Opinion

The scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides are he...

Thinking machines are being constructed in Silicon Valley by a few teams of men with a scattering of women that could solve many of the problems of...

The Middle East is engulfed in violence. Again. The horrific attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the murder and kidnapping of innocent ...

Last week, I journeyed to the illustrious city of Belfast, Northern Ireland to attend the 2023 Belfast International Homecoming Gala and host the f...

In a recent Irish poll, Luke Kelly was voted “the best representative of Irish heritage.” What a distinction for this son of inner city Dublin who ...

Anyone who knew David Ervine, or knows of him, will appreciate the title of Bobby Niblock’s play - "The Man Who Swallowed A Dictionary." In its hum...

The Irish Naval Service could do with some bigger boats. But more than that it could do with more boats of any size. And it could do with more men ...

The Irish establishment would rather honor the RIC than the 10 hunger strikers of 1981. The recent commemoration of the hunger strikers in Cork was...

The 2020 U.S. Census results are out and the Irish of America are all about the place. Over the years, and certainly since the landmark 1980 census...

UP THE SHORE i The lough will claim a victim every year. It has virtue that hardens wood to stone. There is a town sunk beneath its water. It is th...

The ospreys are gone. They left in the weeks after Labor Day. When they get the call – genetic or atmospheric - they don’t delay, it’s a long way t...

It is a truism accepted in most cultures that children thrive in a supportive family and in a community where they feel valued and encouraged. The ...