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Anti-Catholic laws have got to go Letters

Posted By: March 29, 2013

By Fr. Sean McManus, President of the Irish National Caucus Irish News. Thursday, October 13, 2005 I APPRECIATE the letter of M O’B, Belfast 9 (October 11) which stated “I can assure Father Sean McManus the only date loyalists care about or know is 1690. They have never heard of any law or act passed […]

Reiss Can Still Do The Job, And Well

Posted By: March 29, 2013

By Ray O’Hanlon Irish Echo. October 12 – 16, 2005 In early August, with the North summer marching headlong into yet more bitter street confrontations, Irish American leaders gathered in New York with Hillary Rodham Clinton to discuss U.S. policy towards Northern Ireland and how Irish America could inject some new life into the peace […]

Alarm Over Orange Funding

Posted By: March 29, 2013

International Fund Judgment Questioned CAPITOL HILL. Thursday, September 22, 2005 Irish-Americans are alarmed that the International Fund for Ireland has given a grant of a quarter of a million pounds sterling to a group many regard as a front for the viciously sectarian and anti-Catholic Orange Order ,the Orange Community Network. The President of the […]

Loyalist Violence Is A Backlash Against Equality, Says US Priest

Posted By: March 29, 2013

By Michael McHugh Belfast Telegraph Monday, September 19, 2005 Irish America sees echoes of the anti-civil rights protests of the 1960s in the recent loyalist rioting, the head of the Washington-based lobby group has said. Fr Sean McManus from the Irish National Caucus claimed memories of the white backlash against the civil rights movement among […]

Poll chief is defiant

Posted By: March 29, 2013

Daily Ireland March 13 2005 The North of Ireland⤁s chief electoral officer has said he will not resign despite confirmation that more than 100,000 people will be without a vote in May. Speaking to Daily Ireland, Dr Denis Stanley dismissed widespread political criticism of his department, insisting that it was ⤦doing a good jobâ¤?. Yesterday […]

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