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RUMBLINGS OF CHANGE AMONG LOYAL ORDERS

Posted By: April 03, 2013

 ON AN unseasonably cold Easter Monday morning with a light dusting of snow falling I stood by the side of the road as what is somewhat misleadingly known as the ‘marching season’ kicked off for another year. The Apprentice Boys marched all over Northern Ireland, including past the interface at Ardoyne as residents gathered by […]

PARADES COMMISSION USELESS AND GUTLESS

Posted By: April 03, 2013

Brian Feeney. Irish News. (Belfast). Wednesday, April 3, 2013 THE Good Friday Agreement was 15 years old last Friday or will be next Wednesday depending whether you go by the day, Good Friday, or the date, April 10. Everyone is talking about how far short it has fallen of the hopes of the people who […]

Highlights of Special Events

Posted By: April 03, 2013

Top photo: Fr. Sean with Irish President Michael Higgns [left] and journalist Vincent Browne and Robert Ballagh.. Congressman Gilman [center] receives a Peace award at the Capitol–June 2011 1989: FR. SEAN AND CONGRESSMAN BEN GILMAN (R-NY)    

JUST LIKE IRELAND, ONLY A LOT WORSE

Posted By: April 03, 2013

 Irish Echo. January 9-15, 2   Like Ireland, Only a Lot Worse                               Fr. Sean Mc Manus “ Just like what the Brits did in The North,” I kept saying to myself for the first couple of days I was in The West Bank, Palestine. But soon I found myself adding, “ but a thousand […]

DÉJÀ VU: MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES ALL OVER AGAIN

Posted By: April 01, 2013

CAPITOL HILL. APRIL 2, 2013 —Predictably, the companies doing business in Palestine-Israel are responding that they do not need to sign the Holy Land Principles because their own code of conduct is adequate. “ That is exactly what the companies initially said when asked to sign the Mac Bride Principles,” explained Fr. Sean Mc Manus, […]

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