It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of our sister Margaret ‘Peggy’ Nelson (Div 6, Greenpoint, Bklyn). Sister Hibernians please assemble at D’Arienzo Funeral Home at 7:30pm on Friday evening to pay our final farewell to our sister, Peggy Nelson. Please wear sashes. All members that will be attending Peggy’s Funeral Mass please wear sashes and arrive by 10:15am on Saturday. — Please stop and say a prayer for Peggy. As Peggy goes off to Tir N’ anOg. Tir N’anOg is the place of the Blessed. There is no pain. There is no sorrow. There is only great joy. Weep but briefly for your loved one, for by now Mary has obtained a pleasure that is unattainable on this Earthly Realm. For by now our Sister Peggy has seen the face of God. === Peggy was a longtime member of Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division Six, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. She served as Division Recording Secy for several years. Peggy was a member of St. Anthony/St. Alphonsus Parish and worked at a law office in Manhattan. She was life Partner of Pancho Acorda. Mother of Dylan Nelson and Thomas Acorda. Mother-in-Law of Judy Nelson. She will be missed by her friends and family. D’Arienzo Funeral Home, Inc. 104 Skillman Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11211
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WAKE
Saturday, September 28, 2019
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Sunday, September 29, 2019
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
William M. Gagan Funeral Home
1525 Burlingham Road
Pine Bush, NY 12566
FUNERAL
Monday, September 30, 2019
11:00 AM
Church of the Infant Saviour
22 Holland Avenue
Pine Bush, NY 12566
All Off-Duty Members should attend in Class A Uniform.
A review of legacy inquests involving a number of British state killings
and suspected collusion began at Belfast Coroner’s Court on Monday.
High Court judge and presiding coroner Justice Keegan is set to hold
preliminary hearings into each case over the next three weeks. The
hearings will focus on 44 individual inquests and a total of 70 deaths.
Families killed by the British Army’s SAS at Loughgall were among those
who attended the High Court in Belfast. Submissions were made over the
infamous ambush in May 1987, in which nine men, including eight IRA
Volunteers, were shot dead.
Hugh Southey QC, acting for the Loughgall families, argued that the case
be one of the earliest heard, telling the court that due to an ongoing
civil case much of the material had already been gathered.
Speaking outside court, Mairéad Kelly, whose brother Patrick was one of
those killed, urged Justice Keegan to rule that the new inquest is ready
to commence immediately. She said the families have been waiting for a
public airing of what happened for 32 years.
“The relatives of the nine men killed at Loughgall believe that the
state can no longer put obstacles up and play delaying tactics with this
case,” she said.
Justice Keegan said she would consider a number of factors in
timetabling the inquests, but issued a warning to the British Ministry
of Defence and the PSNI police to ensure there are no further delays in
retrieving material. She warned that lessons should have been learned
from the ongoing inquest into the killing of 10 people in the
Ballymurphy Massacre.
“I am not going to have delays… it is not helpful to anybody not least
the families or the court,” she said. “That message should go out.”
The UVF murder of Catholic couple Charles and Teresa Fox at their home
near Moy, County Tyrone, in September 6, 1992 was the second of six
cases mentioned on Wednesday.
Their daughter, Bernie McKearney, who also lost her husband Kevin and
her uncle Jack to UVF attacks, welcomed the forthcoming hearings.
“My expectation is I would like the truth,” she said. “Things are
heading in the right direction after almost 30 years since both my
parents and Kevin and Jack were killed.”
Relatives of others directly killed by the British state have also
welcomed the start of the reviews.
Francis Bradley was shot dead during an SAS ambush near Toome in County
Antrim in February 1986, another victim of a British ‘shoot to kill’
policy. His brother Brian said it is very important that this
preliminary hearing process takes place now.
“It is vital that we proceed to full inquest hearings as soon as
possible. People deserve to know what happened to their loved ones,” he
said.
“We like many other families simply want to know the truth – we want to
know the circumstances surrounding the death of Francis sooner rather
than later.”
The series of preliminary hearings is due to continue to October 4.
