Mission Statement of the Irish National Caucus

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About the Irish National Caucus Foundation

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Congressional Friends 113th Congress 2013– 2015

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Fr. Mc Manus Reviews Mc Namara’S Book
CAPITOL HILL. February 2, 2010 --- Fr. Sean Mc Manus, the president of the Capitol Hill- based Irish National Caucus – which initiated and launched the Mac Bride Principles – has released his review of the new book by former British Labor MP, Kevin Mc Namara : The Mac Bride Principles : Irish-America Fights Back. (Liverpool University Press. 2009). Read more.....

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Mac Bride Principles - Genesis and History
Now that the MacBride Principles have become a well-established and powerful campaign in the United States, it is appropriate to recount how the Irish National Caucus initiated, proposed, and launched these Principles. Read more....

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The Mac Bride Principles - The Essence
There are 69 United States companies (with over 9 employees) doing business in Northern Ireland and many of them — because of the systematic practice and endemic nature of anti-Catholic discrimination — had been subsidizing discrimination. (However, since the MacBride Campaign began, 58 companies have agreed to "make all lawful efforts to implement the fair employment practices embodied in the MacBride Principles" in their Northern Ireland operations). Read more....

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So You Think You Can Forget About The North Of Ireland
Although great progress has been made in Northern Ireland, there is still a long way to go. Irish-Americans must not fall into complacency but must stay the course. Only Irish-Americans can keep America involved in working for equality, justice and peace in Ireland — and that is as it should be. Read more....

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The Orange Order
Historically, the Orange Order has served as the perfect expression of British policy in Ireland: suppression of Catholics through sectarian privilege and Protestant supremacy.

Jacqueline Dana puts it very well: "Orangeism -- the ideology which promotes and protects Protestant domination over Catholics in Ireland. Read more....

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The Spicer Contract!
The Bush Administration has given the largest ever Iraqi -contract -- $293 Million -- to a former British Army terrorist who operated in Northern Ireland -- Lt. Col. Timothy Spicer.

Spicer's army unit terrorized the Mc Bride family, killing young, unarmed and innocent Peter in cold blood in 1992. Read more....

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"I believe that Ireland, too, should have the right to be one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all..."

"I believe the Good Friday Agreement represents the best chance we've had for peace since the partition of Ireland by the British government in 1920."  -- Fr. McManus