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The London Jew who gave his life for Ireland during Easter 1916

Posted By: April 26, 2019

The London Jew who gave his life for Ireland during Easter 1916Dermot McEvoy@IrishCentral. New York. Friday, April 26, 2019 One of the more obscure, and tragic, stories of Easter Week concerns Abraham Weeks (sometimes also known as “Wix”), a London Jew on-the-run who found himself in Dublin just as Easter Week was beginning.Weeks was not the first Jew to fight for Irish […]

Why did Nancy Pelosi visit Ireland?

Posted By: April 25, 2019

  Congressional delegation trip comes as Irish US relationship is in flux Colm Quinn. Irish Times. Dublin. Thursday, April 25, 2018 As the publication of the Mueller report laid bare, the rot in Washington runs deep. A world of quid-pro-quo backscratching, backroom dealings and deep cynicism won’t surprise anyone but to see it spelled out […]

Hope springs eternal for the Chuckle Sisters

Posted By: April 25, 2019

Newton Emerson. Irish Times.Dublin. Thursday, April 25,  2019 Can Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill ever be the Chuckle Sisters, repeating the Chuckle Brothers act of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, their predecessors as DUP leader and Sinn Féin deputy leader?The consensus is most definitely not. Foster’s tenure is considered a disaster due to fundamental issues with her character and ability. Rumors abound the party will replace […]

Speaker Pelosi launches new effort to pass Irish work visas bill

Posted By: April 18, 2019

IrishCentral Staff.  New York. Thursday, April 18, 2019 Nancy Pelosi and Richard Neal announce new attempt to pass US E3 visa bill for Irish, utilizing unused existing Australian work visasAnother attempt to pass the E3 visa bill, which would allow up to 5,000 work visas a year for Irish applicants to work in America, is to be made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in Dublin.Pelosi […]

US politician’s warning over GFA welcomed

Posted By: April 17, 2019

John Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, April 17, 2019A WARNING that any weakening of the Good Friday Agreement would scupper the prospects for a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and UK has been welcomed on both sides of the border.US speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi told an audience in London on Monday that the peace accord was a model […]

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