel
Opinion
ADAMS: John Joe McGirl, An Unbreakable Fenian
In the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to meet many wonderful, committed, compassionate republicans. On Saturday, in B...
August 18, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Lundy Principle in Northern Ireland
In times of crisis, unionism still reverts to the Lundy principle and the predictable rhetoric it entails. In the siege of Derry in 1688 the Cathol...
August 17, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Welcome One And All
One of the more encouraging aspects of contemporary congressional discourse is the fact that members of both parties can agree on issues of concern...
August 16, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
ADAMS: Off The Couch, Be An Activist
I had the privilege of attending many of the debates and discussions which are a unique and vital part of Féile an Phobail. Well done to all the pa...
August 11, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: A Life Dream That is Now a Reality
Maggie Higgins may have been the most consequential American woman. When it comes to the change she wrought, they don’t come much more important th...
August 11, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Big Lie Rolls On And On
In a conversation last year between China’s President Xi and President Biden, the Chinese leader commented that democratic systems of government ar...
August 10, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Glorious Spectacle
Back in 1999 the women's soccer World Cup came to America and a revolution was born. At that point in time the game was well established here for b...
August 09, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
ADAMS: Douglass Takes Pride of Place in Belfast
A great crowd turned out on Monday morning in Lombard Street in Belfast City Centre for the unveiling by Belfast City Ard Mheara (Lord Mayor) Ryan ...
August 04, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
O'SHEA: Revolutions and the Modern Era
Most historians agree that two Revolutions at the end of the 18th century ushered in the modern era. The Americans sent the British home and put th...
August 03, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea