January February 1993

Daniel O’Connell and the Young Irelanders

By Eamon O'Kelly

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In the early 1800's Daniel O'Connell was a young lawyer in Dublin, a member of the tiny Catholic middle class. In those days, although the worst excesses of the Penal Laws had passed, Roman Catholics still were deprived of full civil rights, and many opportunities remained closed to them. O'Connell became active in the Catholic Committee, the group working to win full rights … [Read more...] about Daniel O’Connell and the Young Irelanders

The Greening of the White House: Clinton’s Irish Agenda

By Niall O’Dowd, Founding Publisher
January February 1993

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On record with the strongest statement on Irish issues of any President of modern times, President-elect Bill Clinton is already catching flak from the British government and media. But what is he really likely to do on Irish issues in the White House? On the mid-November day that Bill Clinton arrived in Washington, D.C. on his first visit as President-elect of the United … [Read more...] about The Greening of the White House: Clinton’s Irish Agenda

Is There Any Hope?

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
January February 1993

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The goverment press release reads: “Monday's papers reported on renewed violence in Northern Ireland which left four men dead and twelve people seriously injured. In Belfast loyalist UFF, gunmen murdered three Catholic men in a gun and grenade attack on a betting shop. The attack was described in the Irish Times as 'a virtual carbon-copy repeat of the UFF attack on a bookies … [Read more...] about Is There Any Hope?