Cahir O'Doherty

After Covid-19 and Trump, America is profoundly changed

"The pandemic and Trump both lifted a rock and we got a good look at what lies under it."

Cahir O'Doherty

John Connors and John Duddy shine at NYC's Craic Fest

Craic Fest goes virtual this year with film premieres and discussions beginning March 4.

Cahir O'Doherty

The DUP chose the Irish sea border that they now lament

The world is watching and waiting for the DUP to catch up and honor its own commitments.

Cahir O'Doherty

Jamie Dornan lights up Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar

Some great mysteries will never be solved. What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? Who killed Tupac? What really happened at Area 51? And how does Jamie Dornan choose his major film roles?

Cahir O'Doherty

Donald Trump deserves to be impeached again

Donald Trump prepares for a record second impeachment hearing in the Senate after the Capitol riots on Jan. 6.

Cahir O'Doherty

Private Loves: Sarah Crossan's "Here Is the Beehive" dazzles

Sarah Crossan's "Here is the Beehive" is a moving and often unnerving exploration of intimacy and its unexpected costs.

Cahir O'Doherty

What being gay taught me about Irish women, motherhood, and sex

"To be associated with the female, as I was then for my orientation, was still the worst thing that could happen to a man as late as the 1990s."

Cahir O'Doherty

New York's Craic Fest goes online featuring 23 Irish films for $23

Craic Fest 2021 is going virtual with online screenings of Irish films Arracht, Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day, Rose Plays Julie, and more.

Culture

A look at Irish American John L. Sullivan, the greatest boxer of his era

In the pantheon of sports stars, trailblazing Irish American boxer John L. Sullivan is undeniably our Zeus, the big daddy of them all.

Cahir O'Doherty

Ed Burns heads back to Long Island in the '80s for Bridge and Tunnel

Does Ed Burns's new six-episode TV show "Bridge and Tunnel" rock out like the music of the era it's set in?

Cahir O'Doherty

One year after the pandemic's start, what have we learned?

One year after the start of the pandemic in the United States, are we ready to face up to the horrors we lived through yet?

Cahir O'Doherty

On This Day: James Joyce's "Ulysses" is published in Paris in 1922

James Joyce's "Ulysses" was famously the focus of an obscenity trial in the US.

Cahir O'Doherty

Welcome silence after Trump's terrorist-inspiring Twitter storm

Donald Trump has banned from Twitter for inciting the Capitol riots on January 6.

Entertainment

Why one Irish American ex-Marine risked his life to bring beers to his buddies in Vietnam

When an ex-marine named John “Chick” Donohue resolved to show some support to the troops from home, he personally brought messages to the guys on the front lines in Vietnam in the greatest beer run ever.

Cahir O'Doherty

Bad Faith: sidestepping the blame for Ireland's Mother and Baby homes

Those who "minimize the Church's culpability and emphasize the families are playing bait and switch."

Cahir O'Doherty

Paradise Square: The new musical about the Irish and Blacks in NYC's Five Points

Conceived by Black 47's Larry Kirwan, Paradise Square looks at how Black and Irish cultures met in the Five Points in the 1860s, and then changed America.

Cahir O'Doherty

Liam Neeson's everyman hero lights up The Marksman

You may think you've seen everything Liam Neeson can do with a gun and a vendetta but then along comes The Marksman.

Cahir O'Doherty

Donald Trump led the US where he was always headed, into ruin

The threat the Jan 6 Capital rioters represent to American democracy is not contained, it's growing and that's down to Donald Trump.

Cahir O'Doherty

Donald Trump's failed insurrection will be his only legacy

Donald Trump, obsessed with overturning the election result, incited a belligerent rabble to attack one of the nation's most august seats of government.

Cahir O'Doherty