Posted By: January 12, 2019
Newton Emerson. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, January 12, 2019 A ludicrous attempt by the British government to give the DUP an assurance on the backstop has only made matters worse.The government’s proposal was to give the assembly a say on any new EU rules affecting Northern Ireland, with deputy prime minister David Lidington claiming this equated to a “veto.”The […]
Posted By: January 12, 2019
Under the leadership of John Hume, the SDLP encouraged Sinn Féin and Gerry Adams into the political mainstream throughout the 1980s and 1990s. A factor in the SDLP’s long decline was its failure to fully recognize Sinn Féin’s political intentionsPatrick Murphy. Irish News.Belfast. Saturday, January 12, 2019 So farewell then, the SDLP, primary advocate of power-sharing, lead architect of the Good Friday Agreement and […]
Posted By: January 09, 2019
WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR OHIO LABOR LEADER Fr. Sean McManus, Secretary-Treasurer Petee Talley, Barbara Flaherty CAPITOL HILL. Tuesday, January 8, 2019— The first woman to serve in a top Ohio AFL-CIO position has been honored by the World Peace Prize organization. Pierrette “Petee” Talley of Columbus is the first […]
Posted By: January 09, 2019
Barbara Flaherty, Neil Conway and Fr. Sean McManus CAPITOL HILL. Wednesday, January 9, 2019— A longtime Ohio activist for justice and peace in Ireland is the latest recipient of the Irish American Peace Prize, instituted by the Irish National Caucus. Attorney Neil Conway of Cleveland was presented with the […]
Posted By: January 09, 2019
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “Key political analyst John Manley, of the Irish News in Belfast, provides important insight into the stalemate in Northern Ireland. Among other points, he states: ‘In the period the institutions have been dormant, we have come a long way politically. Unionism has lost his its majority in the […]