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The hurling and camogie teams were on a tour de force in early May, led by Joey and Clodagh Murphy. After the brilliant wedding of clubmates Deirdre Scully and Corey Berry in Galway, the camógs opened the circuit with a match against St. Thomas’s, Clo’s home club. The lads had their initial run-out the following day with Joey’s club, Castlegar.The bus then headed north to Mayo,

Speaking in the Dáil during Leaders’ Questions, she expressed her solidarity with the victim of the barbaric knife attack on man in Belfast on Monday night, hailing the bravery of those who came to his aid, and said the suspect must pay a heavy price for this brutal crime.Ms McDonald said: “Were it not for the selfless bravery of members of the community, including Maitiu Mág Tighearnán – putting himself at risk, jumping from his car and using his son’s hurl to stop the brutal assault – the victim would surely have lost his life.”

I never thought that within twenty-four hours I would be witnessing similar pro-British Unionist mobs attacking the homes of immigrants. Sectarianism and racism are two sides of the same coin. The Irish know the cost of both; however, some seem to have forgotten their history.

The Legacy Bill created the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (the “ICRIR”) to review cases of unlawful shootings and killings; it provided immunity from prosecution and barred civil suits for persons committing unlawful killings and shootings during the Troubles. Immunity was conditioned on the offender providing the ICRIR with incriminating information about their acts. In other words, confess.

Earlier this year, McGraw played a leading role in bringing Irish Ambassador to the United States Geraldine Byrne Nason to New York's Capital Region as keynote speaker for the Schenectady LAOH's 125th Anniversary Gala. During the visit, the Ambassador met with Governor Kathy Hochul, attended