Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Beef With Beef
As last week ended the Guardian newspaper ran a series of stories that would have not made the weekend a comforting one for anyone fearful for the ...
June 07, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: From All Sides
The opposition to the British government's determination to see full passage and implementation of the legacy bill for Northern Ireland. Last week ...
May 31, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Memorial Day
Each year we honor those who have fought and died for America in wars here and around the world. There have been many wars, great and small. There ...
May 24, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Editoral: Much More Than Local
All politics is local. So the saying goes. In Northern Ireland's local elections this week local could indeed be described as all politics. Because...
May 17, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Presses Stopped
A few weeks ago the Boston Globe announced that it was expanding its news coverage in New Hampshire. Granted, there are more than a few Bostonians ...
May 10, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: All Air No Lift
With the fighting getting worse in Khartoum the Irish government had to act. But act with what? Other countries, not least the United States, were ...
May 03, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Doing Ninety at Eighty
So Joe Biden is running for a second term. That was the worst kept secret in Washington, and even less of a secret for anyone who kept a close eye ...
April 26, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: An Inner Bounce
At one point during President Joe Biden's four day visit to Ireland last week a commentator in one newspaper opined that the president was unlikely...
April 19, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Biden's Irish Sojourn
President Joe Biden is in Ireland for four days this week. Some might say that Biden is always in Ireland one way or another. Certainly, Ireland, a...
April 12, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Be Careful What You Wish For
Senator Ted Cruz may well have started a ball rolling. The Texas Republican recently urged the Texas state bar to carefully consider the fitness of...
March 29, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Still A Critical Issue
Tánaiste Micheál Martin took renewed note of the undocumented Irish when he spoke at an Irish Consulate reception in New York last week during whic...
March 22, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
EDITORIAL: And Saint Olga Too
Saint Patrick had a tough time of it dealing with the pagan Irish of the fifth century. Indeed, early Christian saints generally had a difficult ta...
March 15, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff