Opinion

Sometimes it's best to leave history to historians - or at least to people who have read a book or two onthe subject. As you very likely know by no...

Irish political life is the lesser this week following the untimely death of former finance minister Brian Lenihan. Lenihan, who was at the very ce...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians deserves a full cannonade of credit for its effort to secure a lasting memorial to Commodore John Barry in the most...

Thirty years ago this month, as a Springfield City Councilor, I strongly criticized the British government for its harsh treatment of Irish republi...

Times are tight, money is in short supply. Well, yes and no. The money supply available to the U.S. economy is a flexible concept. At any given mom...

For the second year the Irish Echo and Belfast Media Group are hosting the New York, New Belfast conference at Fordham University's Manhattan facil...

On a recent Sunday, while speaking to the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, we discussed the importance of peace ...

The photo-op was inevitable. And for many who saw it, it very likely prompted a smile. There they were, the president and first lady of the United ...

Well the presidential and royal parties have both departed Irish shores, though it's fair to say that there is something of a warm afterglow that w...

The tornadoes that have been late causing terror and devastation in the nation's heartland have been frightening reminders of our vulnerability. Al...

I write this column on the day the Queen of England departs our shores and heads home, and two days before the President of the United States arriv...

Garret FitzGerald was a simple and a complicated man. By that I mean he had a habit, mischievous some would say, of making the complicated simple, ...