TUNNEL TO TOWERS BROTHER TO BROTHER REMEMBRANCEThe annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation 5K Run will be held on Sunday, September 29, 2019. Members are invited to participate in a Brother for Brother Remembrance and hold a banner to honor and remember our fallen brothers who made the supreme sacrifice on 9/11/01. Class A Uniform is requested. Members will meet at 7:00 AM at Trinity Place and Greenwich Street. For questions, contact Lt Rob Vogt, L80, at 917-359-4252 or Peter Roskowinski, L113, at 732-403-9517. FIREHOUSE KITCHEN TALK: EFFECTS OF 9/11 ON EXPOSED CHILDREN & FDNY COMMUNITYJoin Friends of Firefighters tonight, Wednesday, September 25, from 6:00 – 9:00 PM at their Red Hook HQ (199 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn) for a firefighter-prepared dinner followed by an informative presentation from Dr. Amsel, MD, on the effects of 9/11 on exposed children and the firefighter community in New York. Dr. Amsel is a FoF Board Member and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University. Free for active and retired FDNY members. No RSVP necessary. For more info, call 718-643-0980 or email info@friendsoffirefighters.org. FDNY BARBELL CLUBThe FDNY Barbell Club is currently seeking new members. All experience levels in CrossFit. This month’s meeting will be held tonight, September 25, in Bldg 11, 4th floor, 7:00 – 8:00 PM at the FDNY Academy on Randall’s Island. Interested members may submit an email with their name, unit and phone number to FDNYBarbellClub@gmail.com. 10TH ANNUAL BRAVEST BBQThe 10th annual Bravest BBQ will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019 (rain or shine) beginning at 12:00 PM at the Hillside Swim Club, 151 Signs Rd., Staten Island. Tickets are $25 for adults, children under 14 are free. Picnic includes food, drink, music, rides, games, and will honor 2019 “Man of the Year” DAC Andrew DiPadova (Ret.). Proceeds support the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s In the Line of Duty Programs for catastrophically injured military and fallen first responders. For ticket information visit www.bravestbbq.eventbright.com or call 718-986-4587.
Political parties across Britain and Ireland have urged British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson to resign following an unprecedented ruling today by the
Supreme Court in London that his suspension of the Westminster
parliament was unlawful.
Protesters celebrated outside the Supreme Court in London after judges
ruled that Johnson’s advice to the English queen to prorogue Westminster
for five weeks was unlawful.
The decision of the eleven judges on the panel was announced by the
court’s president Lady Hale. She said this was not a normal prorogation
of parliament, and it took place in “quite exceptional circumstances”.
“The decision to advise her majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful
because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of
parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable
justification,” she said.
The speaker of the British House of Commons has said that Westminster
will resume its business tomorrow morning.
The decision is another black day for a political establishment and a
system of governance which have crumbled under the failure to agree a
deal to leave the European Union.
Despite a unanimous decision, there were lingering doubts over whether
Johnson’s extreme-right administration would even recognise the
parliament’s return. He has previously declared his willingness to
ignore the rule of law in pursuit of a Brexit deadline of October 31.
Today, Johnson said he “strongly disagrees” with the court ruling but
that he accepted that Westminster “will come back”.
Speaking from New York he said: “As the law currently stands, the UK
leaves the EU on October 31st come what may. But the exciting thing for
us now is to get a good deal, and that is what we are working on. And to
be honest it is not made much easier by this kind of stuff in parliament
or in the courts.”
Sinn Fein vice-president Michelle O’Neill said today was “another one of
those meltdown moments” for the current Tory regime and that “Boris
Johnson should go”.
“What is demonstrates for me is more of the chaos, the dysfunction, the
mess that is happening and unfolding day on day in Westminster.”
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Johnson’s contempt for
democracy and his abuse of power had been exposed.
“A Labour government would want to be held to account. I invite Boris
Johnson in the historic words to consider his position.”
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said the judgement “confirms what we
already knew – Boris Johnson isn’t fit to be prime minister. He’s misled
queen and country, and unlawfully silenced the people’s
representatives.”
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said the judgement was a
“constitutional earthquake” which reflected the chaos that has arisen.
“Boris Johnson needs to understand that Ireland will not be the
collateral damage for his Tory Brexit ambitions,” she said.
“It comes as no surprise that the Tory party would disregard democracy.
“The British Government has ridden roughshod over the democratic will of
the people of the north of Ireland who did not consent to Brexit and who
voted to remain.
“Brexit has been driven by the hardliners in the Tory party. It is our
job to defend our national interests. The backstop, in its entirety, is
the bottom line to protect Irish rights and agreements. It is imperative
that Irish leaders remain steadfast in this position. Now is not the
time to blink.
“We should not be distracted by the ongoing drama at Westminster. We
need a united front to stand up for our people, to protect our
livelihoods and our hard-won peace agreements. Planning must also start
for constitutional change and ultimately, the ending of partition in
Ireland.”
