Posted By: February 05, 2018
Conventional success story hides atrocities and suffering of ordinary Irish-ArgentinesDr. Sarah O’Brien. Irish Times.Dublin.Monday, January 5, 2018(Dr. Sarah O’Brien is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Trinity College Dublin. The Irish in Argentina: Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance is published by Palgrave MacMillan.)Argentinian-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara is a descendent of Patrick Lynch, who arrived in Argentina from Ireland in […]
Posted By: February 05, 2018
“On the morning after the eviction Nana Gildernew was asked by a neighbor why the family were not making the hay that day, she replied; ‘Because we are making history.’”Colm Gildernew Sinn Féin MLA. Fermanagh/South Tyrone. Letters to Editor. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, February 5, 2018Fifty years ago, on October 12, 1967, Dungannon District Council convened its monthly meeting. One of the decisions they […]
Posted By: February 05, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “So much for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) claim that they did not know about vital information which they should have disclosed to Inquests! On the face of it, that was never very credible to begin with. Now it has been shown that the PSNI […]
Posted By: February 05, 2018
But the real issue is: Can the DUP co-operate with Nationalists or must the party have change inevitably forced on it by the rapidly changing demographics of “Ulster?”Tim Pat Coogan. Irish Central. New York City. Sunday, February 4, 2018.(Tim Pat Coogan is a leading Irish historian and journalist who has published many best-sellers, including “Wherever Green is Worn.” and groundbreaking biographies about Michael Collins […]
Posted By: February 05, 2018
WORKING TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE IN IRELAND “I know that Father McManus has moved the needle [on justice and human rights], and, Father, for that, I offer you, on behalf of the entire AFL-CIO, a sincere, Thank you.” — President Richard L. Trumka AFL-CIO. February 3, 2016. Fr. […]
