Sinn Fein
Spy Sends North Reeling
Irish Republicans are still reeling from the confession by a senior
Sinn Fein member that he acted as an agent for British intelligence
for over 20 years. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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McGuinness
Tells British to End War
Denis Donaldson’s confession to spying for the British government
has created mayhem and left the political scene in the North in
turmoil. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Irish Gov’t
Won’t Investigate
Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern has described the latest
twist in the Stormont gate affair as “as bizarre as it gets,” but
will not seek a public inquiry into the spy ring fiasco.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
The
Soldier, The Spy, the U.S. Connection
“My name is Denis Donaldson. Since the 1980s . . . I have worked
for British intelligence.”
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Kerry to
Have U.S. Flights
American tourists to Ireland will be able to avail of direct flights
to the gem of the Emerald Isle, Co. Kerry in 2008.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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McDowell
Defends Connolly Leaks
American philanthropist Chuck Feeney was shown Garda (police) files
on journalist Frank Connolly which covered more than 20 years, it
has emerged. more.... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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CIA Operating
in Dublin Charge
American anti-war campaigner Cindy Sheehan has called on the Irish
government to stop allowing U.S. military aircraft use Shannon airport.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Phil Flynn Gets
Probation
Former Sinn Fein Vice President Phil Flynn has been given the benefit
of the Probation Act and ordered to pay €5,000 to charity, after
being found in possession of a pen gun.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
The Spy
Won’t Harm Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein, with its traditional resilience, will likely soon bounce
back from the trauma of the Denis Donaldson affair. The party has,
after all, weathered many major crises, albeit somewhat lower on
the Richter scale of disasters. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
U.S.
Republican Couple Had Doubts
Patricia Megahey was driving to the Archway Pub in the Bronx with
her husband Gabriel in the passenger seat and Denis Donaldson in
the back. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
Tragic Death
of Belfast Golden Globe Voter
The editor of Belfast’s Big Buzz magazine has blamed the organizers
of the annual Golden Globes Awards in Hollywood for the suicide
of journalist Nick Douglas. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
House
Votes to End Visa Lottery
The House easily passed a sweeping immigration bill last Friday
that will make undocumented aliens felons who are subject to prison
sentences if caught, and places strict new procedures on employers
to check an alien’s work eligibility. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
Forgotten
Irish Women Found by Priest
Father Peter Meehan opens up a giant ledger and peers down its pages.
Mary from Co. Donegal, age 18, was going to a cousin’s house in
New York. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Irish
American Killer Pleads Guilty
The man accused of killing Queens native Donald Hennessy, 76, in
a deadly hit and run in March has pleaded guilty. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Emigrant
Study Seeks Volunteers
Trinity College in Dublin is doing a pilot study over Christmas
on those who have returned to Ireland, and on those who are thinking
about it. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
Wren Boys
Sing for Charity
A group of Irishmen are trying to bring an ancient Irish tradition
to Manhattan over Christmas. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
Irish Fields
of Dreams
It’s never hard for anyone to imagine Ireland’s green fields. But
there is a little known phenomenon taking off in a few of those
fields — baseball, the ultimate American pastime. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
|
Queen, McAleese
in North
Irish President Mary McAleese and Queen Elizabeth have made history
with their first meeting on the island of Ireland. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Victims
to March in Dublin
Members of the Orange Order and victims of IRA violence are planning
to stage a parade through the centre of Dublin next month.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
British
Say IRA Out of Crime
The IRA is no longer involved in organized crime, Northern Security
Minister Shaun Woodward has said.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Spy Ring
Charges Quietly Dropped
Three men, one a senior member of Sinn Fein, were hastily summoned
to the High Court last Thursday to hear that charges of operating
an IRA spy ring inside Stormont were being dropped.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
McDowell
Under Fire for Leak
There were angry exchanges in the Dail (Parliament) on Tuesday night
as the Green Party and Sinn Fein called for the resignation of Justice
Minister Michael McDowell over his handling of the Frank Connolly
affair. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Murder Trial
in Final Stages
The trial of 21-year-old Wayne O’ Donoghue for the murder of his
11-year-old neighbour Robert Holohan near Midleton last January,
is in its final stages.
more.... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Sheehan Says
Stop Shannon
American anti-war campaigner Cindy Sheehan has called on the Irish
government to stop allowing U.S. military aircraft use Shannon airport.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Casey
Denies Abuse Charges
The former Bishop of Galway Dr. Eamon Casey has told his colleagues
that he is innocent of charges of child abuse which forced him out
of the priesthood in England.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Orde Tells Republicans to ‘Wise Up’
Senior Republicans need to “wise up” and stop thanking the police
behind closed doors for stopping Loyalist riots while refusing to
endorse the police in public, Northern Ireland Police Chief Constable
Hugh Orde said. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Hit and
Run Drunk Gets Probation
An Irishman who was convicted of drunk driving was given five years
of probation and a fine last week in Queens Criminal Court. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Trial
for Monaghan Man’s Death
A jury is to be selected this week to begin the trial of the man
accused of murdering Co. Monaghan native Eugene McMahon, 46, a New
York City Department of the Environment inspector. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Building
Currachs in Katrina’s Wake
Hurricane Katrina may have stirred up an ancient Irish tradition
in her aftermath. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Owad’s History
Reveals Fraud Pattern
Christine Owad, the bogus immigration practitioner who frauded undocumented
Irish out of thousands of dollars through false promises of legality,
may face further charges from the New York attorney general and
the state district attorney as her background is revealing a pattern
of fraudulent behaviour. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Tynan
Settles Suit Against Hotel
Ireland’s most famous tenor has quietly settled his legal suit against
a Colorado hotel where a bench collapsed while he was taking a shower.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
King
to Reconsider Jail for Illegals
Congressman Peter King, Republican of New York and chairman of the
House Homeland Security Committee, says that he will “review” a
provision in a controversial border bill he is co-sponsoring that
would criminalize illegal aliens and make them subject to imprisonment
if caught. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Lobbying
to Defeat HR 4437
The new lobby group created by the Irish Voice, the Irish Lobby
for Immigration Reform (ILIR), is joining immigrant advocacy groups
throughout the country to work at defeating HR 4437, the controversial
border security and illegal alien bill co-sponsored by Congressmen
James Senesnbrenner and Peter King that will reach the House floor
for a vote later this week. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
The
Importance of Comprehensive Reform
This week, the House of Representatives is expected to take up the
so-called Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration
Control Act. It rivals a bill I have sponsored, entitled the Secure
America and Orderly Immigration Act. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Huge Support
Greets New Lobby Group
A pent-up demand for Irish American action on the critical issue
of immigration reform was unleashed last Friday night at the inaugural
meeting of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR), the new
lobby group created by the Irish Voice that will advocate on behalf
of the estimated 20-30,000 Irish undocumented in the U.S. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
‘We Will Save Ourselves’
“We don’t want to be in the shadows,” said Malcolm*, an undocumented
immigrant from Northern Ireland. Malcolm, who has lived in the U.S.
since 1999 and works as a bricklayer in Manhattan, was speaking
at the inaugural meeting of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform
(ILIR) at Manhattan’s Affinia Hotel last Friday night. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
|
Show
Seeks to Unite Irish Family
An Irish television show is seeking to reunite a family in Ireland
for Christmas. Producers from RTE’s Afternoon Show contacted the
Irish Voice this week asking for people who have not been home to
Ireland in many years to volunteer to be flown to Ireland and filmed
meeting their family for the first time in a long time. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Irish Mom
in U.S. Custody Battle
Another Irish mother has been caught up in a trans-Atlantic battle
over her child. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Rooney Named
Grand Marshal
Next year’s New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade will be led by
businessman Timothy Rooney, who was named as grand marshal at a
gathering hosted by the parade committee at the New York Athletic
Club on Tuesday night.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Major Support
for New Immigration Group
There has been a hugely favourable reaction to the announcement
of a new Irish lobby which will campaign for changes in immigration
law. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Robbery
Suspect Still in Custody
A man arrested for questioning about the £26.5 million Belfast bank
robbery was late Tuesday still being interrogated after eight days
in police custody.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Tricolour
Removed from Coffin
The family of a deceased Belfast Republican has criticized a Catholic
priest who refused to celebrate a Requiem Mass because the coffin
bore the Irish National Flag.
more.... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Brolly
Released Without Charge
The prominent Sinn Fein Assembly Member and three others arrested
by police investigating a botched IRA bombing in 1972 have been
released without charge.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Thousands
Mourn Best
Up to 100,000 mourners turned out for Saturday’s funeral of football
legend George Best.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Nally
Appeal Denied
Mayo farmer Padraig Nally has been refused leave to appeal his conviction
for the killing of traveller John Ward. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Legal Rights
for Gay Couples
Tens of thousands of gay couples in Ireland are to be given legal
recognition for the first time under new legislation being proposed
by Justice Minister Michael McDowell. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Internet Irish Lottery Scam Exposed
The Irish national lottery has warned of an international e-mail
scam designed to fool readers into believing they have won three
million euros in the Irish lottery. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Transplant
Gives New Life
Franklin Peidra has much to be thankful for this holiday season.
