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Pennsylvania’s Irish and the
Founding of the State

By Tom Deignan

December/ January 2021

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Joe Biden's nail-biting Pennsylvania win was just the latest episode in Pennsylvania's rich Irish American history.You can take the boy out of Scranton.  But Scranton still helped put its most famous Irish Catholic boy – Joe Biden – into the White House.The 2020 presidential election famously came down to a handful of states – including Pennsylvania. That’s where Joseph … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania’s Irish and the
Founding of the State

Understanding the 25th Amendment and Impeachment

By Tom Deignan

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For five decades, John Feerick has done his best to make sure America can deal with things at their worst.If you read the headlines this week, you saw angry debates about what to do in the wake of protests-turned-riots in the nation’s capital. Ultimately, the House of Representatives voted – for the second time – to impeach president Donald Trump, though only after Vice … [Read more...] about Understanding the 25th Amendment and Impeachment

Biden Country

By Darina Molloy

December/ January 2021

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Mayo on the west coast and Louth on the east, boast some of the most historic sites in Ireland, and now locals living in the area of the Cooley Peninsula and Ballina can expect many the curious traveler on the trail of President Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors.  (All images: Tourism Ireland).Wee Louth and Mighty Mayo – what do they have in common? Well, certainly not their … [Read more...] about Biden Country

From Space to Washington –
Captain Mark Kelly Takes on a New Endeavour

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Mark Kelly is the new Senator-elect for Arizona, filling the late Senator John McCain's seat.Mark Kelly – just elected to the U.S. Senate – had already lived quite a life. He’d served as a fighter pilot, flying over three dozen combat missions during Operation Desert Storm.Then he applied to become an astronaut with NASA. As did his twin brother Scott. They were both accepted – … [Read more...] about From Space to Washington –
Captain Mark Kelly Takes on a New Endeavour

New Concerns over Brexit as UK Tries to Soften the Protocol on Northern Ireland

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By Deaglán de BréadúnCombining the words ‘British’ and ‘exit’, the United Kingdom process of withdrawal from the European Union known as Brexit began with a referendum in June 2016 when 52% of UK voters opted to leave the EU. The marriage which took place on New Year’s Day back in 1973 was meant to be finally over by March 2019 but it dragged on until January 31 this year. … [Read more...] about New Concerns over Brexit as UK Tries to Soften the Protocol on Northern Ireland