Irish Arts and Entertainment St. Patrick's Day special Issue March, 2020

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY To All Ou r Fr ien ds & Reader s!

Tak e it easy t h is year St ay Saf e an d Be Well!

Ju st In Tim e f or t h e Gr eat Sain t 's Gr an d Day...

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C el t i c & I r i sh M u si c St an d O u t s!

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Inter active Guide for Ker r y Ir ish Pr oductions'

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Pict u r ed, An apr opos n ew addit ion t h is year : Th e Ch u r ch

St on e Sh elt er in t h e n at u r e r eser ve of Kin t u lam m i, Tam per e (Fin lan d), join s Tou r ism Ir elan d?s Global Gr een in g in it iat ive, t o celebr at e t h e islan d of Ir elan d an d St Pat r ick .

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Ker r y Ir ish Pr odu ct ion s' Announces 2020 Tour

St . Pat r ick 's Day In Ir elan d Ticket s On Sale Now !

AS SEEN ON PBS! This exciting production honors the gr eat t r adit ion an d m igh t y joy of bein g Ir ish ! It is in deed a t r u e celebration of Ireland and its rich culture!?

There are three Southern, California shows this year in Yucapia, Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara. The 2020 Kerry Irish Productions Tour makes stops in an additional EIGHT CITIES in Arizona and Central as well as Northern California.

The wondrous talent of top Irish dancers and musicians are featured with Connor Reider (The Chieftains, Celtic Fyre, and more), Billy Kanaly (Riverdance, An Irish Christmas, St Patrick?s in Ireland), Maeve Croke (Riverdance) and Carrie Malloy (Celtic Wings,Trinity Irish Dance Company An Irish Christmas, St. Patrick?s Day in Ireland).

Pr in cipal Dan cer Con n or Reider (Th e Ch ief t ain s, Celt ic Fyr e, Celt ic Win gs an d An Ir ish Ch r ist m as) The Emerald Isle will resound through the theatre, as the Band shows its passion for the music and delights in sharing it with the audience. Prepare to be captivated and enthralled by this magnificent cast of authentic Irish Dancers and Music Makers! Gather you family and friends together and head to a performance near you for one of your best St. Patrick's Day Season Events EVER!

The multi-instrumentalists from the Kerry Traditional Band led by the great Ryan McKasson on fiddle along with Colin Cotter, guitar, vocals, Christa Burch, vocals, bodhrรกn and Preston Howard-Wilde on uilleann pipes, flutes and vocals will all add their magical musical touch.

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Celebr at e ST. PATRICK?S DAY an d t h e gr eat joy of bein g IRISH w it h m u sic, son g, dan ce an d ir r esist ible m er r im en t f r om t h e Em er ald Isle!

Th is is a joy-f illed, " k ick u p you r h eels an d join in t h e f u n" con cer t celebr at in g Ir elan d an d it s r ich

Sp eci al L o cal D an ce Sch o o l Gu est s i n T h o u san d O ak s M aeve Cr ok e an d st u den t dan cer s f r om t h e CELTIC IRISH DANCE ACADEM Y

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cu lt u r e. " We in vit e you t o ou r Irish home an d w h ile you ar e w it h u s you ar e w elcom ed as an h on or ed gu est in ou r an cien t t r adit ion of pu r e Ir ish Hospit alit y!" M ar gar et O'Car r oll, Pr odu cer NOT TO BE M ISSED! IRISH TO THE CORE!

A l so i n San t a B ar b ar a Guests include the Bob Guthrie Memorial Pipe & Drum Corps and Celtic Irish Dance Academy

Th e 145t h . An n u al Los An geles Ir ish Civic Day Celebr at ion an d Com m em or at ion Post pon ed Th e m u ch an t icipat ed an d r ever ed Ir ish Com m u n it y Civic Dy at Los An geles Cit y Hall h as been post pon ed du e t o ou r cu r r en t Nat ion al US Pu blic Healt h Covid 19 Cr isis.

As plan s develop f or an Aw ar ds Cer em on y, w e w ill k eep ou r r eader s in f or m ed.

