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Ireland's Future
Ireland's Future is a civic nationalist Ireland, Irish non-profit company formed in 2017 to campaign for new constitutional arrangements on the island of Ireland. History As part of its campaigning, Ireland's Future wrote a series of open letters to the Taoiseach and the Irish government that were signed by well-recognized people across Irish society calling for a dialogue on the constitutional future of the island of Ireland. open letters were released on the 8 December 2017, 2 February 2018, 2 November 2018 and 1 November 2019. The signatories of these letters included Marty Walsh,David McWilliams_(economist), David McWilliams, Fintan O'Toole, James McClean, Adrian Dunbar, Michael_Conlan_(boxer), Michael Conlan, Christy Moore and Mary Black. In 2019, Ireland's Future staged an event attended by 1,500 people in Belfast which was widely covered in the media and was entitled 'Beyond Brexit'. This examined the future of Northern Ireland and the Republic after the UK leaves t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonprofit Organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a Profit (accounting), profit for its owners. A nonprofit organization is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. Depending on the local laws, charities are regularly organized as non-profits. A host of organizations may be non-profit, including some political organizations, schools, hospitals, business associations, churches, foundations, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be Tax exemption, tax-exempt, and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Neal
Richard Edmund Neal (born February 14, 1949) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1989. The district, numbered as the Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district, 2nd district from 1989 to 2013, includes Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield, West Springfield, Massachusetts, West Springfield, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Holyoke, Massachusetts, Holyoke, Agawam, Massachusetts, Agawam, Chicopee, Massachusetts, Chicopee and Westfield, Massachusetts, Westfield, and is much more Rural area, rural than the rest of the state. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Neal has been the dean of United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts, Massachusetts's delegation to the United States House of Representatives since 2013, and he is also the dean of the New England House delegations. Neal was the president of the Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield City Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Independence
Scottish independence (; ) is the idea of Scotland regaining its independence and once again becoming a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom. The term Scottish independence refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about. Scotland was an independent kingdom through the Middle Ages, and fought wars to maintain its independence from England. The two kingdoms were united in personal union in 1603 when the Scottish King James VI became James I of England, and the two kingdoms united politically into one kingdom called Great Britain in 1707. This movement united the countries which ended the wars of independence and created relative peace. Political campaigns for Scottish self-government began in the 19th century, initially in the form of demands for home rule within the United Kingdom. Two referendums on devolution were held in 1979 and 1997, with a devolved Scottish Parliament being established on 1 July 1999. The pro-independence Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniting UK
Uniting UK is a unionist campaign in Northern Ireland, campaigning for a more united Northern Ireland in a more united UK. Background The campaign was founded in 2020 by Philip Smith and John Hanna. The campaign launched in December 2020. In February 2024, Trevor Ringland joined the campaign team. Campaigning The campaign has been the subject of a BBC Radio 4 programme, taken part in a debate hosted by Féile an Phobail, presented at conferences, ran town hall meetings, and contributed to newspaper articles from Japan's Chunichi Shimbun to the UK's Financial Times. Media outlets continue to seek the campaign's perspective as a counterpoint to that of the nationalist and separatist campaign Ireland's Future. Writing in the Irish Times, Emma DeSouza assessed the campaign's approach:"The pro-union group makes the case for Northern Ireland as an integral component of the United Kingdom and does so with slick graphics and refreshing honesty. Unafraid to acknowledge the failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Ireland Commission
The New Ireland Commission is an organisation established in 2021 by the Social Democratic and Labour Party that holds discussions with citizens on the possibilities of a United Ireland. History The New Ireland Commission was set up by the SDLP as an organisation that aims to present various options for a New Ireland via citizen engagement. The intention to set up the organisation was announced in July 2020 by the SDLP. In a 2020 submission to University College London's "Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland", the SDLP set out its aims of creating a "New Generation Panel", an "Experts Panel" and a "Reference/Elders Panel". The organisation was launched in 2021 and since then "a significant volume of engagement through private conversations within communities across Northern Ireland has already taken place". There is a particular focus on private conversations with Unionist communities, "towards building an inclusive new Ireland." In May 2021, Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Ireland
