Opinion
O'SHEA: A New Look at a United Ireland
The census figures for Northern Ireland released last September show Catholics, broadly understood, at 45.7%, and Protestants, or people brought up...
February 02, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
ADAMS: Warm Memories of The Duke of York
The recent cold snap and the sniffles of many of my associates reminded me of when I was a young curate in The Duke of York pub in Commercial Court...
February 01, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Reform Anyone?
A new Congress and an old issue: comprehensive immigration reform. Reform as an issue and question has been with us for decades now. The last time ...
February 01, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
KIRWAN: Passing of a Special Music Man
:Terry Hall passed away recently. “Terry who?” You might say. Perhaps, it would ring a bell were I to say Terry Hall, singer with The Specials? Ter...
January 26, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
ADAMS: In All Seasons, the Wonder of Trees
I want to recommend that you make friends with a tree. Any tree. Pick one in your local park or glen or up on a mountain. Get up close and friendly...
January 26, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Of Dogs and Tanks
There has been much hand-wringing in top German political circles over the matter of supplying Ukraine with German-made Leopard tanks. Suffice it t...
January 25, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
O'SHEA: LGBTQ Issues Roll Into New Year
Some readers may remember the Stonewall riots that took place in Greenwich Village in June, 1969. The Stonewall Inn was one of a number of bars, mo...
January 19, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
ADAMS: Be Prepared For Even More Stupidities
I considered ignoring the British government’s exclusion of the Sinn Féin President from the recent talks. Then I thought why should I? Stupidity l...
January 19, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Doing Well While Doing Good
I'm proud to be joining Eugene O'Flaherty and John Donovan of Boston as a founding partner of the North Ireland Growth Fund, which is raising $100 ...
January 18, 2023
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
ADAMS: Don’t Let The Old Man In
I have been at a lot of funerals recently. It seems someone from my circle of friends, comrades, associates or neighbors, is dying every week this ...
January 12, 2023
by Gerry Adams
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KIRWAN: A kinship with the Irish of Argentina
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe may have been the brightest stars of the 2022 World Cup Final, but BBC Sports readers rated Argentina’s Alexis Mac A...
January 12, 2023
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL: How And How Not
A few days before Christmas, the top tier membership of the Irish government drove to Áras an Uachtaráin, official residence of the Irish president...
January 11, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff