On November 20 2014, US President Barack Obama announced Executive Orders on Deferred Action for some immigrants. This serves as tremendous relief from threat of deportation for Irish families with US born Children. Also Irish work visa holders, as well as their spouses, now have eased ability to apply for permanent resident visas and move between jobs in the US, which was very difficult in the past. The Executive Order doesn't affect the undocumented status of those who arrived here after January 1 2010, parents of DACA eligible children or single Irish immigrants without US born … [Read more...] about AOH Immigration on Executive Action by President Obama
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Saint Oliver Plunkett
On November 1, 1625, Oliver Plunkett was born at Loughcrew, Co. Meath into an influential Anglo-Norman Catholic family with connections to the Earls of Finglas and Roscommon, Lord Dunsany and Lord Louth. Until his 16th year, his education was entrusted to his cousin Patrick Plunkett, Abbot of St Mary's, Dublin and brother of Luke Plunkett who became Bishop of Ardagh and of Meath, so it is not surprising that young Oliver developed a vocation to the priesthood. When he was 16, he was sent to Rome to continue his studies. After studying at the Irish College in Rome, Oliver was ordained in … [Read more...] about Saint Oliver Plunkett