Author Archive: iauc

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.

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

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, 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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

An excerpt from “Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union,” by Irish America publisher, Niall O’Dowd. By 1856, the Whig party Lincoln belonged to had destroyed itself over slavery and the violence of the Know-Nothings, an extremist group of nativists […]

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, MP Office of the Prime Minister No. 10 Downing Street London United Kingdom SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister Starmer: The Irish American Unity Conference (“IAUC”) would like to congratulate you and your Labour Party on their impressive victory in the July 4 elections. The mandate […]

July 10, 2024 Taoiseach Simon Harris Department of the Taoiseach Government Buildings Merrion Street Upper Dublin 2, D02 R583 Ireland Dear Taoiseach Harris: The Irish American Unity Conference would like to congratulate you on your recent election as Taoiseach, and on the Fine Gael party’s performance in the recent local […]