Th e deser vin g an d dist in gu ish ed Ir ish an d Ir ish Am er ican h on or ees ar e list ed h er e:

CONGRATULATION TO EVERYONE!!In Honor of Outstanding Contributions to the Irish American Community and the Los Angeles Area

M ARGARET O'CARROLL, CEO Ker r y Ir ish Pr odu ct ion s TIM OTHY CHRISTOPHER O'DONOVON EDM UND BURKE OWEN DARA EM M ETT FIAC M acRAGHNAILL SEAN BYRNE EOIN O'CRUADHLAOICH M AURA HARTM AN CHRISTOPHER TAGUE

IRISHM AN OF THE YEAR JAM ES G. HART Irish Technology Leadership Group Hall of Fame, Stanford University 2019 Edward Casey Award, Ancient Order of Hibernians Member, Board of Directors, St. Joseph Hospital Foundation,Eucharistic Minister, ICU St. Joseph Hospital

RISHWOM AN OF THE YEAR CORY SOTOLOV Chief Fundraiser, Irish Fair Foundation Board of Directors, Irish Fair and Music Festival

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LETTER FROM THE PUBLI SHER Dear Fr iends & Reader s, Happy Saint Brigid's Day to all of you. In Ireland, this is still a much more serious Catholic Holiday than in the states. Even 60 years ago, I remember very sweet little old Irish nuns lamenting that Saint's Days were not celebrated like the old days. Sadly, it is true. There is a lot wrong with today's secular world and frankly the lack of paying attention to the great lives that were led by many of the Saints in the Roman Church is our loss. They are and could be a great inspiration if we would take the time to learn about them. There is a book titled "My Life With The Saints" that I recommend to our readers. It is by Father James Martin. You can get it on Amazon. I found it quite entertaining and uplifting.

Saint Patrick's Day is next week and for we Irish that is a great day.

Even with the focus on the celebrations, it is still a positive story of how much one good person can accomplish with determination and Divine Guidance. So Party On! but also perhaps reflect on the Spiritual Side. In today's mayhem, it couldn't hurt!

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I RI SH M U SI C M A K ERS educator, multi-instrumentalist and renowned pioneer and profound influence in the realm of Irish Music Makers!

EILEEN IVERS ...has been

proclaimed ?a national treasure? by NCTA Board Chairman George Holt as she celebrates her 30 plus year career a performer, composer, producer, songwriter, band leader,

Eileen Ivers has firmly established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today. Her long list of accomplishments includes a GRAMMY award, Emmy nomination and headline performances with the over 40 orchestras across the world.

Ivers is the original musical star of Riverdance, a foundier of Cherish the Ladies and a

Nin e Tim e All Ir elan d Fiddle Ch am pion . Lest there be some confusion, the fiddle and the violin are essentially the same instrument; the difference in nomenclature relates to the type of musicv being played; this is an evening of music for fiddles!

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I AM PATRICK Ch r ist ian Docu dr am a Set For Release On M ar ch 17 & 18 In Th eat er s ED NOTE Plans for the two day commercial premier and screening of I AM PATRICK have been cast asunder by the Worldwide Covid 19 public health emergency. We will keep our readers informed if and when future screenings are planned. We will also have a block in our next Irish E Weekly about plans for online streaming. The press screening we had intended to attend was canceled last week so we are reprinting with permission here an abridged review from the Catholic News Service.

The reasons the church continues to honor the Apostle of Ireland more than 1,500 years after his death shine forth in the film "I Am Patrick" (CBN), a docudrama screening in theaters for two nights only, March 17 -- St. Patrick's Day -- and March 18.

Written and directed by Jarrod Anderson, the profile -- subtitled "The Patron Saint of Ireland" -- seeks to debunk many of the myths and legends that have grown up around its subject over the centuries. The goal is to capture who Patrick really was as a man and a follower of Christ.

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy) plays Patrick in old age. With his distinctive voice and stately bearing, he brings the patriarch to life as he reflects on his past and writes his "Confession," laying out the facts about his work to refute the detractors who have arisen during his evangelization of Ireland.

Anderson has brought together an impressive array of people to lay out what is known about Patrick.

Those interviewed include historians Charles

Doherty and Elva Johnson as well as authors Thomas O'Loughlin and Father Billy Swan. They weave a narrative that reveals Patrick for the amazing missionary he was.

The exact dates of Patrick's life are not known but the historical consensus identifies him as a fifth-century figure. Probably born in Roman Empire-controlled Britain, he was the son of a deacon, though his father 's position was more that of a civil servant than a church leader.