Topping his list is Galway native Jerry Quinn, the businessman who
owns the Kells, one of Boston’s most popular restaurants. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Victims Abuse
Deadline Nears
The deadline for victims of abuse in Irish child care institutions
to file claims for redress is December 15, 2005. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
FD Buys
Dittus
Irish-owned public relations giant Financial Dynamics announced
Tuesday its acquisition of Washington, D.C. based Dittus Communications,
one of the nation’s pre-eminent public affairs firms, marking a
significant expansion of FD’s global public affairs. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Fury
Over U.S. Shannon ‘Torture’ Use
There is growing pressure on the Irish government to investigate
claims that Shannon Airport is being used by the CIA in illegally
transporting suspected terrorists to countries where they face torture.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Live at the Keltic Kids Playschool
When Laura James Flynn left Dublin with a degree in high school
teaching almost 18 years ago, she never dreamed she would start
her own educational program. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
|
Labour Dispute
Swamps Irish Ferries
Frantic efforts were being made on Tuesday night to find a solution
to the increasingly bitter trade union dispute at Irish Ferries
which could cost Irish industry millions of euros per day.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
A Country
Mourns for Best
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to turn out in Belfast
this week to pay their respects to football legend George Best,
who died in London on Friday from organ failure.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Cork
Murder Trial Starts
The trial of 21-year-old Wayne O’ Donoghue for the murder of his
11-year-old neighbour Robert Holohan near Midleton last January
has opened in Cork.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Macy’s
Makes Merry for Irish
Forget the Empire State, Statue of Liberty, Central Park or Rockefeller
Centre. This season the only sight Irish shoppers want when they
arrive on vacation to New York is the inside of Macy’s in Herald
Square. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Sligo Priest
on a Mission
When Sligo native Father Martin Keveny was 54 he went back to school.
It was the hardest thing he ever had to do, he says.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Deportee’s
Real IRA Links
A Derry man who was deported from the U.S. earlier this month is
a fundraiser for a Republican prisoner welfare group which the U.S.
government considers a front for the Real IRA, the Justice Department
has confirmed. more.... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Bank Employees
Questioned
Two employees of the Northern Bank are being questioned by police
about the record-breaking robbery of £26.5 million from the bank’s
Belfast headquarters in December last year.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
On the Runs
Cause Controversy
Opposition parties are up in arms at the Irish government decision
to give presidential pardons to the so-called on the runs.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Republicans
Arrested for ‘72 Bombing
A prominent Sinn Fein Assembly member has been arrested by police
investigating a botched IRA bombing which claimed nine lives at
the height of the Irish Troubles. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
New Irish
Bid on Immigration
A new organization, the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, (ILIR)
will be formed by the Irish Voice at a public meeting on Friday,
December 9 in Manhattan. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Irishman
Peddles Ultra Violent DVD
The owner of one of Ireland’s largest martial arts centres has defended
selling horrific illegal Irish bare knuckle fighting DVDs in the
U.S. that teach how to kill or maim an opponent. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
Anti Crime Measures
on Tap
The government on Tuesday announced a series of tough new anti-crime
measures aimed at tackling the country’s growing problem with organized
crime.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Funding
for Irish Abroad Increased
An increase in funding for Irish immigrant groups abroad was announced
last week in the Irish government’s budget estimates.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Derry Dissident
Deported from U.S.
A Derry dissident Republican has been deported from the U.S. after
refusing an FBI and British intelligence offer to become an informer
in exchange for a new house in Portugal and large cash payments.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Judge Calls
Irish Dance Erotic
State officials in North Carolina are to appeal a federal judge’s
ruling that Irish stepdancing is erotic and that strip clubs should
not face discrimination.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Many Ways of Giving
Thanks
“I love Thanksgiving,” says Louise Keegan, 25, a waitress from Gort
in Co. Galway. “This is my first in America but already I think
it’s great. It’s Christmas without the expense. A great chance to
have a nice meal with the people who you care about.”
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
New Flights to Ireland?
