Author Archive: iauc

The recent official dedication of Robert Emmet Park in Washington D.C. was a day to celebrate for all those who had campaigned for the recognition of the Irish patriot on a plot of land in the nation’s capital.

The legacy of Robert Emmet and his standing in the eyes of Irish Americans was cited by Irish ambassador to the United States Dan Mulhall in a speech delivered during the recent dedication of Robert Emmet Park in Washington, D.C.

The Irish American Unity Conference is pleased to announce that the Annual Commemoration of Irish Patriot Robert Emmet will be held on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 11:30 AM at ROBERT EMMET PARK Massachusetts Avenue & 24th Street, N.W., Washington, DC featuring Ancient Order of Hibernians Color Guard Recognition of […]

Saturday, August 24 2019 Mass at St. Patrick’s Church 6pm 1711 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh (Strip District) All are welcome to attend The Pittsburgh Irish American Community has always supported this remembrance and we thank the Irish American Unity Conference, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Conway Mill […]

  Logline: Exposing Britain’s secret collaboration in the murders of over 120 people on both sides of the Irish border during the recent conflict. Synopsis: Unquiet Graves: The story of the Glenanne Gang details how members of the RUC and UDR, (a British Army regiment) were centrally involved in the […]

England’s Difficulty…BREXIT is Ireland’s Opportunity Peter Kissel, National President As we embark on 2019, two overarching, interrelated matters remain uppermost in importance to the IAUC’s work: Brexit, and preservation of the Good Friday Agreement. I believe that the UK’s penultimate “own goal” will prove to be a huge impetus for […]

Matt is a former Republican POW who has been living in the United States peacefully for many years. Because of bureaucratic indifference or intolerance, ICE has not renewed his work permit and he cannot work. Here is Matt’s gofundme link as well as a snail mail address if you want […]

IAUC President Peter Kissel accompanied the Northern Ireland journalists who are being persecuted for producing the explosive documentary No Stone Unturned in a round of meetings in Washington DC on February 26. Producer Trevor Birney and investigative journalist Barry McCaffrey and their lawyer Niall Murphy travelled to the United States […]

By Anthony Neeson A new report has warned that a hard border in Ireland in the aftermath of Brexit would make a return topolitical violence in Ireland “inevitable.” Read the Entire Article IAUC pitched Emmet to Murkowski By Ray O’Hanlon As the U.S. Senate prepared to consider a sprawling land […]

A meeting of the American Brexit Committee was convened ABC Secretary Michael Cummings at John Dearie’s law office in New York on January 23. IAUC members Jack O’Brien, Leslie Cassidy, Kevin Barry, Peter Kissel, and Jim Gallagher joined their colleagues from the AOH, Brehon Law Society and American Committee on […]

By Irish Echo Staff With just two months to go before Brexit, Irish Americans are increasingly focused on the implications for the island of Ireland, most especially in the event of a no-deal UK crash out from the European Union. This was the backdrop to a meeting in New York […]

In an obvious snub to our allies in Europe, the U.S. State Department has secretly downgraded the status of the EU Ambassador to Washington for purposes of priority seating at diplomatic events, without the courtesy of even telling the Ambassador and without explanation. Whether this action was instigated by President […]

Without a deal, the country’s departure from the European Union will be a disaster. By Jochen Bittner HAMBURG, Germany — I learned by mail the other day that Brexit poses a risk to my life insurance. My Britain-based insurance company, unsure about whether it would legally be able to cover […]

Irish patriot Thomas Devin Reilly, a Young Irelander who was exiled after the failed 1848 Rising, was honored in a graveside re-dedication ceremony at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Washington DC on December 1, 2018. Reilly emigrated to the United States and rose to become a confidant of President Franklin Pierce […]

WASHINGTON DC…October 30, 2018. The Irish American Unity Conference condemns in the strongest terms the vicious attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, and expresses its solidarity with the American Jewish community at this time of sorrow. We reject the anti-Semitic hatred which precipitated the attack and denounce […]