Making Stormont Work
WHEN you drive up to the Stormont building outside Belfast you are immediately
aware that it was built as much to make Nationalists cower as to represent
parliamentary democracy. more...
(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
The Hand
of History
IT is still hard to comprehend. The picture of Sinn Fein President Gerry
Adams and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley sitting round
the table smiling and discussing their joint government set for May 8 in
Northern Ireland is one for the ages. more...
Dunleavy Should Go
WE join with the Grand Council of United Emerald Societies in calling for
John Dunleavy to step aside as chairman of the New York City St. Patrick’s
Day Parade. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
A
Call to Action
BANNERS were held high as the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform marched
into Washington last Wednesday, March 7. more...
(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
LetsMake150307.asp
THE election result in Northern Ireland last week inevitably means the return
of devolved government based on power sharing to Northern Ireland.
more...
(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
A Disgraceful Decision
THE latest shenanigans surrounding the New York City St. Patrick’s
Day Parade have added a level of absurd behavior by the parade leadership
extraordinary by even their low standards. more...
A
Day to Live For
THERE was something very powerful afoot in Croke Park in Dublin last Saturday
when Ireland at last faced England in the first ever rugby international
at Croke Park.. more...
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
New Faces,
New Hope “REP. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, told
an estimated crowd of 1,000 at a town hall meeting Saturday that she at
the urging of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would work to pass a comprehensive
immigration law by the end of the year.” more...
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
Sunday Bloody Sunday
“IT was a small aircraft that flashed a light as a signal to those
Auxiliaries waiting around Croke Park. more...
(Irish Post) 21 February 2007
Get on the Bus
THERE are just two weeks to go before the Irish lobby day in Washington,
D.C. to push for immigration reform.more...
(Irish Post) 21 February 2007
Anti-U.S.
Feelings Rise
DUBLIN Anti-Americanism is alive and well and increasing over here. What’s
more, it is hard to blame people based on what they see and read.
more...
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
Keeping All Options Open
THE odds of immigration reform this year have been estimated at 50/50, no
better or no worse, by leading experts. Many factors go into that determination.
more...
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
The Buying of a
President IN 1960, when John F. Kennedy ran for president and was elected, his
campaign cost $9.7 million. His opponent, Richard Nixon, spent $10.7 million.
more...
(Irish Voice) 7 February 2007
History Will Be Made
An extraordinary event will take place in Dublin on Sunday, February 11
when the Irish rugby team steps onto the hallowed turf of Croke Park to
play the French in the Six Nations Championship.
As the home of Gaelic Games, i.e. Irish hurling and football, Croke Park
is by far the most famous stadium in Ireland, but also the very symbol of
the heart and soul of nationalist Ireland. more...
(Irish Voice) 7 February 2007
Reform Prospects Bright
February kicks off the immigration reform debate for 2007 in Congress,
and we should know within a month or two which way it is heading.more...
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007 - 05
February 2007
Sinn Fein’s
Visionary Step
Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness pulled off the most
remarkable sea change in the direction of Republican politics in history
last weekend.more...
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007 - 05 February 2007
The Race Is On
Can a black man or a white woman be elected president of the U.S.?more...
Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 03 February 2007
A Shocking Report
The question is as relevant today as it was in Plato’s time. The
answer in Northern Ireland has now been clearly revealed. For the length
of the Troubles, all of 25 years, no one did guard the guards, and they
ran amokmore...
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 03 February 2007
A New Irish
Citizen
Notre Dame, Indiana — As you drive up the main entrance to the most
storied college in America, the golden dome shimmers like a summer mirage
directly in front of you. Off to the left Touchdown Jesus on the wall of
the Hesburgh Library overlooking the football stadium raises his arms in
victory, and the home of the Fighting Irish comes alive.more...
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
Sinn Fein
Grasps the Nettle
The news that the Sinn Fein’s Ard Fheis (convention) on policing will
go ahead at the end of January is welcome indeed.more...
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
A Voice for the Voiceless
David Ervine was the most articulate voice of Protestant Ulster that
I ever met. Though he never won elections in the style of Ian Paisley,
or lacked the anti-Catholic venom necessary for broad support, he nonetheless
articulated a vision for his country that was truly unique.more...
(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17 January 2007
U.S. Could
Learn From North
There was a period in Northern Ireland where the phrase an “acceptable
level of violence” was the most bandied about of all.more...
(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17 January 2007
Sinn Fein’s
Brave Step
SINN Fein’s decision to call a special Ard Fheis (convention) to
discuss policing is arguably the most significant move by them since
the original IRA ceasefire in 1994.more...
(Irish Voice) 3 - 9 January
2007
Predictions for
2007
HAPPY New Year to one and all. The coming 12 months certainly promise
much excitement, with history to be made in Northern Ireland and
perhaps immigration reform with some very exciting times in American
politics as the 2008 presidential race gears up.more...
