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The Country for Old Men

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The housing crisis is undermining our economy, increasing costs of living, and depleting our labor force. Public services cannot recruit doctors, nurses, teachers, or police officers. Dublin is the second most expensive capital in Europe, and costs are rising. All due to the policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

Emigration should be an informed choice made with a route home as part of the plan if that’s what’s preferred. It should never be a forced choice or “for the best”, because our best is now leaving.

It does not have to be this way.

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Election Fever

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The coming Dáil elections are an opportunity for Irish Citizens abroad and our wider diaspora to call on the Irish government to listen and to act.

The diaspora can be part of setting the agenda for an incoming Irish Government.  

In government, Sinn Féin will plan and prepare for Irish Unity, make good the commitment on voting rights, deal with the barriers to returning home to Ireland, and lay out a vision of a new and united Ireland.  

The diaspora can be part of setting the agenda for an incoming Irish Government, an agenda that is more than leveraging the goodwill of our “exiled Children” and platitudes on St. Patrick’s Day. A call for an Irish Government to build a new and united Ireland at which you will have a seat at the table.

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Hope and Optimism in Ohio – People’s Assembly: Diaspora

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Two years ago Sinn Féin established a Commission on the Future of Ireland to explore the potential and build the vision of a new and united Ireland. Hearings have been held throughout Ireland.

The Commission is a dialogue, with speakers laying out the pathway to unity and those in attendance determining their vision and role in bringing about a new and united Ireland. The findings of the Commission inform the policies of Sinn Féin in Ireland.

This was the first one to be hosted by Friends of Sinn Féin USA. Later this week a similar event will be hosted in the Shamrock Club in Columbus.

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The loudest voice in the room

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Irish culture is thriving and evolving. It will continue to be the case as the new Irish line out for their counties, lead the sessions, and write their stories.

The crisis of housing can be ended. All people who call Ireland their home should be treated with respect and offered opportunities. Do not listen to those who seek division. It is not ‘us against them’. It is all of us working together for a better and united Ireland.

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Taking time to listen the people

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For Sinn Féin we will look to build on the gains as we head into an expected general election in the Fall. That election will be a choice between more of the same with Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, the chaos of independents, or a government led by Sinn Féin that will deliver on housing, public services, and for communities. The road to building a new and united Ireland will be bumpy, but we continue to move ahead.

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Facing down inequality and building a better Ireland

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Westfield University was established by Horace Mann, a leader who recognised the liberating power of education. A humanitarian, he believed that this power should be shared by all regardless of status, creed, or gender. He remains an icon of education, equality, and social progress. More than 70 schools across the United States are named after him, his impact on modern education is so widespread.

O’Reilly was a committed Irish Republican, he was arrested and sentenced to penal servitude in Australia for his part in a failed rising against the British in Ireland.

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Thank you and happy Easter

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On Easter Monday 1916 Padraig Pearse read the proclamation declaring the Irish Republic and recognizing that it was, “supported by her exiled children in America”. The British would later execute Pearse and the other leaders, but the proclamation lived on and remains the foundation document of Irish Republicanism.  

There would have been no Easter Rising or Good Friday Agreement without the US and Canada. But the journey is not over. We have further to travel to realize the vision of the leaders of 1916.

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