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All The News for All Hollow’s Eve

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter October 30, 2021

October 29, 2021 by By Róisín Chapman<br>IA Newsletter October 30, 2021 Leave a Comment

The number of Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland has risen dramatically while applications for U.K. passports have dipped, according to official reports outlined in a report by the Irish Times. Irish passport applications in Northern Ireland began to rise in 2016 after Britain voted to leave the EU. Applications for UK passports saw a 15% decrease while Irish passport … [Read more...] about All The News for All Hollow’s Eve

Hibernia: Irish Reaching Out to Help Others

By Tom Deignan

Summer 2021

September 10, 2021 by By Tom Deignan </br> <p></p> <a href = https://www.irishamerica.com/3d-flip-book/2021-summer-issue/> Summer 2021 </a> Leave a Comment

Siobhan Dennehy’s job was already plenty challenging, as St. Patrick’s Day 2020 approached. “There were over a thousand changes made to U.S. immigration law,” noted Dennehy, a Dublin native, and Executive Director of the New York-based Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC). As immigration advocates across the country worked to make sense of these legal changes, they … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish Reaching Out to Help Others

December 1, 1494

Poynings Law was enacted in Ireland on this day in 1494. The legislation, which was initiated by Sir Edward Poyning, the Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII, outlined the operation of the Irish Parliament. It placed Irish parliament under the authority of the English parliament, forbid the assembly from meeting without the King’s permission and called for all Irish parliamentary legislation to be approved by the King. Poynings Law and this date marked the beginning of English dominance via Tudor rule in Ireland.

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