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
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O'SHEA: Looking Back at a Century of Irish Independence
An outsider looking at Ireland’s hundred years of independence would surely be astonished by the gradual transition from rags to riches. The countr...
January 11, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
OPINION: American pension funds can underpin the peace with jobs
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 $100m ...
January 10, 2023
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Opinion
O'SHEA: Looking Back on the Year Just Past
In Greek mythology the River Lethe was deemed very important because those who drank from it in the underworld experienced complete forgetfulness a...
January 06, 2023
by By Gerry O'Shea
Opinion
ADAMS: Bliain Úr Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse
2022 was an interesting year politically, particularly around the changing attitudes about the relationship between the different parts of the "Uni...
January 05, 2023
by Gerry Adams
Opinion
EDITORIAL: The Presses Have Rolled For 95 Years
The Irish Echo is ninety five years on the job this year. The precise birthday will be in October, 2023. But why wait? Charles F. Connolly launched...
January 04, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff