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“Unimaginable” – Irish green card holder lands in an ICE detention center after trip to Ireland

“Unimaginable” – Irish green card holder lands in an ICE detention center after trip to Ireland

Irish woman Cliona Ward’s sister Orla Holladay has launched a GoFundMe for legal expenses after Cliona landed in ICE detention in Washington. Kerry O’Shea @kerry_oshea Apr 28, 2025 Click to read the article

 
2025 Bergen County St. Patrick’s Day Parade

2025 Bergen County St. Patrick’s Day Parade

NJ IAUC President Tom Carney (left) and member John Kennedy carry our banner in the 2025 Bergen County St. Patrick’s Day parade in Bergenfield, NJ, followed by chapter members.

 
Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement

Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement

Members of the Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement, including IAUC President Peter Kissel (second from right) met with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Emily Little-Pengelly in Washington on March 11, 2025. Little-Pengelly spoke of the encouraging business climate in the North, and in an exchange with […]

 
Proclamation of Irish American Heritage Month by the City of Manteca

Proclamation of Irish American Heritage Month by the City of Manteca

West Coast IAUC representative George Trainor and a member of the Manteca California city council with a copy of the Proclamation from the City of Manteca, California.

 
Pittsburg Chapter March 2025

Pittsburg Chapter March 2025

 
Author Peadar Thompson was in Pittsburgh to talk about his new book: Lost Gaels, Remembering the Members of the GAA Killed During the Conflict in Ireland

Author Peadar Thompson was in Pittsburgh to talk about his new book: Lost Gaels, Remembering the Members of the GAA Killed During the Conflict in Ireland

Author Peadar Thompson and to his left is Pittsburgh Chapter Secretary Shirley Murphy and to his right is Pittsburgh Chapter Vice President Larry Brophy.

 
RUC Special Branch Report with Redactions – McGurk’s Bar Suitcase

RUC Special Branch Report with Redactions – McGurk’s Bar Suitcase

 
McGurk’s Bar Massacre Information Rights Tribunal Judgement: Police Lies and the Protection of Agents

McGurk’s Bar Massacre Information Rights Tribunal Judgement: Police Lies and the Protection of Agents

In an historic legal win for the families, the Information Rights Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to disclose evidence in Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) files regarding the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. This followed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) battle that has lasted over […]

 
McGurk’s Bar Massacre – PSNI Must Disclose Hidden Evidence

McGurk’s Bar Massacre – PSNI Must Disclose Hidden Evidence

Good afternoon, The ongoing police cover-up of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre was in the news today. Following a 4-year battle for information, the Information Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland to hand over evidence in police files that the cops have hidden for 53 years. […]

 
Irish Unity People’s Assembly 2025

Irish Unity People’s Assembly 2025

The IAUC was well represented at the Irish Unity People’s Assembly held in Washington on January 27. Peter Kissel, Kevin Barry, Martin Goff, John Guttman, Ellen Marie Hess, Chris Shields, and Alyssa Ford heard John Finucane, MLA, stress the importance of Irish America in advancing the demand for a border […]

 
In Celebration of the Life of Jack O’Brien

In Celebration of the Life of Jack O’Brien

Jack O’Brien, one of the IAUC’s longest-serving members and a relentless voice for kicking England out of Ireland, died at his home with his family by his side on December 12, 2024. Jack was one of the most influential Irish American activists in the past 50 years. He worked unceasingly […]

 
Andrew Somers Obituary

Andrew Somers Obituary

Andrew Somers, Jr. December 1, 1936 – December 24, 2024 Fitchburg – Andrew Lawrence Somers Jr. “Andy” was born in Brooklyn, New York December 1,1936 and resided in Crown Heights until 1950. Andy is the son of the late Congressman Andrew Lawrence Somers Sr. who served from 1925 to 1949 […]

 
CIARÁN MacAIRT

CIARÁN MacAIRT

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British Government Commitment to public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder

British Government Commitment to public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder

he Irish American Unity Conference welcomes, with caution, the announcement by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, that Britain has ordered a public inquiry into the 1989 killing of civil rights lawyer Pat Finucane. Mr. Finucane was shot dead in his Belfast home in front of his family […]

 
McGurk’s Bar Massacre: Information Commissioner’s Office Upholds Police Decision To Withhold  Fingerprint Evidence

McGurk’s Bar Massacre: Information Commissioner’s Office Upholds Police Decision To Withhold Fingerprint Evidence

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has upheld Police Service Northen Ireland’s (PSNI) refusal to release basic information relating to fingerprint evidence police gathered in the aftermath of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre in 1971. The families believe the police have either destroyed the evidence or it relates to named Loyalist agents […]