By Gerry O'Shea

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O'SHEA:  Some Thoughts on the Anglo-Irish Treaty
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O'SHEA: Some Thoughts on the Anglo-Irish Treaty
I recall clearly a conversation with my uncle, Michael O'Shea, shortly after I came to New York in the early seventies. He and his older brother, P...
O'SHEA:  Why We Need Trade Unions
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O'SHEA: Why We Need Trade Unions
I watched an interview with Marty Walsh this week. He is the Secretary of Labor in Washington who started his working career with Laborers Local 22...
O'SHEA:  And Speaking of a Speaker McCarthy
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O'SHEA: And Speaking of a Speaker McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives and a very ambitious man, sees himself on the cusp of a major positive career...
O'SHEA:  Ireland's Partition and the Treaty that Followed O'SHEA: Ireland's Partition and the Treaty that Followed
A historic debate took place in the Irish parliament a hundred years ago about whether to accept or reject the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was negoti...
O'SHEA:  The Climate Crisis Smolders On
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O'SHEA: The Climate Crisis Smolders On
A major row erupted in 2019 between Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, as thousands of fires engulfed the A...
O'SHEA: What We Can Learn From Ike
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O'SHEA: What We Can Learn From Ike
Dwight Eisenhower, better known simply as Ike, was elected twice to the presidency of the United States, in 1952 and 1956. He was a popular Republi...

 

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