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IN LIKE A LION!.....IT'S "OUR" TIME OF YEAR
NORTHERN IRELAND UPDATE
from Virginia AOH Politcal Education Chair Bill Halpin....
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On Monday (27 Feb) British Prime Minister Sunak and European Commission President Von der Leyen announced what may be a “decisive breakthrough” changing the Northern Ireland Protocol. The deal includes green and red lanes for imports into NI. For details see the VA Political Education Report dated 28 January. This means goods destined for NI markets will not require EU customs checks. It also provides for the UK to set sales taxes in NI. Another provision authorizes the Stormont Assembly to ask “London” to challenge new EU regulations with which it disagrees.
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It remains to be seen if this will end the protocol stalemate. The UK parliament must vote to approve it and according to the UK PM Sunak, that vote will be held “at the appropriate time". More importantly, will the DUP (NI's Democratic Unionist Party) approve? Some DUP leaders have already commented that this solution does not go far enough.
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Soon we’ll learn if the DUP boycott of Stormont was really over the NI Protocol or an excuse to boycott in reaction to the Sinn Féin win last May and Michelle O’Neill’s position as first minister.
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BTW the U.S. Special Envoy hasn’t arrived on station yet. He’s in New York City receiving briefings.
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In Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity,
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR DANNY CONDON
brother of Dooley Financial Secretary John Condon
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| with a brief graveside service to follow Mass |
After the service, the Condon Family will receive guests at the house of John's brother Mark (9289 Shannon Rd., Mechanicsville, VA 23116).
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Please reach out to Big Dan Caffrey if interested in carpooling....
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LAOH IRISH GALA
from LAOH Mary Ryan Division...
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LAOH Annual Irish Gala is just a little over a week away - March 11th. Doors open at 6 PM. Tickets are selling so make sure to go online to our website and get yours. Remind your family and friends who have attended in the past that the tickets are on sale now. In the past we have sold out of tickets prior to the event so it would be a good idea to go ahead and buy them now.
Just click on this link and it takes you directly to the page on our website where you can purchase your ticket. Note that we are selling adult, child and raffle tickets for our baskets on this site. Just type in the number of tickets you want and scroll down to the bottom of the page to see your shopping cart. Our raffle baskets this year are a golf basket and an Irish Cheer basket. Each are valued at $250. |
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100 Years Ago This Week In The Irish Civil War
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1 March Thirty members of the pro-Treaty army enter Bessborough House in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny and burn it to the ground. Their reason is that it was being used by anti-Treaty columns in the areas who were carrying out a lot of actions destroying rail infrastructure. The Free State had to completely rebuild Bessborough House to the exact designs of the original.
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2 March Tom Crofts, who had taken over from Liam Deasy as O/C 1st Southern Division of anti-Treaty forces, says that “We are completely on the rocks”.
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3 March President of the Free State Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave sends a peace offer to Eamon de Valera based on two principles (a) all political issues to be decided by the majority vote of the elected representatives of the Irish people and (b) all lethal weapons to be in the effective control of the government.
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Pro-Treaty/Free State/National Army/Regulars
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Anti-Treaty/IRA/Republican/Irregulars/Volunteers
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In Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity,
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