Posted By: November 17, 2021
For young unionists, Irish unity is “just another issue’”alongside many others Susan Mckay. Irish Times. Dublin. Monday, November 15, 2021. The artist Dermot Seymour once explained why his paintings often featured headless men: if you are a Protestant in the North you are not allowed to think for yourself, because “you might talk sense and […]
Posted By: November 15, 2021
While the protocol issue has been widely presented as offering the greatest threat to our devolved structures, in many ways the attitude of unionist leaders to the prospect of a nationalist first minister has become the elephant in the room. The entire debate over the standing of the two most senior posts in the executive […]
Posted By: November 10, 2021
WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY TO BE POSTHUMOUSLY PRESENTED TO FAMILY OF RICHARD L. TRUMKA, LATE PRESIDENT OF AFL-CIO …AND TO BE RE-NAMED “RICHARD L. TRUMKA WORLD PEACE PRIZE FOR SOLIDARITY.” CAPITOL HILL. Thursday, November 11, 2021— In February 2020, President Trumka, AFL-CIO, agreed to receive the World Peace Prize for Solidarity sometime in that year […]
Posted By: November 10, 2021
Meeks, Keating, Blumenauer and Boyle Issue Statement on UK’s Threat to Invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland ProtocolNovember 9, 2021Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, William R. Keating, Chair of the Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber Subcommittee, Earl Blumenauer, Chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Brendan Boyle, Chair of the […]
Posted By: November 09, 2021
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “This article makes very disturbing reading. Members of Congress who stand for justice and peace in Ireland should be very concerned.” —Fr. Sean Mc Manus Border Communities Against Brexit is looking to the U.S. and EU for support.Irish Echo. New York City. November 9, […]