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Continuing someone else’s journey

Posted By: June 05, 2017

Continuing someone else’s journey Addressing the inequalities that exist in 2017 Northern Ireland is how to honor the civil rights movements of the 1960s Sarah Campbell. Village. Dublin   Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Last month in Belfast the first of many commemorative events took place to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the formal founding of the […]

Leadership contests generate party support

Posted By: June 05, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “One of the more surprising features of the Fine Gael contest was the emphasis on the north and the possibility of a united Ireland. We can thank the Brexit referendum vote for the renewed emphasis on Irish unity which had not been a serious issue in the mainstream politics of the southern part of this […]

On Ireland’s Border: “That Sad Old Game”

Posted By: June 04, 2017

Thanks to “Brexit,” Borderlanders will have to adapt, yet again, to what distant powers decide for them.Garrett Carr. New York Times. Friday, June 2, 2017J(Garrett Carr is the author of “The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border,” published by Faber & Faber. Follow him on Twitter (@Garrett_Carr).)BELFAST, Northern Ireland — When Britain voted last June to leave the European […]

How Irish America thinks, votes and acts

Posted By: June 04, 2017

Is the US Irish community growing more conservative as their prosperity increases?Liam Kennedy, Irish Times. Dublin. Saturday, June 3, 2017(Liam Kennedy is director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies at University College ).“Being Irish American has become a benefit to the Irish. In the  past being Irish American was something you had to overcome.” Irish Americans figure prominently among […]

In some ways, there is little difference between Nationalism and Unionism

Posted By: June 03, 2017

Patrick Murphy. Belfast. Saturday . June 3, 2017 Whether you think next Thursday’s election is about Brexit, the border or something else, it will all boil down to a contest between Unionism and Nationalism. It always does.So, as you prepare to put your “X” for one or the other, it would appear reasonable to ask what exactly is the […]

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