Confidence is growing at Kerry, Cork and Knock airports in Ireland
that trans-Atlantic flights will come from the U.S. to them by the
end of 2006. more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
McCartneys
Visit U.S., Target Critics
The McCartney sisters, whose have led an anti-IRA campaign since
their brother was stabbed to death last in a bar last January by
members of the IRA, have vowed to return to the U.S. to stop what
they called “a whispering campaign” against them.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
North Gov’t
Shakeup Riles Unionists
The biggest shake-up in the North’s local government in more than
30 years has led to a furious row among Sinn Fein and the other
political parties. Northern Secretary Peter Hain announced Tuesday
that the region’s 26 district councils will be reduced to seven
“super councils.”
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
U.S. Most Wanted
in Dublin
One of America’s most wanted men appeared in the High Court in Dublin
on Tuesday.Frederick Russell, who is wanted by police in connection
with the deaths of three students killed in a hit and run incident,
is attempting to block his extradition to the U.S.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Robinson
Blames Bush for Job Loss
Former Irish President Mary Robinson has spoken out for the first
time about how the Bush administration cost her her job as UN high
commissioner for human rights.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Nally Supporters
Cancel Rally
Supporters of the jailed Mayo farmer Padraig Nally last week abandoned
plans for a mass protest in support of the man who killed a traveler
whom he believed was trying to rob his house.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Unionist Says Gays
‘Filthy’
A Councilor for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern
Ireland, led by the Reverend Ian Paisley, has branded gays as “abominable
and filthy,” and saying they are to blame for Hurricane Katrina
and the spread of AIDS in Africa.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
On-the-Runs Headed
Home?
Controversial legislation which will permit the return home of “on-the-run”
Republicans takes a step nearer completion this week in the British
Parliament.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
|
Minister
Supports Finucanes
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has vowed to put pressure
on the British government to establish a full independent and public
inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Priest
Suspended in Monaghan
A priest has been suspended in Co. Monaghan after allegations of
misconduct against children in Northern Ireland more than 20 years
ago. more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Farmer Jail Sentence
Divides Country
Thousands of people are expected to turn out this weekend at a rally
in support of Padraig Nally, the Mayo farmer who last week was sentenced
to six years in jail for killing a traveler.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Shannon
Ax Trial Rescheduled
The five anti-war activists accused of damaging a U.S. Navy plane
at Shannon Airport will go on trial for a third time next July.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Loyalist
Paramilitaries to ‘Discuss Future’
The North’s largest illegal Loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster
Defense Association (UDA), has indicated it is ready to “discuss
its future” with the British government.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Paisley
Says No to Talks
Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has come under widespread
criticism for boycotting a fresh round of preliminary ground-breaking
talks with the Irish and British governments.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Shannon
Stopover Gone By ‘08
The Irish government has announced that the compulsory trans-Atlantic
flight stopover at Shannon Airport in Co. Clare will be scrapped.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Owad Faces
Scam Charges
Bogus immigration practitioner Christine Owad appeared in court
this week to answer charges filed by the New York Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer, and was told she has until December 12 to defend
her actions in the Irish community.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Hain Says Loyalists
Need New Agenda
Loyalist leaders have not offered any sign of developing a future
political agenda, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said in
New York on Tuesday.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Family Moves to U.S. to Save Son
Little Kyle O’Malley, five, thinks he is going to Disneyland. His
sister Caitlin, eight, brother Ethan, seven, and little sister Mai-Bridget,
two, have their suitcases packed too.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
U.S. Supports
Irish Fund
Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern has welcomed the U.S. government’s
allocation of $13.5 million to the International Fund for Ireland
(IFI) in 2006. Congress reached a compromise on the allocation after
the White House dropped the fund from its annual budget. There is
growing pressure from the White House and right-wing representatives
to slash the fund.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Sinn
Fein Lash Out at Reiss, Hold Record NYC Fundraiser
Sinn Fein supporters heckled the U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland
at a black tie dinner in New York last week in protest at the Bush
administration’s decision to ban party president Gerry Adams from
fundraising. more...
|
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Adams Fundraising
Still in Doubt
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, due to arrive in New York on Tuesday,
November 8, is still waiting to hear if the Bush administration
will allow him to fundraise during his six-day visit, which will
also include stops in Washington, D.C. and Toronto.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Ahern Calls
Bush Plan Unworkable
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has described President
Bush’s proposed guest worker plan to have undocumented immigrants
return to their native countries before reapplying for work visas
as “unworkable” and “just impractical.”
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Cautious
Reaction to LVF Surrender
Nationalists have given a guarded welcome to the news that the volatile
Loyalist breakaway group, the Loyalist Volunteer Force, (LVF), is
to disband.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Dail Opening for North Pols?
