Posted By: June 13, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Both should work to repeal Act of Settlement, 1701 CAPITOL HILL. Wednesday, June 14, 2017— The remarkable development in Irish-British politics—on the heels of Brexit— of the Tories forming a sort of coalition government with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland has caused widespread concern among Irish-Americans.The words of Fr. Sean Mc Manus at a Briefing some […]
Posted By: June 13, 2017
Eamonn Mallie. Irish Times.Dublin. Tuesday, June 13, 2017‘Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas’DUP leader Arlene Foster with her deputy Nigel Dodds as they hold a press conference at Stormont Castle. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesArlene ‘hyperbole’ Foster. I chuckled to myself when I heard the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party saying there has been “a lot of hyperbole” since last […]
Posted By: June 13, 2017
The Unionist party has more scope to bully the Conservatives thanks to the 2011 law.Stephen Bush, NewStatesman. London. Monday, June 12, 2017How much leverage do the Democratic Unionist Party have over the Conservatives? The traditional conservative party that is Northern Ireland’s largest is negotiating an arrangement with the Tories to keep them in office after Theresa May fell short of a […]
Posted By: June 13, 2017
Irish Congressional Briefing Distributed by Irish National Caucus. The Institute for Public Accuracy, Washington, DC has published this important article on the implication of PM May forming a coalition with the DUP. The “pull-out” quote given below in red is part of the interview with Fr. Sean Mc Manus, president of the Irish National Caucus. […]
