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Th e East er Celebr at ion s an d Sales in Ir elan d ar e in f u ll sw in g an d I am h appy t o r epor t f or t h e f ir st t im e ever I am in Ir elan d in War r en poin t , Cou n t y Dow n t o sh ar e t h is gr eat East er t ide exper ien ce w it h ou r r eader s!

Ou r pu blicat ion h as been Ir ish Calif or n ia Cen t r ic f or m ost of t h e t im e t h at w e h ave been pu blish in g. Th at h as been ch an gin g a lot in t h e last cou ple year s as t h e Ir ish scen e in t h e gr eat er Los An geles ar ea ch an ges an d w e k eep h ear in g of am azin g t ou r s t h at do n ot plan on a Calif or n ia visit s. We h ave been pu blish in g w ell r eceived f eat u r es an d n ew s t h at h as a m u ch w ider Ir ish Am er ican appeal. Now , w e ar e in Ir elan d an d w e ar e get t in g a w ar m r ecept ion as an IRISH M agazin e,

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River dan ce Ret u r n s To Los An geles t o t h e Dolby Th eat r e in Hollyw ood f r om Apr il 18 ?23; On e Week On ly.

River dan ce 25t h An n iver sar y Sh ow is Riverdance, as you ?ve n ever seen it bef or e! A pow er f u l an d st ir r in g r ein ven t ion of t h is beloved f avor it e, celebr at ed t h e w or ld over f or it s Gr am m y Aw ar d-w in n in g scor e an d t h e t h r illin g en er gy an d passion of it s Ir ish an d in t er n at ion al dan ce. Com poser Bill Wh elan h as r er ecor ded h is m esm er izin g sou n dt r ack w h ile pr odu cer M oya Doh er t y an d dir ect or Joh n M cColgan h ave com plet ely r eim agin ed t h e gr ou n d-br eak in g sh ow w it h in n ovat ive an d spect acu lar ligh t in g, video, st age an d cost u m e design s.

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Riverdance Continued Also, a special per f or m an ce f or Pr esiden t Joe Biden an d Speak er of t h e Hou se Nan cy Pelosi an d m an y n at ion al t elevision appear an ces . Th e 2023 River dan ce 25t h .Tou r r ecen t ly k ick ed of f w it h a special per f or m an ce on Am er ica?s Got Talen t , seen by over 7 m illion people acr oss t h e cou n t r y.

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US Role In Good Fr iday Agr eem en t Th e Good Fr iday Agr eem en t sign ed 25 year s ago h er alded t h e en d of decades of violen t con f lict , eu ph u ist ically k n ow n as Th e Tr ou bles, w as pr obably t h e m ost su ccessf u l US f or eign policy ach ievem en t in t h e past 50 year s. Pr im ar y n egot iat or s w er e Ton y Blair r epr esen t in g Br it ish in t er est s, an d Ber t ie Ah er n , r epr esen t in g Ir ish in t er est s, bu t m ost agr ee US in volvem en t w as in t egr al t o t h e t r eat y 's su ccess. Bold st eps by Pr esiden t Clin t on ch an ged t h e dyn am ic of t h e deadlock ed sit u at ion , bu t t h e h ow an d w h y of t h is ar e of t en f or got t en .

Th e Ir ish Repu blican m ovem en t h ad been gr adu ally sh if t in g t ow ar ds polit ics sin ce t h e elect ion of h u n ger st r ik er Bobby San ds t o t h e Br it ish Par liam en t in 1981. Alt h ou gh a st alem at e, t h e w ar dr agged on f or an ot h er decade bef or e t h e Adam s-Hu m e in it iat ives an d t h e Dow n in g St r eet Declar at ion exposed a pat h w ay t o peace. Th e Br it ish an d t h eir Un ion ist allies r equ ir ed an en d t o r epu blican violen ce bef or e peace n egot iat ion s cou ld begin , an d t h e IRA did n ot t r u st t h e Br it ish t o n egot iat e in good f ait h . An in t er n at ion al dim en sion cou ld br eak t h e im passe an d en su r e t h e Br it ish h on or t h eir agr eem en t s.

Ir ish Am er ican s n u m ber ed as m an y as 40 m illion an d h ad gain ed su bst an t ial in f lu en ce sin ce ar r ivin g poor an d st ar vin g in Am er ica in t h e 19t h cen t u r y.

