Posted By: July 25, 2017
Secretary of State James Brokenshire, and Fr. Sean Mc Manus CAPITOL HILL Monday, July 24, 2017 — Secretary of State James Brokenshire spoke on Monday evening at the Northern Ireland Bureau in Washington, DC.About 100 guests listened to Mr. Brokenshire explain the current situation in Northern Ireland—Brexit, lack of an Executive, etc.However, in the Question and Answer period that followed, Fr. Sean […]
Posted By: June 30, 2017
Concern for young, innocent Dublin Muslim in Egyptian prisonCAPITOL HILL. Thursday, June 29, 2017— The case of a Dublin-born Muslim juvenile imprisoned in Egypt—innocently caught up in wrong place at wrong time— is being raised on Capitol Hill.Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish teenager, was on a family holiday in Egypt when he became caught up in the chaos that engulfed the country in […]
Posted By: June 28, 2017
Way for May and Foster to prove good faith: repeal Act of Settlement, 1701 CAPITOL HILL. Wednesday, June 28, 2017— For many years, a lone voice has been raising the issue of State-sponsored sectarianism and bigotry in the British Constitution. Eventually, the call was heard by The Guardian and other elements in Britain itself. […]
Posted By: June 13, 2017
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Both should work to repeal Act of Settlement, 1701 CAPITOL HILL. Wednesday, June 14, 2017— The remarkable development in Irish-British politics—on the heels of Brexit— of the Tories forming a sort of coalition government with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland has caused widespread concern among Irish-Americans.The words of Fr. Sean Mc Manus at a Briefing some […]
Posted By: April 18, 2017
Plan would sabotage Mac Bride PrinciplesCAPITOL HILL. Tuesday, April 18, 2016— A Congressional move to, in effect, eliminate shareholders’ advocacy for worthy causes has caused outrage among Irish-Americans.For many years, such advocacy—for social, […]