Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: I’m in awe of these extraordinary people
THE eight months of the 1981 hunger strike campaign changed the political landscape in Ireland. It was, as Síle Darragh, former OC of the republica...
September 01, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
Hither and Yon
As a newspaper founded by an immigrant we do well to keep an eye on emigration and immigration. Since passage of the 1965 Immigration and Naturaliz...
August 27, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
LETTER: Preserve Neutrality
Editor: Irish governments have been determined to abandon Irish neutrality since the end of the Cold War and against the wishes and best interests ...
August 22, 2025
by Edward Horgan, Castletroy, Limerick
Opinion
KIRWAN: Memories of Bay Ridge Still Linger
New York neighborhoods used to be measured by the quality of their saloons. One of the reasons Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge always hovered near the top of ...
August 21, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
Changing By The Minute
There was a lot of teeth grinding last week as Americans, and people around the world, watched the arrival of Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Here was a ...
August 20, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Grave finish for fabulous Féile
WELL done to all of those who planned, organised, participated in, or generally contributed to this year's hugely successful Féile an Phobail. It w...
August 19, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
A Sad Departure
Matt Morrison's American life was always precarious - this despite an American family and a longtime home in Missouri. In recent times Matt Morriso...
August 13, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: New Ireland has a place for the Orange
THE northern statelet was built for unionism. It was constructed and then managed in a way to ensure that nationalists would never have a say in ru...
August 11, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Time is Tight for Social Security
Almost 18 years ago I wrote my first column for The Irish Echo. It concerned an official projection that in order to stay solvent Social Security b...
August 07, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Homepage
Glass Half Full...But Leaking
Taoiseach Micheál Martin was holding low value cards and trying to imagine a flush as he spoke to reporters last week about the trade deal reached ...
August 06, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Parnell's words of wisdom echo through the years
IT was Charles Stewart Parnell who said: “No man has the right to say to his country, ‘Thus far shalt thou go and no further.’” This was in the 19t...
August 04, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
LETTER: America’s Role in Advancing Peace
Editor: I write this on the 4th of July, a day marked for celebrating the success of what was viewed at the time as an American experiment. People ...
July 30, 2025
by John Guttmann
