Opinion

When I first visited Derry in 2009, after a very convincing argument by Martina Anderson who was in Boston earlier that year, I found a city full o...

[caption id="attachment_67957" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Peter Cunnah."][/caption] Tens of thousands of Irish Americans gathered in ...

The recent Irish presidential election brought to an end a campaign that, after several months, had assumed a circus-like character. The procedure ...

With the relatively low key pomp and flourish that one should expect of a republic, Michael D. Higgins was sworn in as ninth president of Ireland l...

[caption id="attachment_67836" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Michael D. is welcomed to his new home by Mary M."][/caption] Ireland's Pre...

[caption id="attachment_67833" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Devoy."][/caption] John Devoy is on the verge of getting the tribute h...

This week, as we do this time every year, we pause to remember and honor those who have served the cause of America in uniform over the years, deca...

The Teddy Roosevelt advice to speak quietly but carry a big stick applied in every sense to Frank Durkan. Durkan, a consummate gentleman with a tra...

[caption id="attachment_67688" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Cardinal O'Malley."][/caption] Los indignados - the indignant ones - was th...

Well, so much for all that. Michael D Higgins will be the ninth president of Ireland after a campaign in which he was the favorite of the bookies a...

[caption id="attachment_67562" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="David Cameron"][/caption] The recent United States announcement that Anwar ...

I have always stressed during my 40 years as a public representative that the "Forgotten Irish" should be remembered at home for the support they s...