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Why Johnson’s plan for two borders is unlikely to fly

Posted By: October 02, 2019

The EU will not compromise on protecting the single marketCliff Taylor. Irish Times. Dublin. Wednesday, October 2, 2019After years of opposing any checks near the Irish border post-Brexit, UK prime minister Boris Johnson has done a major U-turn conceding that checks will have to take place ‘away from the border’.To avoid a hard Border on the island of Ireland after Brexit you need […]

On This Day: 1916 Easter Rising hero John Devoy dies in 1928

Posted By: September 29, 2019

  Irish Voice Editorial@IrishCentral Sep 29, 2019 John Devoy played an important role in the 1916 Easter Rising despite having been exiled to America.Public Domain John Devoy, the American champion of the 1916 Easter Rising, died on this day, September 29, 1928. In 1871, the unsung hero of the 1916 Easter Rising John Devoy and the […]

Finucanes launch legal action for public inquiry

Posted By: September 28, 2019

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “ England’s assassination of human rights attorney Pat Finucane in 1989  has forever indicted and stigmatized England’s role in a partitioned Ireland—and England’s collusion in the murder of so many other Catholics in Northern Ireland. However, it is important to remember that when it suited, England […]

BORDER COMMUNITIES AGAINST BREXIT

Posted By: September 28, 2019

BCAB’s Coordinator Damian McGenity speaking to the Cross Party Hearing on Brexit in the EU Parliament organized by Naomi Long MEP Posted by Border Communities Against Brexit on Thursday, September 26, 2019

Irish government should not be fooled by DUP talk of consent

Posted By: September 25, 2019

RISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “Northern Ireland expert commentator Brian Feeney provides insight into Unionist and DUP  thinking and their idea of consent. His basic take is: ‘Fundamentally Ulster Unionism came into existence over a century ago as a political route to avoid living on equal terms with the rest of the […]

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