There has been angry reaction from political parties in the south
to the proposal to allow Northern MPs speak in the Dail (Parliament)
on northern issues and on the Good Friday agreement.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Best
Has Nine Lives
Irish soccer legend George Best appears to have made yet another
miraculous recovery, after friends and family were called to his
bedside last week to say goodbye to the football giant.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Church Rocked
By New Sex Claims
Ten years after the clerical abuse scandal first hit the headlines,
the Catholic church in Ireland is once again in deep crisis over
its failure to deal properly with allegations of sex abuse.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Fitzgerald the Untouchable
When he was first chosen as U.S. Attorney in Chicago Patrick Fitzgerald,
44, cracked a key element of a case which had greatly puzzled his
prosecutors. He related the story to Irish America magazine in 2004.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Opposition
Leader Promises U.S. Outreach
A new high-powered attempt is being made to highlight the plight
of the undocumented Irish living in the U.S.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Owad Out
of Business, Facing Court
The woman at the center of the green card scam on Irish illegals
is out of business.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Papers Apologize to Lawlors
A number of Sunday newspapers were forced to make front page apologies
to the family of former Fianna Fail TD Liam Lawlor for wrongly reporting
that the controversial politician had been in the company of a teenage
prostitute when he was killed in a Moscow crash two weekends ago.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Visa Flaws
Exposed in New Report
The U.S. system for catching people who overstay visitor visas is
totally inefficient, a major new report has found.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Shock as Adams
Says War Is Over
“The war is over.” Words of peace, but they had the effect of a
thunderbolt from the blue.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Irish Hurricane
Victims Benefit
When Kathleen Boyle came to New York at the age of 17, she never
expected to find herself homeless at 62.
more...
|
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
|
Irish Scribe
Freed in Iraq
Irish journalist Rory Carroll, who was last week kidnapped but later
freed by his kidnappers in Iraq, is celebrating his release in Dublin.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Church
Criticized Over Abuse
Both the church and the state have been slammed for the manner in
which they treated children who were sexually abused by priests
in the Diocese of Ferns.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
U.S. Bars McBrearty
He may have received one of the largest payouts in the history of
the state for a miscarriage of justice, but U.S. officials still
do not believe that Frank McBrearty Junior, the publican at the
centre of the Donegal garda corruption inquiry, is as innocent as
he seems. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Media Shamed
After Lawlor Death
The fallout from the death of former Dublin TD (Member of Parliament)
Liam Lawlor continues to reverberate around the media world in Dublin
this week. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Mad Dog Heir
in Court
The man who replaced deposed Loyalist commander Johnny “Mad Dog”
Adair, has appeared in court accused of murdering one of Adair’s
lieutenants. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Unionist
to Decide Victim Claims
British Northern Secretary Peter Hain has been accused of making
“political hand-outs” after appointing as victims’ commissioner
a candidate favoured by the anti-Agreement Democratic Unionist Party.
more.... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Empey:
IRA Has Been ‘Defeated’
Outlawed Loyalist paramilitaries have been told by the Ulster Unionist
Party leader to follow the IRA’s example and get rid of their guns
and explosives.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Cop Pleads
Guilty in Sex Sting
A New York Police Department officer who was a regular in the Mayo
section of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade pleaded guilty this week
to charges of attempting to meet a minor for sexual relations in
a sex sting by his own department.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
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Ghost Meeting
Spooks Cork
Just in time for Halloween, hundreds of ghost seekers are descending
on Cork City to catch a glimpse of some haunted happenings. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Green
Card E-mail a Hoax
In yet another story relating to green card fraud, a woman posing
as a diversity visa lottery processor has been sending e-mails to
unsuspecting people announcing they won a green card. The State
Department has issued a warning that the e-mail is a hoax. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Irish Boy Shows
Brave Face
Little Jay Beatty never thought he would one day be smiling down
on millions, but millions of people in Times Square looked up at
Jay last month on a gigantic screen. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
U.S.
Anger Over Irish Extradition
Ireland has turned down the last 18 extradition requests sought
by the U.S., the U.S. Justice Department has said. The claim comes
among growing anger in Ireland that the country is becoming a refuge
for American criminals abusing Ireland’s notoriously slow extradition
process. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Fitzpatrick
to Expand in NYC
Fitzpatrick Hotels is to open its largest ever hotel on 29th Street
in Manhattan, the company told the Irish Voice. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Carvill Place
Named in Queens
After an extensive campaign, the friends and family of Frank Carvill
have announced that a street is to be the renamed in his honour
next week. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Bush,
Hagel Push Immigration Reform
President George W. Bush has vowed to crack down on illegal workers
in work sites across the U.S. as part of his new get tough policy.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Owad
Investigation Heats Up
The case against Christine Owad, currently under investigation from
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s office for scamming
hundreds of undocumented Irish people out of thousands of dollars,
has heated up with the depositions of several former clients. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Avian Flu Outbreak Feared
Irish health and agriculture officials are bracing themselves for
a possible outbreak of the deadly H5N1 Avian Flu which has now spread
to Europe. more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Delta Offers New Irish
Routes
Can Ireland help the cash-starved Delta Airlines deal with its current
financial difficulties?
