THERE was a palpable sense of anger in Long Island’s Irish Centre on Saturday night when Kerry woman Mary Brennan took the stage.

FEARFUL Irish emigrants working illegally in the US hope a new visa deal can be hammered out to let them stay.

Councils in the Republic were today urged to join an all-island campaign to prevent 25,000 undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States becoming the victim of tough new laws.

WHAT is it about us Irish that makes it so hard for us to take a compliment? In recent weeks the New York Times has carried two glowing tributes to Ireland’s economic success by its leading columnist, Thomas L Friedman.

FORMER US Congressman Bruce Morrison yesterday said that ‘green cards’ being proposed by Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin in new employment permits legislation were no such thing.

The forthcoming IRA statement must clearly show the terrorist group is committed to “stand down” and embrace the democratic process, it was claimed today.

The man behind the Morrison Visa programme in the United States has criticised the Government's draft Immigration Bill.

A CLEAR majority of voters in Leinster believe children born to non-national parents should not be automatically entitled to Irish citizenship, the latest Irish Examiner/Prime Time poll has found.

A SURPRISINGLY high proportion of voters in the European North West constituency believe children born here to non-national parents should be entitled to automatic citizenship, as is currently the case, an Irish Examiner Questions & Answers poll has found.

The citizenship referendum could still go either way, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

THE citizenship referendum is likely to be a far tighter contest than previously anticipated, the latest opinion poll findings reveal.

THE citizenship referendum is a devastating blow to the credibility of the Good Friday Agreement, a former US congressman and co-author of the Agreement indicated yesterday.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday hit back at former US Congressman Bruce Morrison and rights campaigner Sister Stanislaus Kennedy for opposing the June 11 citizenship referendum.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has claimed that the Government’s proposed changes to citizenship laws would have a profoundly negative impact on the lives of children.

OPPOSITION parties are to table a joint Dáil motion next week in a bid to force the Government to postpone the controversial citizenship referendum until after June's local and European elections.

THE advert in the local newspaper promised good jobs in Ireland.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney reacted to criticism of Ireland’s work permit system yesterday saying it had to be demand-led.

The Tánaiste, Mary Harney, has defended the Irish work permit system after it was severely criticised by speakers at an Immigrant Council conference in Dublin yesterday.

A senior US Congressman has said Ireland’s future prosperity won’t be built on our current immigration policy.

THE number of immigrants seeking help from a charity jumped by 120% in the last four months, new figures show.