A little bit of history was made in the Seanad chamber in Leinster House last Friday. The inaugural meeting of the north south Inter-Parliamentary Association took place. Unionists and nationalists and republicans from all parts of this island rubbed shoulders and participated in the first meeting of a unique and innovative political institution that has [...]
Read moreMARTIN McGUINNESS this evening said at a Sinn Féin event at the House of Commons in London that his meeting with Queen Elizabeth in Belfast yesterday was “highly political, highly significant and highly symbolic”. “I was – in a very pointed, deliberate and symbolic way – offering the hand of friendship to unionists through the [...]
Read moreSinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD speaking this afternoon outside the Dail said: “I want to welcome today’s historic meeting in Belfast between the President of Ireland, the Queen of England, First and Deputy First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness. It brings our journey of relationship building within this island and between these islands [...]
Read moreReuniting Ireland Whereas, Veterans For Peace is a national organization of men and women veterans of all eras and duty stations including from the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), World War II, the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf and Current Iraq/Afghanistan wars, as well as other conflicts, and Whereas, Veterans For Peace New York City Chapter 34, having [...]
Read moreRESOLUTION OF THE DENVER CHAPTER OD VETERANS FOR PEACE The Denver Chapter of the Veterans for Peace have adopted the following resolution. This resolution may not represent the view of the national Veterans for Peace. The resolution is as follows: The United Nation Charter reads: By virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-determination [...]
Read moreWhat about relations between North and South of the border? How have these progressed? Are attitudes in the South towards northern nationalists and republicans as much a stumbling block as Unionists’ wish to remain part of Britain? Does anyone really want Ireland to be re-unified? I was born into a large working class northern Catholic [...]
Read moreAOH Western Rep Mike O’Connor, Rita O’Hare, United Ireland Campaign Rep George Trainor, State President Tom Pahut and Bob Mehrens Montana’s Lewis and Clark County signed a proclamation on March 17th, supporting a united Ireland. Declaring that “The the time has come to end partition of Ireland in favor of a united sovereign nation that [...]
Read moreAlmost 100 years ago in Dublin a small group of Irish Republicans rebelled against British rule in Ireland. I don’t believe that the men and women of the Easter Rebellion ever imagined the profound effect their actions would have on the future of British policy across the globe. It has been often said that [...]
Read more Speaking at Easter commemorations in Cork today the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD called for a No Vote in the May referendum and laid out seven strategic goals needed to achieve Irish reunification. Teachta Adams said:“The Proclamation of 1916 continues to enthuse and motivate Irish republicans. Its message of freedom and equality, and of [...]
Read more Tá sé de phribhléid domsa glacadh leis an cuireadh oráid na Casca a thabhairt anseo i mBéal Feirste trathnóna. Treaslaim le ceannaracht na gluaiseachta sa chathair ar achan ghné d’eagar an chomoradh bliaintiúl seo. Agus molaim go h-ard Cumann na n-Uaigheanna Naisiúnta ar an leacht cuimhneachain galanta seo, a athnochtaiodh inniu. Easter is about [...]
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