The Irish American Unity Conference has received an appalling letter from the British Government which lays bare the UK’s disdain for Irish America. Lord Caine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, writing “on behalf of the UK Government,” basically tells the US and Ireland to stay out of Northern […]
24 July 2023 Our ref: MC/23/354 Dear Mr Kissel, Thank you for your letter of 29 June to the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP. I am responding on behalf of the UK Government. The UK hugely values the US contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process and […]
By Anthony Neeson There seems very little chance of the Stormont Assembly re-establishing in the autumn. Last week, the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris, met with Northern Ireland’s political parties to try and break the political deadlock. Northern Ireland has been without a government for the past 18 […]
His Excellency Rishi Sunak, MP Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister No. 10 Downing Street London, United Kingdom SW1A 2AA The Irish American Unity Conference calls on the United Kingdom to restore democracy in Northern Ireland by requiring the Democratic Unionist Party to take up their seats in the […]
Suzanne Breen, June 12, Belfast Telegraph An internee who was tortured by the Army and RUC Special Branch has died without receiving the apology he had asked for. Joe Clarke (71) was one of 14 ‘Hooded Men’ used as human guinea pigs for torture methods in August 1971. Speaking in […]
The council elections in the North of Ireland demonstrate an undeniable truth: voters overwhelmingly have directed their representatives to get back to work and earn their pay. The Democratic Unionist Party, espousing a one-note message of “Just Say No” to government, received a paltry 23% of the vote. Sinn Fein […]
Keynote speaker Elizabeth Creely, San Francisco Irish Consulates Heritage and Cultural officer. Saint Joseph’s Cemetery Modesto California
The Irish American Unity Conference (IAUC), an august organisation working for justice and peace in Ireland, has recognised the work of Paper Trail with a donation to the charity in the run-up to St. Patrick’s Day. The gift from the the renowned Irish American group will pay much of Paper […]
Joe Kennedy III, the new US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, has outlined the goals for the relationship between the US and Northern Ireland. Joe Kennedy III, who was recently appointed as the new US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, has shared his first remarks since coming into the role. […]
On 9 July 1972 the British Army shot dead five civilians including three teenagers and a Catholic priest in the Upper Springfield area. All victims were innocent and unarmed at the time of their deaths. Next week on 25 January the families of the Springhill-Westrock massacre will be hosting […]
THE MP for West Belfast has described the latest rou nd of ‘Levelling Up’ grant awards from the British government as a “Tory power grab”. Sinn Féin’s Paul Maskey was speaking after the British Government announced that 10 projects in the North would receive a collective £71m from the £2.1bn […]
Please reach out to your Member of Congress and ask them to support this new resolution in support of the FULL implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. The number is HR33 and it is a bi-partisan resolution that is seeking new co-sponsors. We have many new members of the House […]
A FORMER republican prisoner and Sinn Féin councillor will be remembered as “a friend to so many”. The funeral of Bobby Lavery (74) took place on Thursday morning at St Patrick’s Church in Donegall Street in Belfast. Bobby died on December 26 in San Francisco, California. A Carrick Hill native […]
The IAUC held its annual Robert Emmet Commemoration on Sunday, September 18 in Robert Emmet Part in Washington DC. Ireland’s new Ambassador to the US, Geraldine Byrne Nason, was the keynote speaker. Ambassador Nason discussed the enduring strong ties between Ireland and Irish America that resulted in the Good Friday […]
