February 21, 2014 4:45 pm / no comments
THE U. S. ROLE IN THE IRISH CONFLICT By Michael Cummings Most Americans have become accustomed to thinking that Britain’s partition of Ireland in 1920 without benefit of one Irish vote and the conflict that ensues today is solely Britain’s doing. Not exactly. The British government could not have perfected partition without America’s help. Indifference […]
December 7, 2013 6:34 pm / 3 comments
COMMENTARY BY MICHAEL CUMMINGS – President Obama’s Special Envoy to Ireland, Ambassador Richard Haass, will shortly end his mission to seek common ground on three contentious issues stalling the progress of peace in Northern Ireland. Actually the disputes over flags and parades are the side show. The main point of […]
July 7, 2013 6:33 pm / no comments
So the tapes have been handed over – Crisis In Historical Enquiries Team Probe Of NI’s Past Shows Need For A Fresh Start And An End To Boston College Probe Crisis In Historical Enquiries Team Probe Of NI’s Past Shows Need For A Fresh Start And An End […]
July 5, 2013 10:35 pm / no comments
It’s fish or cut bait time. We wish to thank those who have steadfastly persevered with our advocacy efforts as the litigation battle winds down. Now every effort must be made to persuade our Attorney General, Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that this is an […]
July 5, 2013 10:26 pm / 1 comment
Few who have followed the British demand for records from the Irish archives of Boston College understand their motive. Fewer still grasp why America would accede to it. Their demand ostensibly concerns a search for truth but, if the topic is Ireland, nobody is better at concealing it than Britain. The demand came in the form […]
January 19, 2013 3:33 pm / no comments
CLINTON & HOLDER PRESSED ANEW ON SUBPOENAS OF BOSTON COLLEGE RECORDS COLLEGE PRESIDENT & MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGED TO OPPOSE January 18th New York City & Wash, D. C. The first session of the 2013 Congress is just starting and a new term for President Obama is beginning but a coalition […]
December 30, 2012 10:35 pm / no comments
PRESS RELEASE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, BREHON LAW SOCIETY & IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE “FRIENDS” JOIN SUPREME COURT APPEAL IN BRITISH SUBPOENA CASE; 1ST EVER FOR COALITION New York City & Washington, D. C. December 20th: The major Irish-American organizations (‘the Coalition’) have formally joined the litigation battle to block […]
December 30, 2012 10:27 pm / no comments
By Mike Cummings – IAUC Board Member LATELY, there have been some unflattering portrayals of the British government in action. There were the public inquiries: the Leveson Commission examining newspaper illegality and collusion with government officials and the Hillsborough Commission revealing police incompetence and deceit related to the deaths of […]
October 21, 2012 7:47 pm / no comments
Kevin Barry Joe Farrell & Tom Burke Watching WCYS Patti Flau, Kevin Barry, George Trainor, Donald Payne, Jr. Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin & Kathy Kelly DC Members Peter Kissel and Kathy Kelly Larry Brophy & Friends! Heads together in the pub
October 7, 2012 8:03 pm / no comments
http://bostoncollegesubpoena.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/news-of-interest-the-legal-position-on-amnesties-and-the-duty-to-prosecute/ The legal position on amnesties and the duty to prosecute PROFESSOR KIERAN MCEVOY September 13, 2012 Eamonn Mallie.com In response to The Reverend Lesley Carroll’s call (in the comments section of Brian Rowan’s article titled: “The sorry truth – Are we healing or hiding from the past?”) for members […]