Because Patrick (played as a teenager by Robert McCormack) was also expected to enter the civil service, he was taught to read and write. But all the youth's plans for the future came to an abrupt end when he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken to their homeland as a slave.

In his "Confession," Patrick describes his descent into slavery as a wake-up call from God. His duties as a shepherd meant that he was in danger from other raiders, but his solitude gave him ample time to reflect on God's goodness.

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Som e Ran dom Bit s f or St . Pat r ick 's Day an d M ar ch !!

By Pr esiden t ial Pr oclaiat ion (Ever y year sin ce 1993) M ar ch is ou r h er it age m on t h . ?During Irish-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the countless achievements of Irish Americans and recognize the remarkable contributions they have made to our Nation?s character, culture, and prosperity.?

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Ligh t of t h e Dar k Ages

By Greg Patrick ?They understood, as few have understood before or since, how fleeting life is and how pointless to try to hold on to things or people. They pursued the wondrous deed, the heroic gesture: fighting, drinking, art - poetry for intense emotion, the music that accompanied the heroic drinking with which each day ended, bewitching ornament for one's person and possessions.?

Th om as Cah ill, How t h e Ir ish Saved Civilizat ion

Ar r an Islan ds On a tor like bastion of a barren island besieged by the cauldrenous sea,a solitary scribe brooded in the maddening isolation of his monastic hermitage.In the punishing cold where old wounds pulsed and sighs of hauntedregret steamed in the air.The candle had dwindled to its extremity, casting a whisper of light onhis weary features. His cowled and tonsured head bowed wearilyas outside the dome-like cell sweeping torrents flagellated his dwelling at the edge of their known world. In the chasmousloneliness, he composed in vain, a huntsman after an elusive muse.Its light he sought was bright but aloof and unmoved byhis quest.

He recited the sacred words by candlelight to rally his spiritsLike a pilgrim painfully ascending the obscure heights wherethe divine dwelt. He sank wearily down like a pilgrim upon a brokenshrine. His silent beckoning to inspiration was but a duet withechoes.

His hand sunk listlessly as that of a beckoning falconer unanswered by his raptor.

Yet as if ignited by the harsh celestial spotlight, the lost musefound him in a vision of promethean radiance. Enraptured,his eyes seemed ignited by their own fires as he unscrolled the parchment, drawing from hues of starlight from the palette, not detaching himself but delving to the flamingdepths where lost souls screamed...drawing from mortal despair and the euphoria of the heavens. And he reveled in that inspiration like a moth in an aerial dancewith the temptation of light, in yearning for the burning.

He reopened his own wounds confrontingly as if to draw from their warm crimson...the agony ofhaving to forsake the sword and mantle of a chieftain's son

for his deformities...the desolationof seeing his love betrothed to another and then exile. He drew from that mortal pain and sought therapture of communion with the divine...Like a thirst-tortured nomad pursuing an irresistible mirage his pen glided acrossthe page, even as the visions sang before him tacitly yet deafeninglybeckoning him from in a void whose depth surpassed those between thelight of the stars. No longer was it parchment before him, but a canvas...He drew and pyromanced zoomorphic and anthropomorphic shapes,forged them into intricate geometry, interweaving angels and dragons and imbued them withwith splendour in veins of gold...The scribe?s penswept in grand conjuring flourishes, weaving darkness into light by an alchemist's art.His brow furrowed in the shadow of his cowl in painstaking detail,making the page glow in resplendent inspirations of gold....metamorphosing silhouettes into winged golden angels and coiling dragons aroundornate lettering...adorning the sacred words in visions of ethereal resplendence.The Hibernian wind was a disembodied battle cry that swept his soul like an aeolian harp....in ornate intricate geometry, interweaving angels and dragons and imbued them with gold.The illuminated text, a love letter of the mortal with the divine.

We invite submissions to this feature.

A poem, tale or saga in the Irish Bardic Tradition are all considered.

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I A M PAT RI C K C o n t i n u ed f r o m Page 7 As he came to think of God as a father he could trust, he began to pray and developed a personal relationship with him.

One night, Patrick heard a voice urging him to go home, "for a ship was prepared." Traveling 200 miles through lands where he was constantly exposed to the danger of being recaptured, he reached the coast and found safe passage back to Britain. During all that time, he was not afraid "because he had come to know God." Unsurprisingly, his family was thrilled to see him.

But the Patrick who returned to them was very different from the Patrick who had left six years previously. He followed his desire to become a cleric, first, serving as an apprentice to the local bishop, and then being sent to Gaul (modern-day France) to study theology.

The film then fast forwards to the middle of Patrick's life. After a decade in Britain, Bishop Patrick (now played by Sean T. O'Meallaigh), acts on a call from God to return to Ireland as a missionary. Of course, everyone thinks this is a crazy idea because, legally, he would still be considered a fugitive slave. But Patrick insists that it's God's will that he go. And go he does. Patrick's evangelizing mission was a great success. And the film does a splendid job of detailing just how much of a change it was for the Irish pagans to become Christian. Some back in Britain, however, were uncomfortable with Patrick's efforts and with the way the church was developing in Ireland. Even after decades of work, Patrick still had his critics. It was for them that he wrote his "Confession," saying that his only motivation in all the preceding years of labor had been "to bring people to Christ."

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Ir ish Film Arracht Has Wor ld Pr em ier e at Tallin n , Est on ia Black Nigh t s Film Fest ival Tom Sullivan?s Irish-language drama, Arracht (Monster), debuted in the main competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia at the end of November.

The actors who portray Patrick at different stages of his life successfully capture the excitement, determination and zeal Patrick consistently displayed.

Anderson gives moviegoers an opportunity to view this popular saint as the lover of Christ and proclaimer of the Gospel that he was. His screen biography thus makes especially apt fare for Lent. Perhaps in witnessing the radical way Patrick responded so fully to God's calling, we might take a moment to reflect on how we live out our own vocations.

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The film is set at the beginning of the Great Hunger in 1845, and tells the story of an Irish adventurer, Dónall l Ó Healaí, who loses everything and is accused of a murder. With the help of a local priest, he tries to build a new life after being on the run for three years Dónall also has help of a mysterious girl but it all falls apart and his past comes back to haunt him. Feat u r e & In t er view s in ou r Apr il IRISH FILM Issu e.

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Irish Music News & Reviews: THE CORONAS THE CORONAS RELEASE ?LIVE AT THE OLYM PIA? IN ADVANCE OF NEW STUDIO ALBUM DUE IN THE SPRING Ireland?s hard-working band, The Coronas, who were just closing out a series of sold out concerts all over Ireland, and in the process of finishing off an action-packed year with the release of an album of stellar live concert performances entitled LIVE AT THE OLYM PIA,! The release in was early February. A live version of ?Heroes or Ghosts,? the title track of the band?s very first CD released in 2007, was the first track released from the new collection. It illustrates the devotion of The Coronas?fans who are known to sing along at shows, and in this case, take over the lead vocals when Coronas?front man Danny O?Reilly steps away from the mike. They even join with him on the second verse sung in the Irish language.

The Coronas, who have been described as ?Ireland?s best-kept secret,? Very popular but not well known worldwide so far.

Their only U.S. appearances in 2019 were three nights in November at New York?s Mercury Lounge, all sold out as well.

That will change in 2020 when The Coronas, who had been at work recording what will ultimately become their sixth album, tour and promote the release their new music ethis year. Tour plans are already under way to bring The Coronas back to Australia, the UK and the United States .

To kickstart the recording process for the new album, The Coronas came to Los Angeles to record four new songs with producer Rob Kirwan, who

rode the crest of worldwide success with his recent producing project, Hozier ?s Wasteland Baby! The band continued work on the new album in London with George Murphy who engineered their last two albums.

Last May, they rolled out the first music from the new album--the single ?Find the Water ?? which immediately catapulted to #1 on Ireland?s iTunes chart upon release. A paean to the need for ongoing self-improvement, both personal and on the band?s own trajectory, it provided a glimpse into the direction the next album will take. ?It has a different vibe and pace to our older work,? explained O?Reilly.

A live version of ?Find the Water,? recorded in the summer the Irish Independent Park in Cork, is also included in the new live collection.

LIVE AT THE OLYM PIA captures the exuberance and excitement of The Coronas live in concert as well as the fervor of their devoted audiences. ?Over the years we?ve had so many special nights in The Olympia,; memories that will stay with us forever."

