Posted By: June 30, 2019
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “Attached is a good explanation of an issue is that not too well understood.”—Fr. Sean McManus A referendum on extending the vote in presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the Republic appears likely to be held this year. Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, June 26, 2019 In […]
Posted By: June 27, 2019
Niall O’Dowd@niallodowd Irish Central.June 27, 2019 As the term “concentration camp” is in the midst of a heated discussion over the US border area,s we recall the first use of the term, not during WWII and its use by the Nazis but during the Boer War in South AfricaThere has been heated discussion on the term “concentration camp” since allegations […]
Posted By: June 26, 2019
Maeve Connolly. Irish News. Belfast.Wednesday. June 26, 2019 IVAN Cooper has been remembered as “the embodiment of the non-violent and non-sectarian movement for change that was the campaign for civil rights” following his death.Mr. Cooper, 75, died in hospital on Wednesday morning after a long period of ill health.The former Stormont MP, who helped found the SDLP along with John Hume, […]
Posted By: June 25, 2019
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING. Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus“ The eminent Belfast historian Eamon Phoenix provides an excellent summation of where ‘we are at’ in the Northern Ireland-Brexit issue in this article in today’s Irish News of Belfast: ‘From the confirmation of the Border in 1925 until the O’Neill-Lemass summit of 1965 it seemed to many […]
Posted By: June 20, 2019
Barbara Flaherty, Mattie Reilly, Bob Bateman, and Fr. Sean McManus CAPITOL HILL. Thursday, June 20, 2019—Two long-time campaigners for unity, justice, and peace in Ireland—all 32 Counties, of course—are the most recent recipients […]