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Posted By: February 24, 2019

50,000 Famine Irish in the US were deported back to IrelandIrishCentral Staff@IrishCentral May 24, 2017New evidence shows vicious use of Massachusetts law to rid them of Famine Irish. Tim Sackton / FlickrThe untold story of 50,000 Famine Irish who were deported back to Ireland by New England authorities has been revealed.Writing in The Irish Times in March, Hidetaka Hirota, […]

How damaging was Mary Lou McDonald’s gaffe on the appointment of the next chief constable?

Posted By: February 23, 2019

Mary Lou McDonald stokes PSNI recruitment row Newton Emerson. Irish News.Belfast. Saturday, February 23, 2019 The initial judgment of Alliance Policing Board member John Blair should have been the end of the matter. He said the Sinn Féin president’s claim that she knew of no suitable PSNI candidate had been “careless and irresponsible.”Sinn Féin Policing Board member Gerry Kelly quickly […]

In Ireland, Brexit means it is time for some serious electioneering

Posted By: February 23, 2019

Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, February 23, 2019One of the great arts of politics is the ability to turn a crisis into an opportunity.So while Brexit’s long-term impact on Ireland will be mainly economic, its immediate influence is more likely to be political. With a possible three elections within the next year, that means lots of opportunities.The nature […]

Loyalist murder victim has ‘no faith’ in PSNI

Posted By: February 23, 2019

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus“On April 22, 1999, the late, great Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY), Chairman of the full House International Relations Committee—God rest his noble Jewish-American soul— kept his long-time promise to me and held a Congressional Hearing: ‘Need for New and Acceptable Police for Northern Ireland.’ It was a historic landmark for the Irish National Caucus […]