Opinion

[caption id="attachment_70405" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ambassador Dan Rooney."][/caption] I have reached that point in life where ...

[caption id="attachment_70402" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ted Williams."][/caption] I couldn't help but making a comparison between o...

[caption id="attachment_70245" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Eighth Cardinal Archbishop."][/caption] I have a friend who was once th...

Slowly, but inexorably, the penny is dropping, both here in the United States as well as back in Ireland. The Boston College subpoenas seeking acce...

[caption id="attachment_70240" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Regis High School will be a fun place to be this St. Patrick's Day. "][/cap...

The cover of this St. Patrick's Day issue is an evocative reminder of times when the Irish set out for America with no guarantee of actually making...

Every March, my dance class seems to grow. I always say it's because people are more interested than usual in pursuing their Irish heritage. That m...

I remember as a young boy growing up in South Boston that during three Lenten nights my mother would scrub our faces and off we would we would go t...

[caption id="attachment_70101" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Queen Elizabeth and President McAleese at Croke Park. "][/caption] Why is B...

[caption id="attachment_70098" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The former Irish embassy to the Vatican."][/caption] The decision of the Ir...

Another St. Patrick's Day and a time of year to show off a bit, proclaim your Irish pride, perhaps even get kissed because you are Irish, all year ...

[caption id="attachment_70093" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, at his recent p...