Opinion

I often take a train to New Haven nowadays, and since I find trains very relaxing I invariably feel drowsy as we pull out of Grand Central Station....

As the British government barrels along towards passing its widely unwanted legacy bill, and before he set off for a visit to the Middle East, Tána...

In 1986 I gave a talk at a Sinn Féin conference which became known by activists of my vintage as The Road to Cork or The Bus to Cork. More of that ...

In her recent erudite book, "Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right," Mary Jo McConahay describes in detail how the American Cath...

For anyone who has driven in Ireland this is a familiar picture or memory. You have left the motorway and are driving on a two lane road with hills...

This column will be in Cork, le cuidiu Dia, to attend the National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday. It’s the first time that this annual even...

At an out-of-state wedding recently, I fell into conversation with a cheerful gentleman whom I didn’t know from Adam. Or Eve for that matter. Upon ...

There's no stopping it of course. Time moves on and one generation gives way to the next. In recent years there has been much talk in America of "T...

The foundation of any country’s justice system is justice itself. Justice requires that individuals receive fair, impartial, and reasonable treatme...

In the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to meet many wonderful, committed, compassionate republicans. On Saturday, in B...

In times of crisis, unionism still reverts to the Lundy principle and the predictable rhetoric it entails. In the siege of Derry in 1688 the Cathol...

One of the more encouraging aspects of contemporary congressional discourse is the fact that members of both parties can agree on issues of concern...