Posted By: July 14, 2017
By Ray O’Hanlon. Irish Echo. New York City. Friday, July 14, 2017 One is a possible future Speaker of the House of Representatives.The other is a rising star on Capitol Hill, and for sure in Irish America.Representatives Joe Crowley and Brendan Boyle are jointly introducing a bill before Congress that will make it easier for newly-minted American citizens to […]
Posted By: July 14, 2017
Irish-Americans are anxious for Members of Congress to continue to realize that Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland is not just the result of some misguided and unenlightened individual Protestants/Unionists/Loyalists. Instead, it is deeply and profoundly enshrined in the British constitution. Indeed, it is the foundation stone of the Royal Family, as mandated by the 1701 Act of […]
Posted By: July 13, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, July 12, 2017 *********************** Many people rash enough to venture out this morning without checking a list of Orange marches might find themselves re-routed or delayed but it’s all much reduced and predictable now, compared to a generation ago.Then it would have been, “Any people rash […]
Posted By: July 13, 2017
Northern Ireland’s July 12 celebration, known for provoking violence, helps explain the small party that has catapulted to national prominence. Participants in an Orange Order parade march past a bonfire pyre in Portadown, Northern Ireland. Clodagh Kilcoyne / ReutersJonathan S. Blake. The Atlantic. Tuesday, July 11, 2017Northern Ireland’s Twelfth of July parades will be watched with unusual […]
Posted By: July 10, 2017
Irish News Editorial. Belfast. Monday, July 10, 2017 The approach by the authorities towards the environmental, legal and above all public safety implications of massive and intimidating loyalist bonfires in residential areas has taken a number of twists in recent years.Attempts to instead promote grant-aided, secure and properly organized beacons represented a positive start, and some reasonable progress resulted, but it became clear that […]