When all the votes were counted the view of the past gave way to a view into the future. Voters in Northern Ireland have made history with an Assem...

Many have voiced the same expression of disbelief. How can this be happening in 2022, in the 21st Century? We humans like to take comfort in the fa...

By Rachel Gotto I had already been in labor for two days. Each contraction brought with it gripping pain but little else. I was determined to give ...

The visage and voice of Yury Anatoliyevich Filatov are a familiar combination in Ireland of late. Filatov, of course, is Russia's ambassador to Dub...

Ireland might be on the other side of Europe from war ravaged Ukraine. But distance doesn't mean remoteness. Like it or not the war is looming larg...

Ireland 26; Scotland 5 Ireland celebrated a rare enough Triple Crown moment but it was a pyrrhic victory for Andy Farrell’s squad as France beat En...

A month into Russia's war against Ukraine we are witnessing an unfolding catastrophe that is steadily becoming more global in its reach. Ukraine is...

If ever there was a moment in time that we needed the spirit of St. Patrick's to be abroad in the world it is now. The events of recent weeks in Uk...

Pierce Turner, the Wexford singer-songwriter long resident in Manhattan, has been getting a lot of attention back in Ireland, where he spends part ...

How many times have we said it? "Never Again." It applies to so many of humanity's darker chapters that it's getting hard to count. Just to name a ...

Take a look at the map of Europe. At one end of it we have Ukraine as a dominant expanse on the map. At this juncture it is possible to argue that ...

TAKEN FROM THE IRISH ECHO ARCHIVES: APRIL 2012 On a sharp-edged December day, with snow on the hills circling Belfast, I stood close to the edge of...