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Ireland will soon formally recognise state of Palestine, Tánaiste tells Dáil (www.irishtimes.com)

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[–] cucumber_sandwich 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is the Irish vote in America really that closely tied to actual Irish politics?

[–] Ross_audio 2 points 5 months ago

Less and less. But it's not insignificant, especially amongst older voters.

There's a reason the IRA used to have a lot of resources during the troubles, even when disowned by both sides, and resources were flowing from America.

There are a lot of Irish passport holders in America and even more who descended from the Irish.

They were treated as "not white" for a long time too so as a community they are generally more aware of their identity than white Americans of other heritage.

It used to be that either the pope or Irish government could simply dictate to a large voting block. That's not the case now but there's still plenty who will "vote for Ireland" at US elections.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Murican here. I still think y'all are rather cool even though you're less left than Connolly these days. Wish our politicians weren't fascists.