Posted By: February 27, 2019
Fr. Sean McManus. Washington, D.C. The Forum Letters from our readers February 27-March 5, 2019 Harping on gladly Editor: Ever since I came to the United States on October 2, 1972, I have raised the issue of injustice and oppression in Northern Ireland, the artificial area England (I say […]
Posted By: February 26, 2019
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “This is intolerable cruelty and no way to deal with the most sensitive issues of all—legacy issues that deeply haunt victims. The Committee for the Administration of Justice states it correctly in today’s Irish News of Belfast:’ Daniel Holder, Deputy Director of the Committee on […]
Posted By: February 25, 2019
Paul Ainsworth.Irish News. Belfast. Monday, February 25, 2019Fans hold up a banner directed at Steve Clarke during the Scottish Premiership match in HamiltonSECTARIAN abuse by Rangers FC fans continued at a weekend soccer match despite a previous apology from the team’s chairman over bigoted chanting.The taunts aimed at Kilmarnock FC manager Steve Clarke yesterday followed claims that sectarianism in Scottish […]
Posted By: February 25, 2019
The newly-published list details the deaths of the McMahon family in 1922 Eamon Phoenix. Irish News. Belfast. Monday, February 25, 2019 A detailed list of the victims of sustained political and sectarian violence in Belfast surrounding partition and the establishment of the Northern Ireland state has been released.The meticulous, handwritten list details the death toll in Belfast between the shipyard expulsions […]
Posted By: February 24, 2019
Congressman Neal (D-MA) with Fr. Sean McManus(1988) Fr. McManus introduces to Congressman Neal Raymond McCord (Protestant campaigner for all victims)(2009). (Photos on INC website added to original article). Niall O’Dowd@niallodowd. Irish Central. Thursday, Feb 21, 2019Britain, Brexit and Donald Trump beware – an Irish American battle-hardened veteran of Washington politics suddenly finds himself […]