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Irish [Republic] population jumps above 5 million for first time since the Famine

Posted By: September 01, 2021

Note: This report by the Central Statistics Office uses the term “Ireland” to refer to just the 26 Counties of the Irish Republic, which as a Fermanagh man I find really offensive. Therefore, where necessary we have added square brackets around our added clarifications (the accepted method for such clarifications). Surely, in this Partition Centenary, […]

Parties unite to support Troubles victims over prosecution plans

Posted By: August 30, 2021

RTE.Dublin. Monday, 30 Aug 2021 Billy McManus , John Teggart, Raymond McCord, Julie Hambleton, Michael Gallagher, Cathy McIlvenny and Eugene Reavey at Belfast City Hall today (left to right) Representatives from all the major parties, North and South, have signed a document outlining their rejection of the UK government proposals to introduce an “amnesty” for […]

IRISH ECHO REPORT ON CAUCUS CALL TO REP. MALONEY FOR HELP WITH THE CASE OF RICHARD KERR, VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND KINCORA-ASSOCIATED SCANDALS

Posted By: June 26, 2021

IRISH ECHO REPORT ON CAUCUS CALL TO REP. MALONEY FOR HELP WITH THE CASE OF RICHARD KERR, VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND KINCORA-ASSOCIATED SCANDALS Maloney’s Help Sought in Kerr Case By Irish Echo Staff. Irish Echo, New York.    June 25, 2021                             […]

NI 100: A tale of two villages and Irish partition

Posted By: June 23, 2021

  By Catherine Morrison. BBCNI. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 NI 100 When Northern Ireland came into being a century ago, the everyday lives of those living along the border – on both sides – changed overnight. For Angela Graham’s grandparents, Protestant unionists from the village of Drum in County Monaghan, it was a new and […]

If unionists can’t agree to live on equal terms then it’s over for Stormont

Posted By: June 23, 2021

Irish Congressional Briefing Distributed to congress by Irish National Caucus   “Members of Congress who support equality, justice and peace in Ireland will find Brian Feeney’s take on new DUP leader and new First Minister of Northern Ireland useful.” —Fr. Sean McManus Jeffrey Donaldson’s record shows he’s been remarkably consistently an old style hardline unionist. Brian […]

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