Irish America
Irish America
Green Cards for Northern Irish In a landmark decision, the U.S. Senate passed a bill on August 1, which said that citizens from the six counties of Northern Ireland will be eligible to apply for the 48,000 visas set aside for people from the Republic of Ireland in the new Morrison visa program. The bill is a huge break for those from the North, many of whom had felt … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
Irish Man in Space At 8:24 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, Bryan Daniel O'Connor, became the first Irish citizen to ever travel in outer space. It was a smooth takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Colonel O'Connor, who was the commander of the 8-member crew on board, had been in space before, as pilot of the Atlantis … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
Section 31 Upheld by Euro Court For 20 years, the Irish government has deemed it illegal for members linked to the IRA or any of the other paramilitary parties to appear on radio or TV broadcasts. This applies to members of the republican Sinn Féin party as well, as the government has argued that broadcasting Sinn Féin members, even ones who are community leaders with seats … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
The Irish Language Grants Taken from One Group and Given to Another The Ultacht Trust, a British government-backed Irish language group will receive £750,000 in grants £500,000 of which comes from the European Commission.The rest will be generated by the Northern Ireland Office. The grant is almost ten times that which was cut from the Glor na nGael, the West Belfast … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
The Birmingham Six – Free At Last After 16 years of protesting their innocence, the cases against the Birmingham Six have collapsed and the men have been freed. The six men were in English prisons since 1974 because, in the words of Shane McGowan, they were caught "being Irish in the wrong place and at the wrong time.” The Court of Appeals in Britain, which has been examining … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan
