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We’re working to ensure continued peace in Northern Ireland.

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We represent Irish-American leaders, groups, and organizations across the US. Find out how we’re working to ensure the continued security of all in Northern Ireland.

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Updates on our work

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  • Meeting with SDLP Leader

    Ad Hoc members meet SDLP leader A small group of Ad Hoc members met last Saturday with SDLP leader Claire Hanna and the Mayor of Derry/Strabane Lillian Seenoi-Barr.  Key issues raised included. SDLP role as Opposition in Stormont and party future growth, Legacy reform and PSNI , Challenge of PSNI Jon Boucher to UK secrecy

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  • Letter to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

    The Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement recently wrote to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn.

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  • Jon Boutcher Chief Constable of the PSNI Legacy talk for the British Irish Association

    Good morning, I am going to address you this morning on the key issue of legacy. Legacy in my view is connected to a multitude of issues today in NI and across the island of Ireland, including societal wellbeing, economic strength and opportunity, UK and Irish governmental relationships and the trust and confidence of the

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The Issues

The Ad-Hoc Committee continues to work on protecting the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement.

Our Agenda

Going forward: Issues of legacy, PSNI Recruitment, the Border Poll, and more…

Our Events

See what’s coming up and explore our past events.

 Sir Jeffery Donaldson and the DUP delegation
First Minister Michelle O’Neill
House of Commons Northern Ireland Committee
First Minister Michelle O’Neill & First Ministers Emma Pengeally
5. SDLP delegation led by Colum Eastwood and Leader of the Assembly Opposition Matt O’Toole
Billy Lawless, Senator for the Diaspora and activist Emma DeSouza
Cong. Joe Kennedy III and NI union and victims delegation
Billy Lawless, Senator of the Diaspora and Emma De Souza
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis
Kevin Sullivan, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Emma DeSousa
Sean Pender (AOH) NI Secretary of State Brandon Lewis, Senator Billy Lawless
Cong Jim Walsh  and Ambassador Dan Mulhall
Kevin O’Sullivan, Susan Davis, Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Peter Kessler
Ambassador Dan Mulhall, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Cong. Bruce Morrision and Irish Dail Committee on the GFA 
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou MacDonald, Ad-Hoc Cofounder Bruce Morrison, Northern Ireland First Minister Michele O’Neill, and Ad-Hoc Vice Chair Susan Davis.
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Kyle
NI Minister for Economics Conor Murphy
DUP delegation led by Sir Jeffery Donaldson
Images from Past Events
  • Congressman Bruce Morrison, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall with a Dail Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement at the Irish Embassy in DC.
  •  Sir Jeffery Donaldson and the DUP delegation
  • First Minister Michelle O’Neill
  • House of Commons Northern Ireland Committee
  • SDLP delegation led by Colum Eastwood and Leader of the Assembly Opposition Matt O’Toole
  • Cong. Joe Kennedy III and NI union and victims delegation
  • Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis
  • Sean Pender (AOH) NI Secretary of State Brandon Lewis, Senator Billy Lawless
  • Cong Jim Walsh  and Ambassador Dan Mulhall
  • Kevin O’Sullivan, Susan Davis, Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Peter Kessler
  • Sinn Fein President Mary Lou MacDonald, Ad-Hoc Cofounder Bruce Morrison, Northern Ireland First Minister Michele O’Neill, and Ad-Hoc Vice Chair Susan Davis.
  • DUP Leader Jeffrey Donaldson meets Ad Hoc membership
  • NI Minister for Economics Conor Murphy
  • DUP delegation led by Sir Jeffery Donaldson
  • First Minister Michelle O’Neill & First Ministers Emma Pengeally
  • Kevin Sullivan, Leo Varadkar, Emma DeSouza
  • Billy Lawless, Senator of the Diaspora and Emma De Souza
  • Billy Lawless, Senator of the Diaspora and Emma De Souza

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“The Good Friday Agreement is a work of genius…

The most interesting thing was by creating a space for the identity and the interests and the values of all the people involved – in a framework which protected democracy and let future demographic, economic and political changes take Northern Ireland wherever it would go – it was a work of surpassing genius.”

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President Bill Clinton

Relfecting on the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

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