Protesting the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution which completely outlaws abortion, Irish women wore the red cloaks from the popular TV show The Handmaids Tale as they gathered outside Irish government buildings on Wednesday.
Following on from commitments at the second Global Irish Civic Forum in May, Minister of State for the Diaspora, Ciarán Cannon TD, launched the first edition of the Global Irish Diaspora Directory.
Thirty-two members of the US Congress have written to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking that he continue the position of special envoy to Ireland which is set to be discontinued as part of the State Department budget cuts.
As the Trump administration seek to abolish the position that played a key role in the success of the Irish peace process, we look back at the achievements of the US special envoy in Northern Ireland.
Bannon’s great, great grandfather came to America at a time when there were hardly any restrictions on immigration but now his descendant describes it as a time when we had “control of borders”.
The former Secretary of State is also critical of Trump on a deeply personal level – “I sometimes wonder,” she writes, “If you add together his time spent on golf, Twitter, and cable news, what’s left?”
The decision last week by Donald Trump to join with Typhoon Chuck Schumer and mini-me stormtrooper Nancy Pelosi took the entire weather-beaten GOP by surprise.
