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The North – A Look Ahead
THE temptation this time of year is to utter a wish and a prayer
that somehow, a way forward can be found in the New Year which will
allow the peace progress in Northern Ireland to progress.
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(Irish Voice) 18 Dec 2003
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A Lonely Time of Year
THERE is no time of the year that is lonelier for an exile than
the Christmas season.
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(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
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How to Get. Around Paisley
THE head-scratching that the victory of the Rev. Ian Paisley has
caused in the Irish peace process has continued all this week.
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(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
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Demise of the SDLP?
OF all the story lines out of the Northern Assembly elections
last week, none is more poignant than the virtual eclipse of the
SDLP by Sinn Fein on the Nationalist side.
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(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
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Facing the New Realities
THERE is almost a sense of relief at the outcome of the Northern
Ireland Assembly elections last week, as if the smoke has finally
cleared and we are finally able to see the battlefield as it truly
is.
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(Irish Voice) 4 Dec
2003
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A Thanksgiving Dark Nightmare
ON October 2, 1988, two masked gunmen fired 25 shots with
an AK47 into the home of Malachy McAllister, a Nationalist living
in the Lower Ormeau Road area of West Belfast.
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(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
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Giving Thanks In a
Tough Year
IT hardly seems the best time to be giving thanks for our blessings.
It is a year when war and reconstruction in Iraq, suicide bombings
in Turkey and the Middle East, and American soldiers coming home
in coffins from Iraq and Afghanistan are familiar sights.
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(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
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Bashing Blacks, Gays, Women
QUICK – which Irish publication in New York has over a page
of jokes about Blacks, gays, and sexual innuendo? If you answered
Irish Voice or Irish Echo you would be wrong.
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(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
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So We Are Morons
IT is always interesting when the mask slips from the face of “moderate
Unionism” and the real persona comes through.
Such was what happened last week, when the highly regarded Stephen
King, a close advisor to David Trimble, launched an incredible attack
on Irish Americans in the course of his column in The Belfast Telegraph.
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(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
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Another Bloody Sunday
“BLOODY Sunday,” the screaming headline on Monday’s New
York Post, certainly grabbed my attention. It was, of course, a
reference to the horrific events that cost 19 young Americans their
lives, most in a miåssile attack on their helicopter in Iraq.
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(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
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Apply for Lottery Visas
AS usual, there is a flood of speculation and rumor about the
application form for the annual diversity visa lottery program,
commonly called the Schumer visas after the New York senator who
championed them. Information on the visa program and how to apply
is available from www.travel.state.gov.
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(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
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A Revolution in Irish
Politics
IN a week when he is visiting the U.S. on a fundraising
drive, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will surely take major comfort
in the fact that he now by far and away the most popular politician
in Ireland.
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(Irish Voice)30 Oct 2003
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The War’s Over Who Knew?
SUPPOSING the IRA ended its war and nobody noticed? That, apparently,
is what happened on Tuesday, October 21 when Sinn Fein leader Gerry
Adams made the following statement”
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(Irish Voice)30 Oct 2003
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Another Trimble Tantrum
THE first time I met David Trimble many years ago he clicked
his heels in welcome. A group of Irish Americans were visiting Ulster
Unionist Party headquarters in Belfast, and Trimble was one of several
lesser leaders rounded up to meet us.
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(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
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Trimble Seeks Surrender
THE outrageous behavior of David Trimble in turning down the
carefully choreographed deal put together by the parties in the
North and the British and Irish governments is an utter disgrace.
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(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
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At Last a Peace
Breakthrough?
ONCE again the Irish peace process seems poised on the verge
of a major breakthrough as November elections loom and the parties
face intense pressure. Of course it would not be the peace process
without the obligatory crisis as we reach crunch time.
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(Irish Voice) 15 Oct 2003
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Police Climbdown in QueensWHAT
is happening in Queens, where there are many conflicting reports
on sexual abuse charges against Irish women there? The sexual assaults
appear to occur late at night when the women leave Irish bars to
go home and predator taxi drivers pick them up.
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(Irish Voice) 15 Oct 2003
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Me and the Material
Girl
Sitting in my office on Monday afternoon, minding my own business,
I received a call from a casting director in New York. Madonna wanted
at least 10 Irishmen to act as her bodyguards in the shooting of
her new video with Britney Spears.
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(Irish Voice) 10 Oct 2003
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Securing Health Insurance
A CASUAL perusal of the advertising pages of the Irish Voice every
week reveal a flood of benefit events to help those in the community
who have no health insurance. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 Oct 2003
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Time Is Now for Immigration
Action
THE announcement by Irish Foreign Minster Brian Cowen that the financial
grants to emigrant groups in the U.S. and elsewhere have been increased
is a welcome statement of support by the Irish government.
