It’s fish or cut bait time. We wish to thank those who have steadfastly persevered with our advocacy efforts as the litigation battle winds down. Now every effort must be made to persuade our Attorney General, Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that this is an […]
Few who have followed the British demand for records from the Irish archives of Boston College understand their motive. Fewer still grasp why America would accede to it. Their demand ostensibly concerns a search for truth but, if the topic is Ireland, nobody is better at concealing it than Britain. The demand came in the form […]
ALERT Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM COOPER UNION GREAT HALL/ THE FOUNDATION BUILDING SEVEN EAST 7TH STREET BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH AVE NEW YORK, NY This event features Senator George Mitchell who will be the keynote speaker on the 15th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement […]
The IAUC National Board wishes all a blessed and Happy St. Patrick’s Day. May there be much love, joy and laughter shared by all on this, the most special day of the Irish, the feast day of our patron saint.
Congratulations to Francie Malloy for winning the seat vacated by Martin McGuinness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzDR_T5ufU&feature=youtu.be
Jon McCourt has been a community Peace Activist and a member of the Peace and Reconciliation Group in the City of Derry for over 30 years. As a young man he went on the first Civil Rights March in Derry in October, 1968. He has been actively engaged in almost […]
From Republican News – Political prisoner Gerry McGeough has been released from Maghaberry Prison after serving two years of his sentence for his part in an IRA action more than 30 years ago. The former Sinn Fein Ard Chomhairle member was arrested in 2007 at an election count centre after […]
IAUC President Tom Burke and the Irish American Unity Conference congratulates fellow Minnesotan Denis McDonough on his appointment as President Barack Obama’s new Chief of Staff. Mr. McDonough has close ties to Ireland and did his Master’s Thesis on the Irish Peace Process. The IAUC wishes Mr. McDonough well and hopes he […]
The Irish American Unity Conference would like to extend its sympathy and condolences to the family of Dolours Price who passed away earlier this week. She was deeply committed to the Republican struggle and endured much hardship, torture and sacrifice for her beliefs. It is sad and regretable that she is gone […]
The Lost Opportunity Redux – Tony Novosel 15/01/2013 When I finished writing Northern Ireland’s Lost Opportunity, I hoped it would begin a serious reappraisal of loyalism and move us away from what Graham Spencer calls, “the standard one-dimensional representation of loyalism that so dominates the media and popular imagination” as well […]
17th January 2013: This weekend Sinn Féin will hold a major conference in Dublin to launch the party’s campaign for a Border poll. The poll – of all voters in the North – is possible because of the Belfast Agreement, which is 15 years old this Easter. It allows for […]
CLINTON & HOLDER PRESSED ANEW ON SUBPOENAS OF BOSTON COLLEGE RECORDS COLLEGE PRESIDENT & MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGED TO OPPOSE January 18th New York City & Wash, D. C. The first session of the 2013 Congress is just starting and a new term for President Obama is beginning but a coalition […]
the following is an interview about the Belfast City flag protest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvtG-PAI8e4&feature=em-share_video_user
The following is a link to an RTE interview regarding the flags protest. It does a pretty good job discussing the antecedents of the vote as well as what is “traditionally” done in GB in terms of flying the flag. Naomi Long of Alliance is interviewed as is Willie Frazier […]
PRESS RELEASE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, BREHON LAW SOCIETY & IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE “FRIENDS” JOIN SUPREME COURT APPEAL IN BRITISH SUBPOENA CASE; 1ST EVER FOR COALITION New York City & Washington, D. C. December 20th: The major Irish-American organizations (‘the Coalition’) have formally joined the litigation battle to block […]