Opinion

If you don’t know Belfast, you don’t really know Ireland. That thought always strikes me as I’m departing from Ireland’s second largest city. Throu...

The above headline could refer to any number of places around the world, not least the Middle East right now. But it actually refers to Lewiston, a...

As I write this week’s column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicate that a ground invasion of G...

I entered the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center on June 18, 1983 pursuant to a British extradition warrant for political offenses committed...

So around and around we go, without inspiration, without end. As the House of Representatives plows through another exasperating week, as much of t...

Like many of you I have been shocked and distressed by the appalling events in the Middle East. The attack by Hamas fighters which targeted civilia...

"Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry, "Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high" From “Legion of the Rearguard” – a Republican Civil...

It's hard not to feel down about the state of the world. It's hard not to worry that things might get even worse. War here, there and everywhere, c...

The scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides are he...

Thinking machines are being constructed in Silicon Valley by a few teams of men with a scattering of women that could solve many of the problems of...

The Middle East is engulfed in violence. Again. The horrific attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the murder and kidnapping of innocent ...

Last week, I journeyed to the illustrious city of Belfast, Northern Ireland to attend the 2023 Belfast International Homecoming Gala and host the f...