The message of Christmas since time immemorial has been on the lines of peace on earth and good will to all. The message is under siege around the ...

Back during the presidential campaign, which seems like a million years ago now, Kamala Harris was asked about including a Republican in her Cabine...

The votes are in. They have been tallied and counted. The Irish voters have spoken. And in doing so they have, to a considerable degree, repeated t...

It's called the Irish Sea. But the Irish Navy hardly rules the waves the length and breadth of it. The British are to be found on its waters of cou...

Since the November 5 election the counting process for the House of Representatives has lumbered on. At time of writing the process is almost compl...

The votes are in and Donald Trump will be the nation's 47th president. His margin of victory is clear and there is no argument with the outcome. In...

The U.S. election is over, though for sure its aftermath will linger. The general election in Ireland is looming, though not quite in the way that ...

Back in 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain were battling for the presidency. McCain, a Vietnam War hero and the Republican candidate, represented w...

It is clear that the next occupant of the White House will have to play an outsize role in healing wounded peoples across the globe. On the issue o...

It was, to say the least, a jarring contrast. Taoiseach Simon Harris was in Washington last week to celebrate a hundred years of diplomatic relatio...

The Irish Echo was born in Manhattan, Harlem to be precise. In all our 96 years and counting we have been based on the island that has given so muc...

More often than not we get a fair few days warning about tropical storms and hurricanes as they form off the west coast of Africa and move eastward...