Politics Archive
Orange Parade Gets the Go-Ahead
Why has this fiasco erupted in our faces? Over twenty years since the last violence…
Irish Americans Want a United Ireland
“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?” President Trump’s comment that he…
The British Broadcast Ban, The Media and the Conflict in Northern Ireland
On October 19, 1988 the British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, imposed unprecedented peace time restrictions…
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Faces of the Fallen
The Faces of the Fallen exhibition, which commemorated the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, recently closed. The story of […]
Commodore John Barry
From Irish immigrant to Commander of the American Navy, John Barry is a hero to remember. There are many Irish men and women whom one could declare a hero of […]
Peace at last in Northern Ireland?
Though political tensions linger, the Northern Ireland Assembly is up and running and both communities are working together for the future. The Reverend Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist […]
De Valera’s “Tree of Liberty” at Notre Dame
Captured in May 1918 and imprisoned in Lincoln Prison, England, Eamon de Valera, Ireland’s future president, escaped in dramatic fashion on February 3, 1919. Fearing the propaganda boost his re-arrest […]
The Prosecutor Goes to Dublin
Fresh from securing a conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff Scooter Libby, Chicago federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appeared in Dublin the day before St. Patrick’s Day to […]
1916 Anniversary Sparks Debate
On the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising, mainstream political parties are actively competing for the legacy of Ireland’s historical revolution. The government has already announced that […]