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(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
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The Greatest Sport of All?
IN an age when sport stars command ridiculous salaries, sometimes
reaching over $100 million for a few years of work, there was a
wonderful throwback to the age of amateur sports last weekend in
Dublin’s Croke Park, the Mecca for Irish sports fans.
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(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
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Bertie Eyes
Breakthrough
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern is quietly confident that
the major breakthrough which will herald a new era in the North
can happen over the next few weeks.
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(Irish Voice)
24 Sep 2003
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Stopping Assaults
On Young Women
THIS weeks warning from the New York Police Department on the dangers
of young women leaving bars alone and taking unlicensed car services
home is very timely.
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(Irish Voice)
24 Sep 2003
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New Visas On the Way?
WITH an election year looming in 2004, there is an increasing belief
that a new visa bill which would grant amnesty to those here illegally,
and create new methods of addressing the incredible backlog in cases
pending, may finally occur. more...
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(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
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Signs of Hope In the North
THE summer doldrums have passed in Northern Ireland and a fresh
burst of political activity has greeted the onset of autumn. In
many ways it feels like déjà vu. more...
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(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
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Blowing Hot Air
IRISH Health Minster Micheal Martin is in New York this week, researching
the likely response to the smoking ban in Irish pubs and restaurants
set to take place in Ireland on January 1.
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(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
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Where Is the
Humanity?
THERE is something wrong in a country where a man desperately fighting
a cruel cancer is unable to be helped by his fellow Irishmen because
of bureaucratic regulations.
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(Irish Voice) 11 Sep 2003
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Editorial
THE world changed and not for the better on the morning of September
11, 2001. Even two years later we are still feeling the seismic
effects and aftershocks of what occurred.
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(Irish Voice) 11 Sep 2003
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Seeking
Justice in Colombia
IT would seem an open and shut case. The three Irishmen accused
of aiding FARC guerillas in Colombia have cast iron alibis and the
prosecution witnesses have been thoroughly discredited.
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(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
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Editorial
- A Fresh Voice in Ireland
SPEAKING before his inauguration as Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin,
Dr. Diarmuid Martin last week gave an interview to the local media
that was stunning in its frankness.
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(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
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A Hot, Hot Summer
DUBLIN – It has been an endless summer here in Ireland. Long, lazy
days of sunshine are followed by balmy nights.
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(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
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Editorial - Tragedy
in Queens
THE heart of the Irish community in Sunnyside was ripped out last
week when a massive blaze burned down several Irish businesses on
Queens Boulevard which were central to the Irish living in the area.
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(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
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Arnie’s the Man, Says
Expert
ARNOLD Schwarzeneg-ger would be the best thing ever to happen to
California politics says Warren Hinckle, the famed San Francisco
newsman who has been a strong Irish activist all his life.
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(Irish Voice) 20 Aug 2003
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Editorial - The
Sound of Silence
THIS was supposed to be another summer of discontent in Northern
Ireland, thousands rioting, pitched battles in interface areas and
the like. more...
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(Irish Voice) 20 Aug 2003
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Strange Times for
the Kennedy Clan
IN AMERICAN political parlance, the name Kennedy goes with Democrat
the same way salt goes with pepper. So, it is a huge shock to the
system when the words Kennedy and Republican are joined together
in the same sentence. more...
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
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Editorial -
This Wacky Weather
ONE would be excused for thinking that Ireland and the East Coast
of the U.S. have geographically switched places this summer, given
the extremes of climate both are experiencing.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
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Editorial - Is
This America?
THE forced deportation of Derry native John McNicholl, snatched
from his home and family in Philadelphia, asks some very tough questions
of the Bush administration. more...
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(Irish Voice) 30 Jul 2003
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Arrested But Innocent
FORMER Labor Secretary Ray Donovan, who held the job under President
Ronald Reagan, was extensively investigated for mob links while
he was in office. more...
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(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
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Editorial - Blair’s
Survival Vital for Peace
THE continued survival of a British prime minister is usually not
a matter of grave concern for an Irish American newspaper, but in
the case of Tony Blair, there are certainly grounds for dismay if
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(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
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One More Push on North
THE great and the good turned up to say farewell to Richard Haass,
President Bush’s special envoy to Ireland, at the Irish Embassy
in Washington, D.C. last week. more...
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(Irish Voice) 18 Jul 2003
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Editorial - Concern for
Students Jobs
THERE have been many unintended consequences of the raft of new
laws drafted post-September 11. For young Irish people seeking work
in the United States it has become a major concern.
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(Irish Voice) 18 Jul 2003
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