Opinion

Wednesday November 22 will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Father Alec Reid. It is a matter of wonderment that a decade has passed since...

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is due to visit the strife-torn Middle East this week. He knows the ground well. Back in 2009, as Minister for Foreign Affa...

Seven key Irish-American organisations have announced an "Irish Unity Summit – For a New and United Ireland" to be held in New York on March 1 next...

Senator Mitt Romney, in announcing recently his retirement from the Senate, suggested that the two current likely major-party nominees for the pres...

It was a great pleasure to represent the UK Government on a visit to the United States last month. I was delighted to catch up with many friends an...

Blessed are the peacemakers. If you can find them. And finding them in the world right now, especially in the Middle East and in the context of the...

On Oct 3, 1992 Sinéad O’Connor did the world a big favor and tore up the picture of the pope on “Saturday Night Live.” This show is supposed to be ...

Last week I attended an event in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, hosted by U.S. Special Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy III. There was a panel discuss...

If you don’t know Belfast, you don’t really know Ireland. That thought always strikes me as I’m departing from Ireland’s second largest city. Throu...

The above headline could refer to any number of places around the world, not least the Middle East right now. But it actually refers to Lewiston, a...

As I write this week’s column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicate that a ground invasion of G...

I entered the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center on June 18, 1983 pursuant to a British extradition warrant for political offenses committed...