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Counting the cost of dealing with our past

Posted By: December 04, 2015

Denis Bradley. Irish News(Belfast). Friday, December 4, 2015 It is clear that our troubled past keeps running into brick walls. In the world of politics, when something doesn’t happen over a protracted time, it can be put down to a lack of political will. The past is the most political of issues and the failure […]

BUSH DOES WELL IN DEBATE

Posted By: September 17, 2015

BUT THATCHER- COMMENT SQUANDERS IRISH CATHOLIC VOTECapitol Hill. Washington. Thursday, September 17, 2015 ——Jeb Bush is seen to have squandered and thrown away the Irish-American vote by his gratuitous choice of   Maggie Thatcher’s picture for the ten dollar bill. Fr. Sean Mc Manus— President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus: “He’s not a stupid man. […]

FLORIDA SENATE BILL ANTI-CATHOLIC, ANTI-IRISH Senate Bill 7024 Is Shameful

Posted By: May 21, 2015

SENT TO 490 MEDIA OUTLETS IN FLORIDAFLORIDA SENATE BILL ANTI-CATHOLIC, ANTI-IRISH                Senate Bill 7024  Is ShamefulCapitol Hill. Wednesday, May 20, 2015 —— If Florida governor were to sign a Senate Bill to repeal the Mac Bride Principles, it will be seen as  anti-Catholic and anti-Irish — whatever the  governor’s intentions.That is […]

A CLIP FROM THE PAST: A NARROW MARGIN IN FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE

Posted By: April 04, 2015

  By Gareth Gordon. BBC News. 2 April 2015 Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, pictured in 1981It is more than 30 years since Bobby Sands was elected as an MP, but where politics is concerned time stands still in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.“I think it’s very much back to 1981,” says Bernie O’Connor, who played a role […]

IMMIGRATION

Posted By: November 25, 2014

 On November 20 2014, US President Barack Obama announced Executive Orders on Deferred Action for some immigrants. This serves as tremendous relief from threat of deportation for Irish families with US Born Children. Irish work visa holders, as well as their spouses, now have eased ability to apply for permanent resident visas and move between […]

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