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
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Ireland Nods To Tax Ultimatum
It was no great surprise in the end. Ireland has agreed to go along with proposals to raise corporate tax levels to rate higher than the current 12...
October 21, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
Opinion
ADAMS: Musical Memories in Re-Released H-Block LP
The first time Christy Moore sang "Ninety Miles from Dublin" in West Belfast - his song about the obscenity of the H-Blocks - was in the old Ballym...
October 21, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Deception Abounds In Museum Closing
Since Aug. 10, when Quinnipiac University announced that it would be permanently closing Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, the reaction has been, at b...
October 17, 2021
by By Joseph P. McDonagh
The Unified Economic Option
Back in the dark days of mass emigration and high unemployment the Republic of Ireland was an easy target for unionist jeering and jingoism. Why, u...
October 14, 2021
by Echo Editorial
Opinion
LARRY KIRWAN: Emigration was a Big Step in a Misjudged Decade
Emigration is a big step and yet many of us took it with little thought of the consequences. In my own case I was having a whale of a time leading ...
October 11, 2021
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
LETTER: Particularly Impressed
Editor: I was particularly impressed with the recent article on internment written by Ed Neafsey. It was comprehensive and informative. It should s...
October 08, 2021
by James Gallagher, Niantic, CT
Opinion
Striking at the Heart of Basic Rights
Command Paper 498 may well go down in history as demonstrating the day that Boris Johnson showed what taking back control actually meant. The propo...
October 08, 2021
by Michael Flanagan