Irish America
Irish America
The Vibrant and Cultured City of the North Belfast is a city reborn. It blends the cultural sophistication of Europe with the unique history of the Irish and the vigor of a youthful population. Two highlights of Belfast to plan your trip around are the Titanic Quarter and Belfast’s legendary Festival at Queen’s University. THE TITANIC QUARTER IN BELFAST For those gripped by … [Read more...] about Belfast
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 Party (DUP) and Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, sat down together before the world’s media on March 26 to announce that they would form a power-sharing executive at … [Read more...] about Peace at last in Northern Ireland?
Gardai (Irish police) completed an investigation into suspected money-laundering operations by the Provisional IRA following the massive £26 million Northern Bank raid in Belfast two years ago. A nationwide garda search codenamed Operation Phoenix led to the home of a financial adviser in Cork where cash deposits of £2.4 million matched with banknotes stolen in the raid. Gardai … [Read more...] about Gardai Complete Money-Laundering File
Northern Secretary Peter Hain drew heavy criticism when he announced wide-ranging plans to shake up local government and public services in Northern Ireland. Referring to a 5,400-square-mile territory populated by 1.7 million people, he declared the North to be "both over-governed and over-administered" with an official system in need of complete overhaul. The first target is … [Read more...] about Hain’s Reform Plans Draw Fire
In eleven years we will reach the centenary of the 1916 Rising, the revolutionary crucible of present-day Ireland. Independence did not arrive until 1922 -- along with partition and the seeds of Northern conflict -- but at this stage we are at least four generations into modern statehood. Shouldn't 83 years be long enough for us to know where we are and, even possibly, where … [Read more...] about The Past 20 Years; Changes In Ireland