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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Victims or Clients of Owad?
When“Joe O’Brien” found Christine Owad’s number he thought
all his prayers were answered.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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Former SF Leader
Wants Name Cleared
Former Sinn Fein vice president and one time advisor to Taoiseach
(Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern Phil Flynn has called on the government
to clear his name of any involvement in IRA money laundering.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
What’s
in a Name?
“Hello, this is Patrick O’Brien, formerly Frederick Rhine, please
leave a message.” more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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Garland Still Under Investigation
The Secret Service is continuing to investigate five associates
of Irish Workers Party President Sean Garland
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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‘I Am Not a Scam Artist’
In an exclusive interview with the Irish Voice from her hospital
bed in upstate New York, Christine Owad insists that she has found
a law that allows the undocumented a way to get a green card.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Spitzer, Morgenthau Step In
New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer has launched an
investigation into a green card scam possibly affecting over 100
young undocumented Irish.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Police Seek
Priest Over Nazi Remark
Nationalist anger has greeted the news that police are considering
prosecuting a highly respected Catholic priest over remarks he made
during a debate on IRA decommissioning.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Loyalist
Groups Retain Links
A Loyalist political party stripped of government cash because of
its links with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) has had the funding
restored – two days after re-affirming its connection with UVF.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
New
Twist in Murder Case
The civil action being taken by the family of murdered Frenchwoman
Sophie Toscan du Plantier against the man they believe is her killer
is in doubt this week more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Paisley Lording It
Over Trimble
Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party, for long looked down on
by “respectable Unionism,” is set to join the highest echelons of
the British establishment.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Pedophile Lived Free
in Cork
An Irish pedophile at the center of a bitter extradition dispute
between the U.S. and Ireland spent months living undetected in Cork
this summer, letters sent to his wife have revealed.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Irishmen
Arrested in U.S. Counterfeit Scam
U.S. Federal prosecutors are to seek the extradition of two Irish
men and five others as co-conspirators with Workers Party President
Sean Garland and the North Korean government in the manufacture
of counterfeit $100 bills, the Irish Voice has learned.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Sinn Fein: Raids
Are ‘Witch Hunts’
British government securocrats have been accused of a “political
witch hunt” after a series of raids on English businessmen allegedly
linked to the IRA. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Blair,
Ahern Seek Movement
Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern believes that the Northern
Ireland Assembly could be up and running by the spring.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Banville
Wins Booker Prize
Irish writer John Banville has scooped the world’s best known literary
award. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Shannon Troop
Numbers Up
The number of U.S. soldiers passing through Shannon airport en route
to Iraq will top one quarter of a million this year.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Grandparents
Face Court Over Kidnapping
The Irish grandparents who are wanted in the U.S. for allegedly
abducting their grandson appeared in the High Court in Dublin on
Tuesday to face extradition charges.
more.... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Institute of Irish American Studies is Launched
The launch of the Institute for American Irish Studies at Pace University
in New York City on Tuesday, October 11 was an historic occasion.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Major
Honour for Hero Cop
Mayo NYPD Sergeant Patrick O’Boyle might still be recovering from
his wounds after a gruesome shootout on the streets of Harlem earlier
this year, but his heroism is being recognized all over New York.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Lotto Luck of
the Irish
If Bob Roche’s son, Patrick, had not loved Smithwicks Irish ale
so much, the family of the former Birmingham Six appeal lawyer would
be $1 million less well off. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Reagan Pub Moved
to California
A pub in the ancestral home town of Ronald Reagan has been bought
by a Republican donor and is being moved to the Reagan Library in
California. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
What’s a
Rip-Off? Ireland vs. U.S.
