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Emigrants give far more to America than they take --Time to stop racist anti-emigrant sentiment

Immigrant children arriving to a new landIf there is one sentiment that bothers me at present it is the oft repeated lie that emigrants always take American jobs.It has been my experience that emigrants far from taking jobs, creat ...

February 22, 2012 by Niall O'Dowd 18

Enda Kenny meeting Joseph Kennedy in Boston

Irish leader Enda Kenny’s US charm offensive continues

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s trade-focused charm offensive on the US continued last week, as he attended a series of events over three days in both Boston and New York aimed at “reasserting Ireland’s place in the world,” as he put it wh ...

February 22, 2012 by BRIAN FITZPATRICK 6

What the E3 visa would mean for Irish - Explaining what the visa currently before Congress would involve

Senator Scott Brown in discussion with Eamon GilmoreReaders of the Irish Voice will undoubtedly be aware that the possibility looms of the Irish getting their own version of the Australian E-3 visa program, hopefully at some point ...

February 21, 2012 by Debbie McGoldrick 6

Germany says solar energy is path to bankruptcy, yet Obama doubles US down on it

Solar energy - not the answerOne of the biggest national investors in green energy, Germany, is coming to the realization that green energy is the path to bankruptcy. This is nothing short of blasphemy in the green world to even m ...

February 21, 2012 by Ed Farnan (edf0483@gmail.com) 3

Aspirin joke makes left go mad and gives Santorum a headache

There is a din in the main stream media today because a main backer of US Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, made a joke about birth control practices in America.The left leaning press smelled blood when they heard the "not pol ...

February 21, 2012 by Ed Farnan (edf0483@gmail.com) 5

GOP's small government of the bedroom - best form of contraception is abstinence

This week we learned the GOP's best prescribed form of contraception is abstinence. And if a woman decides she wants to get pregnant she can simply refrain from ... ...

February 20, 2012 by Cahir O'Doherty 38

Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren and the Irish-American vote in Massachusetts

Scott Brown and Elizabeth WarrenWhile most followers of American politics in Ireland are currently watching with some bewilderment the topsy-turvy contest to become the Republican presidential nominee and assessing Barack Obama’s ...

February 20, 2012 by Larry Donnelly 4

Key Republican senators sign up to Irish E3 visa bill

Pennsylvania Senator Patrick Toomey has indicated he is in favor of the E3 visa bill put forward by Massachusetts GOP colleague Scott Brown and Ohio Senator Rob Portman, also a Republican, is said to be on board. ...

February 18, 2012 by NIALL O'DOWD 0

Sean Hannity's all-male Fox News contraception panel

Who better to tell women how to make their own reproductive choices than a room full of religious conservative elderly white men? I mean, obviously ... ...

February 17, 2012 by Cahir O'Doherty 35

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert steps in on President Obama v Catholics contraception battle - VIDEO

President Obama's healthcare plan requires all employers - including religious institutions - to include contraception choices in insurance coverage. ...

February 17, 2012 by ANTOINETTE KELLY 16

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