Opinion
EDITORIAL: Going to the Dogs
Dogs have long played a role in American politics. Even in the darkest of times the political pooch could be relied upon to cheerily wag its tail a...
May 15, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Two Wrongs....
If only it was just two wrongs. But what we have been seeing in the Middle East of late tests the saying that two wrongs don't make a right. We hav...
May 08, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Wild Everywhere
There's a TV mini-series currently running and it tells the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. Reeves is a true historical character, a slav...
May 01, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Bipartisan The Way To Go
Perhaps we in Irish America are spoiled. We have been long used to using the word "bipartisan" in headlines and stories dealing with Congress and i...
April 24, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: In A Russian Trance
Some who should know better should take a lesson from the determined group of people who have maintained a permanent picket outside the Russian Emb...
April 17, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A New Taoiseach
Well, that was simple and easy enough. The transfer of executive power in a parliamentary democracy can be sometimes difficult, sometimes relativel...
April 10, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Shocking Turn
As political earthquakes go on the island of Ireland this was as high up on the scale as you'll get. That's because the earthquake went far beyond ...
April 03, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Community Features & Events
Boston Police Emeralds celebrate 50 years on the beat
Boston's finest will salute the 50th anniversary of the force's famed Emerald Society on 27 April at a gala event in the 'Capital of Irish America'...
March 30, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: All Changed, Nothing Changed
The Irish Times described it as a "bombshell announcement." It certainly seemed to come out of the blue, or at least the green hue surrounding all ...
March 27, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Spirit of St. Patrick Battling Global Headwinds
St. Patrick's Day 2024 was an opportunity for Ireland to speak for itself and proclaim the nation's nobler virtues around the world. It's a world t...
March 20, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: The Right Call
Despite calls from some quarters not to travel to Washington, D.C. for St. Patrick's Day celebrations Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is doing just that thi...
March 13, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
EDITORIAL: A Priceless Heritage
As American presidents go, Joe Biden, lately guilty on all counts of having reached the age of 81, is strongly and emotionally invested in his Iris...
March 06, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff