Opinion

FORTY years ago this month, ten workers from the Henry Street branch of Dunnes Stores in Dublin's city centre went on strike to protest against the...

The jig is up, Joe. I don’t mean to be disrespectful, Mr. President, for the most part you’ve done a great job but time catches up with all of us a...

The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump was a dark day in American political life; not the first, and likely not the last. It ...

The federal discrimination lawsuit against the Fearless Fund and Fearless Foundation currently stands to completely upend the ability for organizat...

Accusing someone of being a cafeteria Catholic implies that the person picks and chooses what he or she believes from the broad board of church tea...

Two European countries just voted. Nobody stormed anything and this includes France, home of the original storming. In the British general election...

The great Chesterton remarked that “travel broadens the mind, but you must have the mind.” To which Mark Twain added, “travel is fatal to prejudice...

Amor Vincit Omnia. Or so the saying goes. But it doesn't always turn out this way if love leads to marriage in the U.S. between a citizen and an un...

Early June and I’m having dinner at Boston airport before my Jetblue flight to Ireland. I’m thinking of how proud my grandparents would be that I’m...

Aristotle, the renowned ancient Greek philosopher, counseled his followers that moderation should be their guiding principle in all deliberations. ...

The late, great Jack Holland knew his hometown. Jack, honored author and Irish Echo columnist for many years, passed away twenty years ago but his ...

When Congressman Jamaal Bowman addressed the Irish Echo 40 Under 40 in New York in February 2023, he urged the young ambassadors gathered to agree ...