Posted By: October 05, 2010
By Irish Echo StaffFor the second time in a year, a congressional committee in Washington will examine the present state of affairs in the Northern Ireland peace process.The hearing is set for Thursday, Sept. 16 before the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight. “Irish Americans are delighted for the second time within […]
Posted By: September 17, 2010
September 16, 2010 — “Human rights must be the heart and soul of the Irish Peace Process. And a strong Bill of Rights must take center stage in Northern Ireland—an area that never showed much respect for human rights. Nor was it ever meant to because it was artificially engineered to be a sectarian State […]
Posted By: September 17, 2010
Fr. Sean Mc Manus, President, Irish National Caucus. “Fulfilling the Promise of Peace: Human Rights, Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Bosnia.”House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight.September 16, 2010. Human rights must be the heart and soul of the Irish Peace Process. And a strong Bill of Rights must take center […]
Posted By: September 16, 2010
Senator Russ Carnahan (D. Mo.) and Father Sean Mc ManusAt Hearing before the House Sub committee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversite. Capitol Hill. September 16, 2010 —— The House Human RightsHearing on Northern Ireland has been rated a “great success”. The president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus, Fr.Sean Mc Manus, who […]
Posted By: September 15, 2010
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010By Susan Falvella Garraty Earlier this month, Aegis Defense Services set up a non-operating holding company in Basel, Switzerland. Aegis has an estimated 20,000 employees involved in private security efforts around the world; it formed the new holding company in the neutral European nation’s more hospitable tax environment.Several media reports indicated Tim Spicer, […]