Opinion

We are long familiar with the “Irish Question” though there are times, and there have been many of us in those times, who are not quite sure what t...

And so another year takes its final few steps into the history books. Most will be sad to see it go, imperfect though it might have been. Time was ...

Given that it was Thanksgiving the 55th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy passed with relatively little coverage. Such ...

Regardless of who wins what in the world’s political life we can be sure of one thing: life on earth will suffer. In recent days Brazilian voters, ...

Michael D. Higgins is poised to serve another seven years as Irish president. That’s just fine. He has done a pretty good job in his first seven ye...

Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, delivered Ireland’s address to the recent opening of the United Nations General As...

There is a classic scene in the movie “A Few Good Men” in which Jack Nicholson’s character, a crusty Marine colonel, goes off the rails and, well, ...

Exactly a year ago the Echo reported on page one about efforts underway by the Ancient Order of Hibernians to aid fellow Hibernians affected by Hur...

In the days and weeks after 9/11, the 17th anniversary of which we are marking this week, dedicated first responders from all over the tri-state ar...

Memo to the huddled masses: Don’t get too cozy! Immigrating to America has never come with a cast iron guarantee that all will be well for the rest...

In the larger sense there are three ways that we deal with danger. We might whistle past the graveyard pretending that there is nothing that we sho...

If it’s late August it means the Fleadh is over and congratulations are in order! Earlier in the month, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branches from t...