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Gover n m en t s Nor t h an d Sou t h of t h e Bor der

By M au r ic Fit zpat r ick Th e t h r eat t h at f or ced t h e t w o biggest par t ies t o r et u r n t o t h e Nor t h er n Ir elan d Assem bly in Jan u ar y w as t h e pr ospect of an assem bly elect ion if t h ey did n ot .

Terrified by the pounding they would likely receive from the electorate, the DUP and Sinn Féin did a deal to restore the assembly after a three-year hiatus.Sinn Féin had recorded three consecutive electoral slippages in the preceding 18 months and it would have been delusional to expect to be rewarded by an angry public deprived of public services as a consequence of the moribund assembly. So Sinn Féin cowered from the electoral blowback and signed up. How, then, did the same party, in theIrish general electionin February, notch up by far its greatest electoral success in living memory?

As the only party that operates in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland and whose raison d?être is to unite Ireland, Sinn Féin would be loath to admit the reasonit stood to do so badlyin the North in January and did so well in the Souththe following monthis partition. If issues such as Brexit, Sinn Féin?s violent past and its record of governing in Northern Ireland were game-changers in the minds of the Southern electorate there would have been no surge in support for the party. But those issues are alarmingly remote from the Southern electorate?s priorities. That electorate is completely preoccupied with its own remediable crises in housing, cost of living (particularly childcare and insurance) as well as the dysfunctional health service and ever-longer commutes. For over a decade,government policy has deprived young people of the right to a decent standard of living.

So Sinn Féin?s strategists put these concerns into the machine and found that the word tying them all together in the minds of voters is change; and campaigned on that platform.

Naturally, the two main parties that have formed governments since the foundation of the State, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, also understood that the people wanted change. But they were considerably

disadvantaged from presenting themselves as credible agents of it: Fianna Fáil supported Fine Gael in a minority government arrangement since 2016 and the public was so thoroughly sick of it that it was willing to punt for Sinn Féin to clean the Augean stable.

What Sinn Féin?s very long period in opposition has finally taught the party is to tailor its message to the dominant mood of the people rather than to fixate on its less popular (in the South) constitutional aspirations. The constitutional question always takes precedence in Sinn Féin?s agenda and,while that garners votes in the North, it is not nearly as important in the South. Assuming Sinn Féin has properly absorbed that lesson it now stands to endure as the third force in Southern politics, representing the left of centre voter.

Paradoxically, though, Sinn Féin has consistently supported austerity measures in the North. So how can it position itself to the left in Southern politics?

Either it has a left-wing identity or it has a cross-border identity, but maintaining both does not stand up to scrutiny. In truth, its pull to the left? the central reason it won the popular vote? is merely a vehicle to ride to power.

Ireland will now have a caretaker government (the same government) until another government can be formed.It is plausible that Fianna Fáil, the party that won the most seats, will maintain its stance of refusing to form a government with Sinn Féin. If it does, then a?grand coalition?between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael with support from the Greens could emerge.In that case, the parties that form the government of the 33rd Dáil mustdotwo things, or face dire consequencesin the next general electio n.

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Maurice VIEW Con t . Fr om Pr eviou s Page Firstly, they must position themselves significantly to the left of the outgoing government. If drastic economic change is what the public wants and voted for, it must now get it.Sinn Féin would make hay out of being thus marginalised, so only a major economic overhaul would enable thegovernmentto survive and tojustify itself to the public for not incorporating the winners of the popular vote.

Secondly, there isacard they could playto outmanoeuvre Sinn Féin on the constitutional question (and I acknowledge that there is no evidence that the parties have been discussing this idea).The most Machiavellian move fo such a coalition would be to put Irish unification centrally on its agenda. Given Prime Minister Boris Johnson?s decreasing commitment to unionism and the potential of the EU to help to finance the transition, they might just achieve that historic? and increasingly inevitable? feat during the five-year lifespan of a

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government. The All-Ireland agenda under any guise is anathema to unionists, but it is a diabolical prospect when it is sponsored by Sinn Féin, which continues to provide unionists with reasons to distrust them: on being elected in Waterford, a Sinn Féin candidate cheered for the IRA. Sinn Féin, in opposition, would be both unable to oppose the motion they are in politics to realise and unable to claim it as their achievementif it happens. Doubtless, Sinn Féin would find a way to cavil about the form of unity negotiated while not opposing the motion in itself, but such objections would be small beer.Unification by this route would put Sinn Féin in a bind and force them to accept that accomplishing unity is more important to them than delivering it themselves.In this scenario, one of the paradoxical consequences for Sinn Féin of this earthquake election would be that, having finally won a compelling mandate to participate in government, its ultimate agenda would be best advanced by remaining outside of it. Also, it would give the other parties an ambitious agenda that they badly need.

