Author Archive: iauc

From left is Patti Flaus, Mary Ellen Myers, Shirley Murphy and Joy Short with former deportee, Malachy Mc Allister in Derry.

Members of IAUC braved the 10 degree weather to march in the 2022 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 12th.

March 4, 2022…Once again, the world has witnessed a brutal imperialist regime, bristling with deadly weaponry, invade a neighboring country and murder thousands of innocent civilians. Vladimir Putin will be condemned in history alongside such arch-villains as Hitler and Stalin, both of whom invaded Poland in similar manner. This act […]

British gov to produce an ‘official’ history of Northern Ireland conflict, Sinn Féin Representative for North America reacts. Ciarán Quinn @IrishCentral Nov 22, 2021 The Irish Central In this personal piece Ciarán Quinn, Sinn Féin Representative for North America, responding to reports of British Government plans to produce an ‘official’ […]

IAUC Secretary Sarah McAuliffe with Pittsburgh IAUC member Lorraine Starsky enjoying the Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pittsburgh on September 18th.

A Chara, The word “catastrophic” may be over-used but we fear it is justified responding to the British government’s deeply cynical proposals to bar all families bereaved in the conflict in Northern Ireland (including families living in the Republic of Ireland, Britain and elsewhere) from access to justice. Although the […]

The time to set a firm date for a referendum on Irish unity is now. The legal requirement for a border poll as envisioned in the 1998 Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement needs to be embraced and facilitated by the Irish and British governments. The GFA provides that a poll on […]

The conviction by a Minnesota jury of police officer Derek Chauvin on second- and third-degree murder charges brings a much needed sense of relief, and hope, for all of us who believe in equal justice under the law. The guilty verdicts are an important new link in the arc of […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) in leading 13 of their Senate colleagues in unveiling a bipartisan resolution in support of the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast Agreement, and […]

Peter Kissel www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2021 On January 21, 2021, thirty-five hundred relatives of conflict victims in the North of Ireland sent a letter to Taoiseach Micheal Martin and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urgently requesting immediate implementation of the legacy commitments of the […]

The IAUC congratulates and salutes John McCarthy on his well-deserved appointment as Senior Advisor to the Counselor to the President in the Biden Administration. John, a proud Irish-American, previously served as Congressman Brendan Boyle’s Chief of Staff. In that role, he demonstrated a keen interest in Irish justice affairs and […]

Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post – January 3rd, 2021 In his Dec. 29 Tuesday Opinion essay, “Britain is still a global force for good,” British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab suggested that Britain is committed to human rights. Three recent actions illustrate the United Kingdom’s ongoing hostility to […]

The Irish American Unity Conference extends warm congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the US Presidential contest. We wish them the very best in leading our government in a compassionate and progressive manner, and in helping to heal the painful divisions in our […]

The Irish American Unity Conference was proud to hold its annual commemoration of Irish Patriot Robert Emmet on Sunday, September 20, despite the pandemic preventing us from an open, public gathering. We thank the National Park Service, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Irish Embassy for working with us […]