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DATED MATERIAL DATED Make it YOUR job ® to grow the Order —HIS EMINENCE, PATRICK CARDINAL O’DONNELL of Ireland Vol. LXXXIV No. 4 USPS 373340 August-September 2017 1.50 From Dublin to Dublin In This Issue… New York Lord Mayor of Dublin Micheal MacDonncha, Sinn Fein, took time out of his U.S. visit to speak with Hibernians in Columbus, Ohio. As you can see, Columbus is quickly becoming one of Ohio’s youngest divisions. Pictured here are some of the more than 70 individuals who attended the event held in Tara Hall the night before the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival. Mayor Micheal, fourth from right in the front row, spoke on the key issues facing Dublin and Ireland, including Brexit and a United Ireland. He was selected as mayor on June 26. New State President Vic Vogel Page 23 Let’s make sure our voices are heard Thank You By Neil Cosgrove, Political Education Chairman from us in a while; this is something we need to change. I often hear from many brothers that politicians cater to the needs of this When you read this article, many of you will be returning back group or that; well, this is because they are active and vocal. As the to start a new Hibernian year with your divisions after a summer old saying goes: if you don’t ask, you don’t get. Conservatively, we break. The state conventions will be behind us and there may be have approximately 40,000 members in this organization. Imagine new Political Education Chairs if only 5 percent of our member - among you. Let me congratulate It is up to us to educate our elected officials on ship answered a call to action; that those newly appointed and ask is 2,000 phone calls, email and all of us to exercise the voice this the truth, and make it clear that this is a faxes. Would many elected matter of concern for us as Irish Americans. Outgoing NY Consul General great country affords us to officials ignore 2,000 voters? I Barbara Jones express our views to our elected think not. Imagine the changes we Page 6 officials; holding them accountable to work for us to effect change. could affect. When a call to action is issued don’t wait for the other As always, I appreciate your input and invite you to reach out to guy, be part of the 5 percent and after speaking out enlist your Pennsylvania me at [email protected]. family and friends. Sadly, a topic that I believe shall be picked up in other articles As I write, the British government seems intent on in this issue, some pundits question whether Irish America still undermining the legacy of the U.S. brokered Good Friday exists. They may have a right to wonder when they haven’t heard Agreement. The government of Theresa May has yet to offer anything but “hopes” and “wishes” against the prospect of a hard border once again dividing the isle of Ireland. There has still been no progress on the commitments they signed to investigate the legacy crimes of the past (a recent court decision finding that the New State President Joe Hosie Police Service of Northern Ireland actively Page 17 conspired to hide evidence of British collusion in murders by the notorious State News Glenanne gang), no progress on a Bill of Connecticut . .12 Rights and no progress on a promised Irish Illinois . .13 language bill. Now, the government of Ms. Iowa . .14 May has entered into partnership with the Louisiana . .13 loyalist Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Maryland . .14 rendering absurd the Good Friday Massachusetts . .15 commitment that the UK act with Missouri . .15 scrupulous impartiality in Northern Ireland. Minnesota . .16 Your National Board has already sent New Jersey . .19 letters to each member of the Irish American New York . .12,18, 23 Caucus advising them of this grave threat to North Carolina . .8 continued peace in the north of Ireland. As Pennsylvania . .16, 17, 18 Rohde Island . .18 you may have read, the AOH has also sent South Carolina . .15 two letters to the Department of State in Texas . .24 regard to visits from top U.K. officials. The Virginia . .16 letters outline the lack of progress on the continued on page 9 LAOH . .20 WW K$QQXXQQ$KW DOODX ® KVLU, VH)OOD) ODYLWV 77KKXUUVV DGD\6HHSS PHW WVUHEP NATIONAL BOARD OFFICERS IOR*+2$ WQHPDQUXR7 03²W 03W IIHH HEH IIRR HU GQD DURQR IIWW UHW Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi – AL . National Chaplain. [email protected] D& LWD1\D0HSD XR&IOR*ODQRL HWXR5HVUX LD)GQD UZUZD &0&HYLU'\D +& Rev. Michael Healy – CA. Deputy National Chaplain. [email protected] Rev. Patrick Collum – LA . Deputy National Chaplain. [email protected] James F. McKay III – LA . National President / WA . [email protected] GLU) DD\\6HHSS HEPHW GQUH 99(((111''22556 W0$ HGO203RW \ $\HVUH-ZH1 HXQHY$ OR, CA, CO //,,99((,,555,,,66+ ((111777(((5577$$,,110100(((11177 03 203RW QHY$-1HGO2 HXQ Daniel O’Connell – OH . 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