O'SHEA: Ireland's Partition and the Treaty that Followed
A historic debate took place in the Irish parliament a hundred years ago about whether to accept or reject the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was negoti...
December 02, 2021
by By Gerry O'Shea
EDITORIAL: Reimagining Immigration
There was a most interesting report on the front page of the New York Times last week headed: "Contending With the Pandemic, Wealthy Nations Wage G...
December 01, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Opinion
ADAMS: Gaels Call for a Citizens Assembly
In a powerful video message 12,000 Ulster Gaels are appealing to our fellow Gaels in Munster, Leinster and Connaught to sign and endorse a letter t...
November 25, 2021
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Climate Crisis Smolders On
A major row erupted in 2019 between Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, as thousands of fires engulfed the A...
November 24, 2021
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Battle On Multiple Fronts
They don't have Thanksgiving in Ireland, at least not officially. But they do, somehow or another, have "Black Friday." Further proof - if it is at...
November 24, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Opinion
ADAMS: Rewriting History While Avoiding Its Facts
“The first casualty when war comes is the truth” said U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917. We know only too well from our own recent experience of r...
November 18, 2021
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Chicago Irish Cling To Cherished Heritage
In the City of Chicago As the evening shadows fall There are people dreaming Of the hills of Donegal …. Luka Bloom It’s a rare piece of real estate...
November 18, 2021
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Hot News Or Hot Air?
So what are we to make of the results of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow? Well, make of it what you will because it is possible to draw any...
November 17, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Irish American Labor Coalition Marks Four Decades
The four words in the acronym hint at the endurance and success. Irish, American, Labor, Coalition. The first three words are descriptive. The four...
November 16, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Opinion
Uniting in Pursuit of Truth and Justice
Our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, disrespects the victims and families of terrorism by telling them that by not even trying to get justice, truth ...
October 28, 2021
by Raymond McCord
A New Mayor For New York
In one glaring aspect he summed his city up. New York City. Penthouses and pent up energy. Buildings reaching into the clouds, and subways that flo...
October 27, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
KIRWAN: Eyeing Irish America From Bustling Chicago
I’ve been in Chicago for four weeks now rehearsing the musical "Paradise Square" for an opening at the legendary Nederlander Theater on November 2....
October 21, 2021
by Larry Kirwan