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O’Neill insists McDonald banner is not xenophobic

Posted By: March 21, 2019

    David Young. Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, March 21, 2019 A banner at the center of an anti-English controversy involving Sinn Féin’s president was about ending partition, not xenophobia, Michelle O’Neill has insisted. Mrs. O’Neill rejected the suggestion that Mary Lou McDonald was endorsing bigotry when she posed with the sign reading England Get […]

“SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I TELL YOU”

Posted By: March 20, 2019

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus   “Who would have thought my short, perfectly reasonable letter in the Irish Times would evoke such an opinion piece as this from a weekly columnist in the same Irish Times! I attach a copy of my letter, followed by the column by Kathy Sherdian, which […]

Posted By: March 20, 2019

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus   “Members of Congress and all supporters of the Good Friday Agreement have to be deeply concerned about Brian Feeney’s warning in today’s article from the Irish News of Belfast.  Among other things, he warns:’In the case of Theresa May, well, you can judge for yourself. She repeatedly […]

Irish Catholic organization slams GOP for “defaming” Irish Americans with “toxic”

Posted By: March 19, 2019

© Twitter: GOP Irish Catholic organization slams GOP for “defaming” Irish Americans with “toxic” tweet BY AVERY ANAPOL – 03/18/19  The statement asks the Republican National Committee to issue a statement denouncing the tweet and apologizing to the Irish-American community. The Ancient Order of Hibernians, the oldest Irish Catholic organization in the country, is denouncing a St. Patrick’s […]

Don’t lose sight of who really suffered on Bloody Sunday

Posted By: March 18, 2019

Claire Simpson. Irish News. Belfast.Monday, March 18, 2019IN the end, most of us could have predicted that the Bloody Sunday case would turn out to be another fudge.The decision to prosecute just one former British soldier over the killing of two of the 13 dead smacks heavily of compromise.The civil rights march on January 30, 1972, […]