The following article by Relatives for Justice Chair Clara Reilly appeared in yesterday’sAndersonstown News: Equality must be at the heart of and underpin any agreed political process yet for the vast majority of ordinary people who were bereaved and injured by the conflict this has not been the case. They have had […]
Click here to download the full text of the agreement between Sinn Féin and the DUP over the devolution of policing and justice powers.
IAUC Board member Michael Cummings responds to “Proposing a memorial for IRA terrorists“: February 3, 2010 Letter Editor INDEPENDENT Independent House 27-32 Talbot Street Dublin 1, Ireland Dear Editor: Kevin Meyers commentary on a proposed memorial in Enniscorthy (“Proposing a memorial for IRA terrorists” 2/3) is an example of the very selective memorialisation he […]
IAUC board member Michael Cummings has written another fantastic letter on the media’s coverage of politics in the north of Ireland, this time to the Christian Science Monitor: February 1, 2010 Dear Editor: I wish to commend the insight of “Northern Ireland: power-sharing dispute threatens to freeze peace process” (1/30). Your coverage of the conflict […]
From Relatives for Justice: In the media maelstrom of last week the UPRG press conference announcing UDA/UFF decommissioning was somewhat overshadowed by affairs unfolding at the swish family Robison household and the pending implications. Like all big set pieces of the jigsaw over the past decade the UDA/UFF banked on capitalizing […]
Board member Michael Cummings’ recent response (posted here earlier this week) to Thomas Gagen’s Boston Globe article “Adams’ secret, now his shame” appears in today’s edition of the newspaper.
The following article was published in this week’s Irish Echo using quotes from our recent press release: January 13, 2010-The Irish American Unity Conference has called on the British government “to come clean” about what it calls Britain’s “involvement in arming loyalist paramilitary groups,” this following last week’s announcement that […]
January 11, 2010–The Irish American Unity Conference (IAUC) has called on the British government to come clean about its involvement in arming loyalist paramilitary groups following last week’s announcement that the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) have completed the decommissioning process. IAUC National President Kate McCabe said, “While […]
January 8th, 2010 Letters Editor BOSTON GLOBE Box 55819 Boston, MA 02205-5819 Dear Editor: Thomas Gagen’s “Adams’s secret, now his shame”(1/7) was an attempt at character assassination of Irish political leader Gerry Adams which misfires on several fronts. The author strains to link Ireland’s clerical abuse scandal, the presumed allegations […]
Fundraising Chair George Trainor has announced a spring raffle to raise money for the work of the IAUC. The Grand Prize will be round-trip airfare for two to Ireland!! Tickets are $5 each, and can be obtained by contacting George at 209.482.5181. The drawing will be held on March 17th […]
The Friends of the Mc Daid Family Appeal are calling for an end to the sectarian intimidation of the Mc Daid family.The call follows the news that Evelyn Mc Daid and her family have been forced to move from their Coleraine home following the ongoing campaign of sectarian harassment of the […]
From Relatives for Justice (statement followed by comments from Tommy Carroll, brother of Roddy): A preliminary inquest hearing this morning heard from lawyers, acting on behalf of PSNI Chief Matt Baggot, request an extension in order to prepare redactions and submit Public Interest Immunity Certificates, more commonly known as gagging orders, in […]
The Washington DC chapter of the IAUC will have a stall at the Maryland Irish Festival November 13-15 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, MD. Come and meet some of our members and learn about the work we are doing!
From the Andersonstown News: As unionist calls for financial reparations from Libya goes into overdrive, the Director ofRelatives for Justice is appealing to the families of nationalist and republican victims to keep their minds focused on uncovering the truth. Mark Thompson was speaking after a delegation of MPs from the North, including […]
Washington, DC—The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), Irish Northern Aid (INA) and the Irish American Unity Conference (IAUC) have joined together in a renewed effort to support an independent truth recovery process to deal with the legacy of the past following Thursday’s Congressional hearing into collusion in the North of […]