Wh ile cam paign in g f or t h e pr esiden cy in 1992, Bill Clin t on adopt ed t h e cau se of en din g t h e Tr ou bles t o get t h e Ir ish Am er ican vot e bu t also becau se it w as t h e r igh t t h in g t o do. Clin t on w en t again st t h e advice of t h e St at e Depar t m en t , FBI, an d CIA an d jeopar dized ou r special r elat ion sh ip w it h lon g-t im e ally Br it ain . In st ead, h e list en ed t o t h e lik es of Con gr essm an Br u ce M or r ison , Sen at or Ted Ken n edy, pu blish er Niall O'Dow d w it h h is con t act s in Sin n Fein , an d t h e m an y Ir ish Am er ican or gan izat ion s w h o saw t h is as t h e t im e t o apply som e n ew w or ld k n ow -h ow t o an old-w or ld con f lict . Clin t on gam bled t h at t h e m agic w ou ld h appen if w e cou ld get all t h e par t ies ar ou n d a peace t able..

Joh n M cNally, ou r f eat u r ed w r it er an d Ir ish Com m u n it y Act ivist an d Colu m n ist sh ar es h is t h ou gh t s on t h e lat est n ew s an d t r en ds con cer n in g Ir elan d an d Ir ish Am er ica.

Dif f er en t opin ion s an d view s ar e essen t ial in an y. f r ee societ y. We deeply appr eciat e ou r pr ess f r eedom s. Now , m or e t h an ever , it is im por t an t t o h ave Ir ish Com m u n it y act ivism , diver sit y an d in pu t .

In 1994, Clin t on allow ed Sin n Fein Pr esiden t Ger r y Adam s in t o t h e US f or a speak in g t ou r en din g cen sor sh ip of t h e Ir ish Repu blican side of t h e st or y.

An d lat er , h e allow ed Fr ien ds of Sin n Fein t o set u p an of f ice in Wash in gt on DC f or f u n dr aisin g an d lobbyin g. Th e su bsequ en t IRA ceasef ir e sh ou ld h ave led t o peace t alk s, bu t in st ead, t h e Br it ish an d u n ion ist s added r epu blican decom m ission in g of w eapon s t o t h eir pr equ alif icat ion t o be par t of t h e n egot iat ion s.

Af t er 18 m on t h s w it h ou t all-par t y t alk s, t h e IRA r et u r n ed t o a lim it ed m ilit ar y cam paign t h at en ded af t er Clin t on appoin t ed Sen at or Geor ge M it ch ell ou r f ir st Special En voy an d sen t h im t o ch air t h e peace n egot iat ion s. M it ch ell' s m ediat ion bet w een t h e par t ies w as cr u cial t o t h e su ccess of t h e t alk s an d saw t h em t h r ou gh t o t h e sign in g of t h e Good Fr iday Agr eem en t (GFA) in 1998. Th e GFA h as w or k ed im per f ect ly bu t lar gely k ept t h e peace as it m oved t h e An glo-Ir ish con f lict f r om a secu r it y/ m ilit ar y st r u ggle t o a polit ical con t est . In on e sen se, it ' s an agr eem en t t o disagr ee, a f r am ew or k f or set t lin g dif f er en ces t h r ou gh polit ics. Un ion ist s got t h eir pr in ciple of con sen t (of t h e m ajor it y Nor t h er n six-cou n t y popu lat ion ), an d Nat ion alist s got t h e pot en t ial f or a bor der poll sh ou ld t h e people decide t o join t h e r est of Ir elan d. For t h e f ir st t im e in h ist or y, t h er e's a peacef u l an d dem ocr at ic pat h w ay t o Ir ish Un it y an d t h e Ir ish Repu blic.

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Joh n M cNally Continued from page 8 Th e bor der poll w as a lon g sh ot bef or e Br exit . Bu t t h e Nor t h er n Ir ish people ben ef it ed f r om bein g m em ber s of t h e Eu r opean Un ion , an d t h e m ajor it y vot ed t o r em ain in t h e EU.

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Th e idea of a u n it ed Ir elan d is becom in g in cr easin gly m or e lik ely w it h pow er an d popu lat ion sh if t s t ow ar d Ir ish n at ion alist s.

Th e cr ow n jew el of t h e GFA w as est ablish in g a Nor t h er n Ir ish gover n m en t at St or m on t , w h ich t h e Dem ocr at ic Un ion ist Par t y cu r r en t ly r ef u ses t o join .

