Opinion

Sometimes it is an idea to compare notes. In this instance, the comparison is between legislative bodies in the United States and Ireland - the New...

I have no idea when I first met John “Chickie” Donohue, but it was sometime back in the 20th Century. Where I met him should be easier, but again i...

A few days ago, on November 18 in Killarney, 820 republicans broke bread together in honor of Martin and Marie Ferris. It was a great night. Marie ...

Back on the last day of October, that being Halloween, fifty United Nations member states issued a joint statement condemning the Chinese governmen...

Friends from far and near were in the Four Seasons Hotel in Monaghan last Saturday night for a special testimonial event for my old friend and comr...

So, who is Jerome Hayden Powell? He’s the 16th Chair of the Federal Reserve and he holds your future in his hands. Who elected him? No one, yet in ...

Business and community leaders from Ireland's northwest will be flying the Atlantic this week to attend the Golden Bridges conference in Boston. Go...

Last week I wrote about the threat posed to our world by climate change. The international climate change conference, COP27, which commenced in Egy...

I came to America on a student visa in the summer of 1968. I travelled with a college friend, Ignatius Coffey, who hails from Labasheeda in County ...

Once again the nations of the world, under the collective roof that is the United Nations, are assembling to tackle the advancing scourge of climat...

I recently spent a week in Ireland. I usually take a group over annually on a historical/musical tour, but because of the pandemic this was my firs...

This weekend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27 – the Conference of the Parties) will begin in Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt. It will...