Following the revelations in last week’s Irish Voice that the price
of food in Ireland was almost twice the price in New York, we took
our shopping carts to a variety of stores to bring you a list of
the difference in prices for Christmas gift ideas, some clothing
and footwear and those must-have electronic items. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
A Doctor On
the Front Line
In an era of self-serving memoirs by stars whose lights flicker
out quicker than a candle, Dr. Kevin Cahill has written a very moving
and lasting memoir about his romance with his late wife Kathryn
Cahill and his observations of suffering and death around the world.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Green Card Scammer
Hits Irish
A woman posing as a lawyer has scammed a group of young undocumented
Irish out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Gov’t
Supports Immigration Reform
Ireland’s political parties gave a unanimous show of support last
week for U.S. immigration reform when a motion on the Kennedy/McCain
bill was approved without dissent after a lively Dail (Parliament)
debate on the undocumented in America. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Citizenship
Changes Loom
Significant changes for non-Irish nationals seeking Irish citizenship
based on marriage to an Irish citizen will come on stream come November
30 of this year. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Visa Lottery
Applications Open
Irish immigration centres in New York and Boston are expecting a
poor turnout from the Irish community in the U.S. inquiring about
the State Department’s announced 2007 DV-1 green card lottery which
opened last week. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Ahern Welcomes Turkey
Foreign Minister, Dermot Ahern has welcomed the deal reached in
Luxembourg this week which will see the start of negotiations with
Turkey to allow the predominantly Muslim country to join the European
Union. more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Rip-Off U.S., 0r Rip-Off Ireland?
With recent reports in the Irish media that Ireland is ripping off
its inhabitants with huge mark-ups on clothing and food, the Irish
Voice took a shopping cart around a supermarket in Co. Carlow, and
one in New York. more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
McLean
Meets Hollywood
McLean Avenue in Yonkers is the latest Irish American neighborhood
street to get the Hollywood treatment.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
British Now Believe
The IRA Is Delivering
British intelligence agency reports “indicate that the IRA is delivering”
on its peace promise following the massive decommissioning operation
last month, Northern Secretary Peter Hain has revealed.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Troop Numbers at Shannon
Soar
The number of U.S. troops traveling through Shannon Airport is at
an all-time high, according to figures released by the Department
of Transport this week.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Fordham Under Fire Over Speaker
Following the cancellation of one lecture in a series at Fordham
University’s Institute of Irish Studies, another lecturer has pulled
out amid accusations that Fordham is suppressing academic freedom.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Carvill Friends Gather
For most people who knew him, Frank Carvill, 51, whose father Dan
came from Armagh and his mother Mary from Cork, was a hero.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Irish Flock to
Brazilian Healer
Hundreds of Irish people have replaced Lourdes as their
pilgrimage destination for a new phenomenon sweeping Brazil.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Kenny Denies Mafia Links
The U.S. ambassador to Ireland, James Kenny, has said that he has
no knowledge of alleged links between his family’s construction
company and the New Jersey Mafia.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Irish Gov’t to Debate
Undocumented
Following recent stories about many Irish undocumented in the U.S.
being unable to return home or become legal, a major debate will
take place in the Dail (Irish Parliament) on the issue.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Slob Students Say Sorry
A group of Irish students have agreed to pay for severe damage to
Santa Barbara, California apartments after an Irish Voice article
lead to a huge media chase in Dublin.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Leading Loyalist Killed
The flamboyant leading Belfast Loyalist Jim Gray has been shot dead
in a house in the east of the city.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Loyalists In
New Threat To Destroy Catholic Graves
Loyalists have threatened to dig up the bodies of the Catholic dead
and urinate on their graves, a Co. Antrim parish priest has revealed.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Rossport
5 Freed; Battle Continues
The Rossport Five are enjoying their first taste of freedom after
spending 94 days behind bars over their ongoing battle with oil
giant Shell. more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
McGuinness
in D.C.
Sinn Fein Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness was in Washington,
D.C. last week for a number of meetings. Among the U.S. politicians
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Outrage over FBI ‘Informer’
Attempts
There is outrage over an attempt by the FBI to have a young man
inform on leading figures in the Irish American community in New
York by threatening to deport his father if he did not. .more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
All, Except
Paisley, Welcome Decommissioning
The North’s pro-Agreement parties have broadly welcomed the news
that the IRA has destroyed the contents of it last arms dumps across
Ireland. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
IRA Weapons
Contents Exposed
General John de Chastelain’s commission is prevented by legislation
from revealing details of the weapons, ammunitions and explosives
“put beyond use” by the IRA last week.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Last IRA
Statement?
Following the arms commission’s 50-minute press conference Monday
in Belfast, the IRA authorized the release of a two-paragraph statement.
It is likely to be the last signed by the organization’s “P. O’Neill.”
