Posted By: May 03, 2006
IRISH NATIONAL CAUCUSPRESS RELEASE UDR COLLUSION EXPOSEDAND NOT ONLY BRITS COVERED-UP CAPITOL HILL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2006 —“We have been saying iton Capitol Hill for over 30 years. And it is important to stressthat it was not only the Brits who covered-up”. That is how Fr. Sean Mc Manus, president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish […]
Posted By: March 03, 2006
The Legacy Of The Hunger Strikes Bobby Sands and nine other republican prisoners died on hungerstrike in Long Kesh 25 years ago. What became of those whosurvived? Melanie McFadyean finds seven of them and asks: was itall worth it? Saturday March 4, 2006The Guardian In a layby on a country road a few miles outside […]
Posted By: February 22, 2006
BUSH’S IRISH DOUBLE STANDARD— REAL OR PERCEIVED — AN OPEN LETTER TO DR. REISSFROMFATHER SEAN MC MANUS , PRESIDENT , IRISH NATIONAL CAUCUS Dr. Mitchell ReissSpecial Envoy for Northern IrelandU.S. Department of State2201 C St., NW Washington, DC 20520Wednesday, February 22, 2006. Dear Mitchell, This is ” An Open Letter” As you know, I have […]
Posted By: February 21, 2006
Say It Is Not So, President Bush Irish National CaucusPress Release CAPITOL HILL . Tuesday, February 21, 2006 –Irish-Americans —concerned about the double-standard that has been developing, oflate, in American policy on Northern Ireland — are looking toPresident Bush for re-assurance as St. Patrick’s Day approaches. Fr. Sean Mc Manus, President of the Capitol Hill-based […]
Posted By: February 20, 2006
That Old Colonial Cringe The Irish Echo is to be congratulated for it’s Editorial, “Celebrating the Rising” (February 15 -21) in which it, oh sorefreshingly, stated: “One of the best things about IrishAmericans is their self-confidenceŠ Irish-Americans rarely sufferfrom the inferiority complex that still exists in Ireland. The“post-colonial cringe” is a stranger here. Š That […]