Opinion
Nerves On Edge
The official portrait of Secretary of State Marco Rubio has the man smiling. Most photos of him in news reports of late shows him looking very seri...
May 07, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: A new tribute to an extraordinary man
ON May 4 at 3pm, a statue of Bobby Sands will be unveiled in the Republican Memorial Garden, in Twinbrook, where Bobby lived. The organisers of the...
May 06, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: The Window Opening Wider
The divide between lace curtain and shanty had pretty much disappeared by the time I hit New York in the 1970s. That being said, the clientele of t...
May 01, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
One Hundred Days
President Trump marked one hundred days in office on Tuesday. Lest anyone has been asleep for the five score day period we can safely assert that e...
April 30, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: A fitting tribute to a remarkable woman
I HOPE you all had an enjoyable Easter. Across the island and further afield commemorations were held at countless locations to remember those who ...
April 28, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
Requiescat in Pace Pope Francis
Pope Francis took his leave from us Easter Monday, hours after delivering his "Urbi et Orbi" Easter blessing to a packed St. Peter's Square. It was...
April 23, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Wear your lily at Easter – it's a right that had to be fought for
I DIDN'T think Easter is almost upon us. It has crept up on me. For Irish republicans Easter holds a special significance. It is synonymous with th...
April 22, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
In For The Long Haul
Tariffs aren't going away anytime soon. That's the view of Tánaiste Simon Harris who was in Washington last week where he met with, among others, U...
April 16, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: At last we've got a protest about Casement
THE delay in building the new Casement Park is totally unacceptable. Like many Gaels of my age I grew up with Casement. I played there for our scho...
April 14, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Tit For Tat Hurting Everyone
Perhaps it's a good thing that President Trump has not appointed a new U.S. Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland as some have urged. Had he done so, ...
April 09, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
GERRY ADAMS: Cherishing our history – and our future
The North began, the North held on,The strife for native land;When Ireland rose to smite her foesGod bless the Northern land.Thomas Davis IN the 17...
April 08, 2025
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Missing My Long Ago Influencers
There are a number of building blocks in any reasonably successful rock ‘n’ roll band. First of course, are the musicians themselves, followed clos...
April 08, 2025
by Larry Kirwan