Not su r pr isin g sin ce t h ey w er e t h e on ly par t y t o cam paign again st t h e GFA in 1998.

Pr esiden t Biden w ill be in Ir elan d f or t h e 25t h An n iver sar y of t h e GFA, an d For m er US Pr esiden t Bill Clin t on , f or m er UK Pr im e M in ist er Ton y Blair , an d f or m er Taoiseach Ber t ie Ah er n w ill at t en d com m em or at ive even t s at Qu een s Un iver sit y, Belf ast .

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Ir ish Am er ican s w er e n ever m u ch of a vot in g bloc, st ill, w it h t h e Fr ien ds of Ir elan d Cau cu s, w ell-placed bu sin ess in dividu als, gr ou ps lik e t h e Br eh on Law Societ y, An cien t Or der of Hiber n ian s, an d sever al Labor Un ion s, w e h ave su bst an t ial polit ical clou t .

Addit ion ally, all sh ou ld su ppor t t h e Good Fr iday Agr eem en t , n ot ju st Ir ish Am er ican s.

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Still Crazy After 25 Years

By M au r ice Fit zpat r ick The timing of the brokering of the Windsor Framework could hardly be more propitious for most of its stakeholders. Those who wish to implement it in the UK, Irish and US governments and across the EU all have the wind at their backs. The UK has faced waves of dissatisfaction with the economic downturn resulting from Brexit, manifesting principally in strikes across crucial public service providers. It needed a ?victory?to placate its discontented population. While Northern Ireland is of no interest to the British public, the prospect of a trade deal with the EU certainly is and that has a direct effect on their lives. The EU had made a trade deal contingent upon bedding down the Northern Ireland Protocol, or the Windsor Framework as it is now known after it was put through the political and PR laundromat (washed down with tangible improvements on the regulation of goods travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland).

The Irish government is obviously relieved that the interminable playacting over the Protocol seems to be over. Since Brexit, when the Irish government signs off on an aspect of Northern Irish affairs the EU is almost certain to support it. Like the EU, the US also made a trade deal with the UK conditional upon the Northern Ireland Protocol. So, Washington can look forward to better relations with London now. That also chimes well with the appointment of Joe Kennedy as Special Envoy to Northern Ireland and President Biden?s April visit to Ireland. Moreover, a large majority who live in Northern Ireland are greatly relieved that the economic limbo in which they have been suspended now appears to be nearly over. They can make the pitch that Northern Ireland enjoys unique access to the EU and UK markets; Washington is lending credibility to that claim with the promise of a surge of investment in Northern Ireland. So, everyone is happy? Of course not. Welcome to Northern Ireland.

At time of writing, the DUP, the largest unionist party, and the cause of the ongoing suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly, has not endorsed the Windsor Framework. One action of the party is ?taking time?to scour the legalese of the dense agreement before declaring its position; the other wing, led by Sammy Wilson and Ian Paisley Jr., has already repudiated the advances of the agreement. Even so, the Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak, has taken ownership of this deal, and he has enough support in Westminster for the protocol to pass through. And the Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, has also pledged to

support it. So, if the DUP continue to oppose it, they will only further distance themselves from the mothership.

Leader of the DUP, Jeffrey Donaldson, who has not yet declared his position on the agreement, is anxious to bring his party with him in whatever policy he espouses. It is not clear what he will do, but if he does embrace it one aspect of the agreement is likely to be central to his attempt to sell it to his party. The ?Stormont brake?clause in the agreement enables a group of 30 Northern Irish Assembly members (out of 90) to block an EU law if it can demonstrate that that law will negatively impact the lives of their constituents.

Alternatively, a group of 30 could attempt to trigger the break if they can demonstrate that a new EU law represents a democratic deficiency (since Northern Ireland no longer has political representation in the EU).

In practice, such a demand, if made, will almost certainly come from unionists and it is certainly possible that unionist members of the assembly could muster the requisite 30 votes.

However, they should think three times before doing so.

The ?brake?must ultimately be pulled by the UK government, which would have to decide whether remonstrating with the EU over a Northern Irish grievance is in its interests. Even the most pro-unionist British government will be unwilling to do so since London?s priority will be its trade deal with the EU. Given how contemptuous London has been towards unionism since Brexit, it is almost impossible to imagine London acting in accordance with such a petition from unionists.

