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Please help Matt Morrison

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 accompanies journalists receiving backlash to DC

IAUC President accompanies journalists receiving backlash to DC

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 […]

 

The Irish Echo: Avoid both hard border and rush to unity, UNESCO Warning

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

A meeting of the American Brexit Committee

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 […]

 

The Irish Echo: The NY Brexit Summit, Range of Issues Covered at Manhattan Meeting

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 […]

 

The State Department’s unwarranted downgrade of an ambassador

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 […]

 

Britain Needs a Brexit Insurance Plan

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 […]

 

Honoring Thomas Devin Reilly

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 […]

 

Irish American Unity Conference Denounces Anti-Semitic Attack on Pittsburgh Jewish Community

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 […]

 
IAUC Leaders Discuss Brexit and Good Friday Agreement With Irish Ambassador

IAUC Leaders Discuss Brexit and Good Friday Agreement With Irish Ambassador

IAUC National President Peter Kissel, Treasurer Kevin Barry, Board Members Ed Walsh, Leslie Cassidy, and Tom Carney, and member activists Mike Carney and Kathleen Walsh met with Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall and the Embassy’s Political Director Brian Cahalane on Wednesday, October 1, to express the IAUC’s concerns over Brexit’s threat […]

 

Remembering Robert Emmet

The IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE In cooperation with the ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS Invites you to its 10 th Annual Commemoration of Irish Patriot Robert Emmet on the 215 th Anniversary of his execution by Britain (September 20, 1803) Sunday, September 30, 2018 11:30 AM Robert Emmet Statue Robert Emmet […]

 

2018 Congressional Questionnaire on Irish Issues

The Irish American Unity Conference has worked for over thirty years towards the peaceful reunification of Ireland. America is home to a significantly high proportion of Irish-Americans, many of whom still claim close ancestral links to Ireland, north and south, and who also belong to Irish fraternal, cultural and political […]

 
Addendum to the Irish American Unity Conference National Newsletter

Addendum to the Irish American Unity Conference National Newsletter

Barely half-way through the year, 2018 has already been an extremely active year for the IAUC in the National Capital Region, and by extension, nationally and internationally. From the beginning of the year, the DC-Baltimore Chapter has further increased its ongoing engagement with Congress to advocate for equality, justice, and […]

 

Irish American Unity Conference National Newsletter

Click here to download the latest IAUC National Newsletter. Here is a brief summary of the articles in the Newsletter Board Meeting & Special Seminar on Monday, October 1st and Tuesday October 2nd IAUC Donations to Human Rights Groups gratefully received by Peter Kissel, National President Brexit surprise to end […]

 

37th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1981 HUNGER STRIKES

SATURDAY, MAY 5th 2018 MASS AT ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH 6PM 1711 Liberty Ave., (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 Trust, […]