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CILLIAN'S BRIDGE SET For THE HARP On St . Pat r ick 's Day!!!

Bon ded by a desir e t o m ak e gr eat m u sic, Cillian?s Br idge com pr ises 5 m u sically accom plish ed in dividu als w h o cr eat e a h ybr id of f am iliar f avor it es in an acou st ic r ock sou n d played w it h a n od t o t h eir Ir ish r oot s. Th ey h ave f ou n d t h e secr et t o addin g a n ew dept h t o r ecogn izable m u sic an d m ak e it appealin g t o ever yon e. Th eir m u sic is dan ce-able an d f u n an d w ill h ave ever yon e sin gin g alon g.

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by John McNall y A seismic shift is how the Republic of Ireland?s election results were best described. Sinn Fein doubled their vote and became the most popular political party in Ireland, eclipsing both Fine Gael and Fianna Fail breaking the 100-year grip on power by the ?Big Two?. Sinn Fein?s only mistake was not running enough candidates and fell one seat short of having the most seats in the Irish Dail, but their huge amount of surplus votes transfered to the Greens and a variety of smaller progressive parties and Independents, three of which are Independent Republicans, and helped them gain seats. Ireland is now poised to have its first female Taoiseach (head of government) Mary Lou McDonald, the President of Sinn Fein since Gerry Adams stepped down two years ago. Trinity College educated Dubliner, McDonald switched from Fianna Fail to Sinn Fein in the late 1990s and is part of the new generation in Ireland who see Sinn Fein as a progressive alternative to the cronies of the two right of center parties that appeared to be interchangeable. The Fine Gael/Fianna Fail attempt to keep Sinn Fein down by constantly bringing up their IRA past has finally failed. It was hypocritical anyway, Fianna Fail was the party of the IRA when it came to power, and Fine Gael?s predecessor were ?Blueshirt? wanna fascists in the 1930?s. It's true that there are former IRA members in Sinn Fein, but they are committed to entirely democratic politics. Few care about their past association with the IRA, voters today are more interested in affordable housing, better healthcare services, and a living wage... proven by Sinn Fein?s winning in every age demographic with the exception of the over 65?s.

In the run-up to the election; RTE tried to exclude McDonald from the debates! ....Continued on Page 22

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SINN FEIN Con t in u ed f r om Page 20 Last-minute opinion polls showed Sinn Fein?s jump in popularity; so they had to include her and when finally included, she spoke convincinglyabout building homes, giving workers and families a break, advancing Irish unity, and delivering on the desire of the people for a new Government for change. With Sinn Fein in power in both parts of Ireland, the six Northern Counties (still under British jurisdiction), and the 26 County Southern Republic, the likelihood of a border poll and Irish Unity will now be sooner rather than later.

Economists and academics are joining Sinn Fein?s call for planning for Unity, and it would be irresponsible for any Irish Government not to do so. Changing demographics and Brexit are shifting public opinion in the North towards unity, which can be decided by referendum per the Good Friday

Agreement. And four out of five people polled in the South want a united Ireland. At the time of writing this, there is no clear path to setting up an Irish Government. The people spoke and want Sinn Fein to lead, but to get the 80-seat majority will require a coalition made up of multiple parties because the vote was so fractured. Sinn Fein says they are willing to talk to anyone, but Fine Gael and Fianna Fail are still saying no to going into government with Sinn Fein at least at this time. Sinn Fein could try to unite all the small parties. As to the other tricky option, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael might try to form a government with one or more smaller parties, but this would be in defiance of the voters chosen leadership of Sinn Fein. A hung Dail will lead to a new election from which Sinn Fein will likely win additional seats.

Ireland has changed, changed utterly!

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