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GERRY ADAMS: The writing was on the wall in Armagh Gaol
ROSELEEN Walsh is one of 36 women who were interned in the early 1970s. Her latest book – My Internment – tells the very personal story of her life...
February 17, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Simon Harris is stating the bleedin' obvious
SIMON Harris has said that Irish unity is not a priority for him. That is self-evident. But for him to say so is at odds with the stated position o...
February 10, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
O'SHEA: A Consideration of Theological Considerations
This is the final column submitted by Gerry O'Shea who passed away last month after a short illness. Over the course of many years Gerry enlivened ...
February 06, 2025
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Are You Not Entertained?
At one bloody point in the movie "Gladiator" Maximus turns to the baying crowd in the amphitheater and loudly asks "are you not entertained?" It's ...
February 05, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Starmer seeks ways to frustrate justice
ACCORDING to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his government is looking at “every conceivable way” to prevent me and at least 300 other peo...
February 03, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Familiar Face
There is that line in the song by The Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well, the words apply to Micheál Martin who once served as ta...
January 29, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
GERRY ADAMS: New coalition’s Programme for Failure
FIANNA Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by the regional independents, have just published their Programme for Government 2025. This contains the objec...
January 27, 2025
by Gerry Adams
EDITORIAL: Here We Go
Hold on to your hats people. More importantly, hold on to your American dreams. By the time that most read this editorial Donald Trump will have be...
January 22, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Let the music keep your spirits high
I AM not a big watcher of television. When I have my way – which is usually when everyone else is out – the TV goes on only when there is something...
January 20, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
O'SHEA: The Revival of the Irish Language
A central tenet of colonialism highlights the superiority of the ruling power in all facets of cultural expression. So, in 19th-century Ireland, th...
January 16, 2025
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: One More Thing Mr. President
The last week of being President of the United States is a little like packing for vacation with ten kids and a posse of pets. So much to do and th...
January 14, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Ted Howell: An immeasurable loss
TED Howell was 77 when he died last Friday. On Tuesday we buried him in Milltown Cemetery in the grave of the love of his life, Eileen Duffy. The t...
January 13, 2025
by Gerry Adams