London has repeatedly used Northern Ireland as a political football in its negotiations with the EU since 2016, and it has never worked. The Tories, under Rishi Sunak, appear to finally have faced reality. They will convey that reality to unionist politicians who attempt further wreckage.

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The ?brake?is being sold as a sop to Northern unionists, allowing them to claim that they held out and extracted this and other concessions from the EU. However, the ?brake?, if exercised, would put them in the position of supplicant to London and tee themselves up for yet another betrayal if London dismisses their concerns and refuses to negotiate with the EU. London will remain deaf to the claims of many in the DUP, and to all in the party on its right flank, the Traditional Unionist Voice, that the agreement constitutes a ?democratic deficit?. So, the Windsor Framework is here to stay, and it will be implemented one way or another.

Northern leader of Sinn Féin, Michelle O?Neill, might soon be sitting as First Minister of Northern Ireland The next act will be the Northern leader of Sinn Féin, Michelle O?Neill, sitting as First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sinn Féin will hope that that can happen before President Biden?s visit so the party can display to the world?s television cameras that the agreement which they signed on Good Friday 25 years ago is a triumph. In that scenario, the DUP may be sulking in the corner, but at least they would not have walked away as they did during the Good Friday Agreement negotiations in 1998. Such is progress in Northern Ireland. In the long run, the DUP can deny evolution, but they cannot stop it.

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River dan ce w ill be live in Los An geles at t h e Dolby Th eat r e f r om Apr il 18 t o Apr il 23!

Th e River dan ce Am er ican Tou r st ar t s on Jan u ar y 10 in Sar asot a, Flor ida an d plays in LA t h is Spr in g! Tick et s ar e on sale.

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A pow er f u l an d st ir r in g r ein ven t ion of t h is beloved f avor it e, celebr at ed t h e w or ld over f or it s t h r illin g en er gy an d passion of it s Ir ish an d in t er n at ion al dan ce. Im m er se you r self in t h e ext r aor din ar y pow er an d gr ace of it s m u sic an d dan ce?beloved by f an s of all ages.

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- Played m or e t h an 15,000 per f or m an ces

- Been seen live by over 28.5 m illion people w or ldw ide - Played t h r ou gh ou t 48 cou n t r ies acr oss 6 con t in en t s - Played t o a global t elevision au dien ce of m or e t h an 3.5 billion people - Sold over 3 m illion copies of t h e Gr am m y Aw ar d-w in n in g CD - Sold 10 m illion River dan ce videos & DVDs - River dan ce h olds t h e Gu in n ess Wor ld Recor d f or t h e ?Lon gest River dan ce Lin e?

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Th e qu ain t lit t le t ow n of Ken m ar e w as n ext , bu zzin g w it h en er gy in clu din g an en joyable f lea m ar k et su r r ou n din g t h e t ow n squ ar e.

It ?s a m yst ical place in t h e Ir ish cou n t r yside w h er e you can en joy h or seback r idin g, ar ch er y, golf at t h e n ear by Ken m ar e Golf Clu b, bicyclin g, n ot t o m en t ion a f it n ess r oom , spa an d cu lin ar y deligh t s at t h e Falls r est au r an t . I h ave t o say t h at t h e Sh een Falls Lodge exper ien ce is u n equ ivocally, of f -t h e-ch ar t s, glor iou s.

We ar r ived n ext in Din gle an d st ayed at t h e Gr een m ou n t Hou se B & B, a ch ar m in g accom m odat ion over look in g Din gle Bay. Gar y Cu r r an is t h e h igh ly in f or m at ive h ost of t h e pr oper t y w h ich f eat u r es a deliciou s br eak f ast , a pian o par lor an d cozy gu est r oom s. Fr om t h e B & B, it ?s a sh or t w alk in t o t ow n f or gr eat pu bs w it h even bet t er m u sic as w ell as f in e din in g of f er in gs t h at m ak e a k iller , seaf ood ch ow der . For a day t r ip, t h e Slea Head Dr ive is 2 h ou r s ar ou n d t h e Din gle Pen in su la an d u n dou bt edly t h e m ost spect acu lar dr ive on t h e plan et .

