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PUBLIC DON’T CARE ABOUT LABOUR FORAY INTO NORTH

Posted By: June 08, 2015

Tom Kelly.Iris News.( Belfast). Monday, June 8, 2015   THERE is speculation that the would-be Labour leader Andy Burnham is willing to allow the British Labour Party to field candidates in Northern Ireland. Unsurprisingly local Labour campaigners are cock-a-hoop at the prospect but if we are to believe the myth, the SDLP – a sister […]

FLORIDA SENATE POLLED ON ANTI-IRISH AND ANTI-CATHOLIC ATTITUDE

Posted By: June 08, 2015

c               Fallout from Mac Bride Principles repealCapitol Hill. JUNE 2, 2015— Florida’s repeal of the Mac Bride Principles legislation, passed in 1988, continues to cause political waves and provoke strong emotions.Governor Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7024,which repealed Mac Bride  on May 21, 2015Florida’s action shocked and outraged Irish-Americans […]

NEBRASKA SENATE CHALLENGED ON ANTI-IRISH AND ANTI-CATHOLIC ACTION

Posted By: June 08, 2015

            Belated Discovery of Mac Bride Principles RepealCapitol Hill. June 7, 2015— Irish-Americans in the State ofstunned to belatedly discover that the Nebraska Senate had sneakily repealed the Mac Bride Principles back in 2011: LB303, sponsored by Omaha Senator Beau McCoy, March 4, 2011. The Mac Bride Principles — a corporate code of conduct for American companies doing […]

IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE BLASTS FLORIDA’S REPEAL OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW

Posted By: June 07, 2015

Irish American Unity Conference PRESS RELEASE    IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE BLASTS FLORIDA’S REPEAL OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW Washington, DC…June 4, 2015 – The Irish American Unity Conference has strongly condemned the Florida legislature’s repeal, with Governor Scott’s approval, of the MacBride Principles, which are designed to ensure fair employment in Northern Ireland.  The Florida statute […]

ORGANISED RELIGION STRONGER IN THE NORTH

Posted By: June 07, 2015

Patrick Murphy. Irish News( Belfast). Saturday, June 6, 2015 ONE of the more unexpected consequences of Irish partition is that organised religion is now stronger in the north than in the south. Recent events on both sides of the border show that while 26 counties have largely moved from Catholic conservatism to post-Catholic secularism, the […]

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