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John Kerry warns Brexit hard border could ‘”reignite Troubles.”

Posted By: December 03, 2018

Paul Ainsworth. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, December 3, 2018FORMER US Presidential candidate John Kerry has warned that a hard border in Ireland as a result of Brexit could “reignite the Troubles.”The Democratic former US Secretary of State spoke out at an event at Yale University in Connecticut to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and said it […]

Gerry Fitt urged British to reject Hunger Striker demands days before Bobby Sands died

Posted By: December 03, 2018

  Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, December 3, 2018 FORMER SDLP leader Gerry Fitt urged the British government to reject the demands made by the 1981 hunger strikers days before the death of Bobby Sands. Mr. Fitt made the appeal in a phone call to Northern Ireland Office (NIO) official Jonathan Margetts less than […]

Posted By: December 03, 2018

Six GOP senators who put hold on Irish visa bill are namedNiall O’Dowd@niallodowd   Dec 03, 2018Six senators, all Republican, will be the focus of intensive efforts by the Irish special envoy John Deasy and the Irish Embassy to get them to release their hold on E3 visa legislation this week.Ireland has an agreement with Australia to fill the unused visas which […]

“Brexit transforms Ireland from minnow to giant in the Anglo-Irish relationship”

Posted By: December 02, 2018

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “ This article gives a good synopsis of the Ireland (North & South, of course) -Brexit issue.”—Fr. Sean McManus.    Donnacha Ó Beacháin. Irish Independent. Dublin. Saturday, December 1, 2018 (Donnacha Ó Beacháin is Associate Professor of Politics at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. His […]

Social attitudes may be changing but the constitutional question eclipses everything else

Posted By: December 02, 2018

Alex Kane. Irish News. Belfast.Saturday, November 30, 2018 The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT), jointly run by Queen’s and the University of Ulster, celebrated its 20th anniversary this week.It has been a very useful barometer of public opinion since the Good Friday Agreement, with almost 90,000 adults, young people and children asked for their opinion on a range of […]