United Ireland (), also referred to as Irish reunification or a ''New Ireland'', is the proposition that all of Ireland should be a single sovereign state. At present, the island is divided politically: the sovereign state of Ireland (legally described also as the Republic of Ireland) has jurisdiction over the majority of Ireland, while Northern Ireland, which lies entirely within (but consists of only 6 of 9 counties of) the Irish province of Ulster, is part of the United Kingdom. Achieving a united Ireland is a central tenet of Irish nationalism and Republicanism, particularly of both mainstream and dissident republican political and paramilitary organisations. Unionists support Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom and oppose Irish unification. Ireland has been partitioned since May 1921, when the implementation of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 created the states of Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom, with the former bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Chaila
Denise Chaila is an Irish-Zambian rapper, singer, poet, grime and hip hop artist based in Limerick. Career Chaila began performing on the Limerick music scene in 2012. Chaila released her debut EP, ''Duel Citizenship'', in 2019. She had already featured on the 2016 Rusangano Family album, ''Let the Dead Bury the Dead'' and performs with them regularly. Cillian Murphy featured Chaila's music on his BBC Radio 6 show and interviewed her for ''Port'' magazine. She was one of the performers at the ''Perspectives: Imagining Ireland. Speaking Up, Singing Louder'' in National Concert Hall, Dublin on 9 February 2020. Her first album, ''Go Bravely'', was released on 2 October 2020. Chaila was one of the musical acts featured in the series of remote performances during the COVID-19 pandemic, '' Other Voices: Courage'', in May 2020. The one-hour performance was recorded in the National Gallery of Ireland. On 3 July 2021, Chaila was one of the headline acts to appear at a pilot music festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozaik, LAPD, and Usher's Island, he has been at the forefront of the renaissance of Irish traditional music for over five decades. In 2025 he was the recipient of the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Lunny is the brother of musician and producer Manus Lunny. He had a son, Shane, with singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor; Shane was found dead on 7 January 2022, aged 17. Early life Lunny was born on 10 March 1947 in Tullamore. His father Frank was from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh and his mother, Mary Rogers, came from Ranafast in The Rosses in County Donegal; they raised four boys and five girls. The family moved to Newbridge in County Kildare when Dónal was five years old. He attended secondary school at Newbridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney (; ; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's '' How Harry Became a Tree'', and 2017's '' The Journey''. Other film credits include Roddy Doyle's '' Barrytown'' franchise, '' Con Air'', '' Layer Cake'', '' The Damned United'', '' Get Him to the Greek'', and '' The Snapper'', for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, and won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actor at the 1993 Chicago International Film Festival. On television, Meaney is best known for his portrayal of Miles O'Brien in both '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987-1994) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993-1999), appearing in a total of 225 episodes. Other television credits include five seasons as Thomas C. Durant on the AMC western '' Hell on Wheels'' (2011-2016), Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lou McDonald
Mary Louise McDonald (born 1 May 1969) is an Irish politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition in Ireland since June 2020, as President of Sinn Féin since February 2018, and as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency since 2011. She previously served as vice president of Sinn Féin from 2009 to 2018 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2004 to 2009. On 10 February 2018, following a special ( party conference) in Dublin, McDonald succeeded Gerry Adams to become Sinn Féin's first new leader since 1983 and the party's first female leader since Margaret Buckley (president from 1937 to 1950). She led the party into the 2020 general election, in which Sinn Féin delivered its best ever general election performance, attaining 24.5 percent of the vote and winning 37 seats in Dáil Éireann, one fewer than Fianna Fáil and two more than Fine Gael. Following Micheál Martin's appointment as Taoiseach in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Varadkar
Leo Eric Varadkar ( ; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024, as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022, and as leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. A Teachta Dála, TD for the Dublin West (Dáil constituency), Dublin West constituency from 2007 to 2024, he held a range of other ministerial positions during his time in government. Described as Centre-right politics, centre-right economically, he advocated free markets, lower taxes, and welfare reform. On social issues, he supported successful constitutional referendums to Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, legalise same-sex marriage and to Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, liberalise Ireland's abortion laws. Born in Dublin, Varadkar is Multiracial people, multiracial, with a father from Mumbai, India, and a mother from Dungarvan, County Waterford. He studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin and worked as a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Lewis
Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewis (born 20 June 1971) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from September to October 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth from 2010 to 2024. Born in Harold Wood, Lewis attended the independent Forest School. He studied economics at the University of Buckingham, switching to King's College London for his master's degree. He then began a career as a barrister. He was a councillor on Brentwood Borough Council from 1998 to 2009 and served as leader of the council from 2004 to 2009. He was elected as the MP for Great Yarmouth at the 2010 general election. Lewis served under Prime Minister David Cameron as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2012 to 2014 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
