Opinion

Leader column to mark the 2021 Irish First Responders Awards When the Irish Echo first came up with the idea of honoring first responders it was, o...

Ordinarily you might expect that figures showing a boom in trade with another economic entity would be a source of pride, and indeed pleasure, for ...

Dwight Eisenhower, better known simply as Ike, was elected twice to the presidency of the United States, in 1952 and 1956. He was a popular Republi...

Readers of the Irish Echo will be familiar with the coverage over the years of efforts undertaken by people in Northern Ireland to learn about the ...

I was an altar boy in the community where I grew up in the 1950s. I recall well the opening prayers at Mass. Priest: Introibo ad altare Dei (Transl...

I was checking the Mets box score when the plane thundered overhead. I slammed my forehead onto the table, certain my building would be hit. Moment...

When Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Faulkner commenced internment, known as Operation Demetrius, on August 9, 1971, he said the goal was s...

I’ve always been interested in political history, particularly when an interesting or controversial character is involved. Michael Collins and Dr. ...

If Afghanistan has a troubled history then Haiti and its people well understand what that entails. And if Afghanistan is this week going through tr...

Afghans, desperate for escape, hanging from an American plane in Kabul. Desperate South Vietnamese clamoring at the gates of the U.S. embassy. Some...

Three times in the last forty years, Ireland has forced its way to the very front of the U.S. political agenda. The first time was during the bitte...

Perhaps, even with just one and without the other, 2020 was always going to be a stressful year. But we have both: Covid-19 and Election 2020, a pr...