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
General
Achieves Mission Impossible
Belfast — The peace process in Ireland has thrown up some remarkable
non-Irish men and women.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Sinn Fein Look
to the Future
The serried files of Sinn Fein’s leadership both North and South
faced the media at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast’s new shining jewel
soon after the de Chastelain announcement.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Irish Students
Gone Wild
Californian police are questioning one Irish student and are hoping
to talk to a dozen more about the destruction of three apartments
in Santa Barbara.
more.... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Bar Owner Evacuates
Twice
A New Orleans pub owner is back on the refugee trial again this
week after Hurricane Rita wrecked his temporary home in Texas.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
New Visa
Lottery Details Announced
The State Department announced that the application period for the
2007 DV-1 visa lottery will start at noon on Wednesday, October
5, and conclude at noon on Sunday, December 4.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Egan in
IRS Tax Charge
President George W. Bush’s last Irish ambassador, Richard Egan,
set up a $62 million illegal tax shelter as soon as he moved to
Dublin, the Internal Revenue Service claims. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Gov’t Applauds
IRA Decommissioning
As expected, the Irish government were unanimous in pronouncing
Monday’s confirmation of IRA decommissioning an historic and positive
event. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Hordes
Attend Ploughing Event
One of the most unique events on the Irish calendar, the National
Ploughing Championships, took place this week at Mogeely, Midleton,
Co. Cork, attracting national politicians, some 150,000 visitors
and sufficient rain to turn the entire affair into a sea of mud.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Literacy
Lessons for All
An official, government-approved guide to terms common in Ireland,
released this week on the Internet, promises to make Irish political
jargon easy to understand – even to Americans. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Corr’s
Ranting Confession
In a uniquely Irish tabloid celebrity story, pop singer Andrea Corr
of the Corrs this week told how she got into a row with a priest
over sex during Confession. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Irish
Americans Applaud Decommissioning
There was widespread welcome from politicians and community leaders
of the news of the IRA decommissioning this week though some worried
that there was still much work ahead to achieve lasting peace.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
McGuinness
in U.S. For Briefings
Sinn Féin lead negotiator Martin McGuinness arrives in the U.S.
this week to brief supporters on the decommissioning move by the
IRA. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Adams Attends Clinton
Summit
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams was among the A-list invitees at
last week’s inaugural Global Initiative conference in New York hosted
by former President Bill Clinton.more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Irish Favoritism Plea
Denied
An Irish American is appealing a hefty jail sentence, claiming that
his lawyer told him he would get off lightly because the judge shared
his Irish heritage.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Ahern Gives and Receives
in New York
Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern copper-fastened
Ireland’s commitment to providing overseas development aid at the
United Nations last Wednesday.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Sinn Fein Claims SDLP
Excludes
Sinn Fein has accused the SDLP of behaving like the Democratic Unionists
after Republicans were left off the invitation list for a conference.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Paisley Complains
to Blair
Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley pushed home the issue
of perceived Unionist grievances during a telephone conversation
with Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Bush Pushes Six Year
Visas
President George W. Bush has put forward a comprehensive new immigration
plan which would allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S.
for six years before returning home.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Planning Whistle Blower
Dies
Tributes have been pouring in to the late James Gogarty, the former
company executive who blew the whistle on planning corruption in
Dublin leading to the downfall and ultimate jailing of former Foreign
Minister Ray Burke.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
King
Fought Off Smear Campaign
New York Congressman Peter King has said that there was
a secret campaign to stop him from becoming the chairman of the
powerful House Homeland Security Committee, based on his links to
Sinn Fein and Irish Republicanism.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Irish Snap Up NYC Pads
Irish investors have almost completely bought out a luxury apartment
complex near Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Gov’t Increases
Grants for Immigrant Groups
Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern brought plenty of good cheer
to U.S.-based immigration groups last week with the announcement
of a huge 40% increase in the annual funding
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Decommissioning Set
to Begin?
The first reports on the extent and nature of IRA decommissioning
could be made public next week
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
German Election Causes
Euro Drop
The euro fell to a seven week low against the dollar this week following
Germany’s general election which put conservatives and liberals
neck and neck.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Irish Population Explodes
Ireland now has the largest recorded population since 1861, according
to the latest census which puts the number of people living in the
country at 4.4 million.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Gov’t
Numbers Go Further South
The government is facing a tough few months ahead following a further
drop in support for the two coalition parties in the latest opinion
poll. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
U.S. Nazi Supporter
in Ireland?
The leading funder of U.S. Neo-Nazi groups is believed to be hiding
in Ireland, the FBI has said.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
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