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Opening April 9 at The Hudson Tak en f r om t h e h ist or y an d legen d of t h e Icen i War r ior Qu een Bou dica, f am ou s f or h er bloody u pr isin g again st t h e in vadin g Rom an s in 61 A.D. Th e Sch ool of Nigh t ( Punch and Judy, Klingon Tamburlaine, Hercules Insane, The Final Girl an d m or e acclaim ed pr odu ct ion s pr esen t s Battlesong of Boudica, r et u r n in g af t er it s aw ar d-w in n in g 2022 Hollyw ood Fr in ge pr em ier e. Wr it t en an d dir ect ed by Sch ool of Nigh t co-f ou n der Ch r ist oph er William Joh n son an d f eat u r in g f ellow co-f ou n der an d m u lt iple aw ar d-w in n in g f igh t ch or eogr aph er an d act or Jen Alber t as Bou dica, Battlesong of Boudica is an an cien t saga of t h e ir on age, a pr im al spect acle of pow er an d r even ge t old in son g, spok en ver se, dan ce an d epic st age violen ce.

Per f or m an ces w ill r u n Apr il 9 t h r ou gh Apr il 30 at Th e Hu dson Back st age in West Hollyw ood.

Th e legion s of con qu er in g Rom e h ave sw ept acr oss t h e m ist -sh r ou ded islan d of Br it an n ia an d su bdu ed m ost of it s w ar r in g, disu n if ied t r ibes. On t h e advice of h is con sor t Bou dica, Ch ief Pr asu t agu s of t h e Icen i t r ibe, h as f or ged an allian ce w it h t h e occu pyin g Rom an s in h ope of pr eser vin g h is people?s liber t y. Bu t w h en Pr asu t agu s is con scr ipt ed by Rom e an d k illed in bat t le, Rom an law r ef u ses t o r ecogn ize Bou dica or h er you n g dau gh t er s as t h e deceased ch ief ?s h eir s. For r esist in g t h e con f iscat ion of h er f am ily ?s an cest r al h om e by t h e Rom an s, Bou dica is f logged, an d h er dau gh t er s br u t ally assau lt ed. Savaged, dish on or ed, an d discar ded f or dead, Bou dica seek s a bloody r even ge.

Secu r in g t h e ch ief dom of h er t r ibe by t r ial of f igh t , Bou dica sen ds w or d acr oss Br it an n ia: Rise u p, u n it e an d pu sh t h e Rom an s ou t . Soon all of Celt ic Br it an n ia is in r evolt , r allied ben eat h t h e ban n er of War Ch ief Bou dica.

Bu t t h e st eeled f or ce of Rom e in t en ds n eit h er su r r en der n or r et r eat . An d so, t h e st age is set f or an epic bat t le, t h e su bject of legen ds an d son gs su n g acr oss t w o m illen n ia.

Battlesong of Boudicais a f ast -paced act ion -pack ed h ist or ical dr am a f illed w it h viscer al on st age bat t les, r aw an d savage f igh t an d dan ce ch or eogr aph y, in n ovat ive st agecr af t , an d a h au n t in g m u sical scor e com plet e w it h an on -st age per cu ssion ist . It is a m u st -see pr odu ct ion t h at t ells t h e t im ely an d r elevan t st or y of a sign if ican t h ist or ical f igu r e of t h e an cien t w or ld, a f ier ce w om an an d devot ed m ot h er w h o w as w r on ged an d sou gh t an epic an d h ist or y-alt er in g r even ge. ?A r et u r n t o ear ly t h eat r ical pr in ciples,Battlesong of Boudicais a pr im al, t r agic, cat h ar t ic, spect acle t old in poet ic ver se,? says Joh n son . ?A h ist or ical piece t h at explor es sever al ver y con t em por ar y issu es, in clu din gcolon ialism , sexism , r evolu t ion , an d m u lt icu lt u r alism (ju st t o n am e a f ew ) t h at doesn't of f er a san it ized or pr edet er m in ed set of con clu sion s/ posit ion s on t h e t opics. We h ope au dien ces get a lit t le m or e f am iliar it y w it h a f ascin at in g place an d t im e in h ist or y as

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Th e cr eat ive t eam f or Battlesong of Boudicain clu des ligh t in g design er Aiden de Jon g, Lin da M u gger idgeis cost u m e design er ,Ryan Bever idgeis t h e com poser an d sou n d design er .Kat e Colem an is t h e dan ce ch or eogr aph er an dAn dr ew Lem an is t h e gr aph ic design er . Th e st age m an ager isM ich elle Elizabet h Vasqu ez.

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