Opinion
O'SHEA: Putin’s Invasion Was a Massive Miscalculation
I was among the many “experts” convinced that Vladimir Putin would not invade Ukraine. Our thinking still seems logical: why would he attack the se...
May 12, 2022
by By Gerry O'Shea
AIHS Needs New Leadership, Not Location
The recent revelation by President General Michael Higgins of his agenda for the American Irish Historical Society is as regrettable as it is predi...
May 11, 2022
by Brian McCabe
Opinion
EDITORIAL: History Is Made
When all the votes were counted the view of the past gave way to a view into the future. Voters in Northern Ireland have made history with an Assem...
May 11, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
ADAMS: Candidatitis
I first published this article in 2005 and again, slightly amended in 2016. It is dedicated to all candidates from all parties and none, and their ...
May 05, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: Remembering a Warrior For Us All
She was known as “the most dangerous woman in the world” and she reveled in the title. The poor and the dispossessed adored her. The rich and the p...
May 04, 2022
by Larry Kirwan
Opinion
EDITORIAL Time For That Envoy
Politics in Northern Ireland could be turned on its head this week. And that's just the politics. Add in the Good Friday Agreement, Brexit and the ...
May 04, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A Ship and the Embodiment of Irish America's Soul
Just a couple of weeks ago, on April 14, media outlets were showing dramatic images of the USS The Sullivans, a World War II destroyer that was on ...
April 28, 2022
by By Neil F. Cosgrove
Opinion
ADAMS: May 5th is The Peoples Day
It's the final countdown to polling day and the pundits and pollsters are filling the airways and column inches with their take on who will be the ...
April 28, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
O'SHEA: Global Warming and the Midterm Elections
By far the biggest difference between the two main political parties in America resides in their differing approaches to the threat of global warmi...
April 27, 2022
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
EDITORIAL: A Longer Term View
In a few days voters in Northern Ireland will go to the polls and elect a new Assembly. That Assembly will, in turn, pave the way for a new Executi...
April 27, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Adams: Songs and Craic Around Kesh Campfire
My recent tales of singsongs in the H Blocks have triggered more reminiscences of other such events. Two in particular stand out. Both were after L...
April 21, 2022
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
KIRWAN: An Inevitable Leaving of the Slaney's Banks
It was a strange town but everywhere in Ireland was a bit strange in those days. I’m talking about the 1960s and 70s when I knew Wexford best. Then...
April 20, 2022
by Larry Kirwan