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Irish Ireland League
formation of branches.
IRISH INFORMATION BUREAU.
The meeting of the council of the
Irish Ireland League held last week
was one of the most important meetings
that have_ been held for some
lime.
The League has made arrangements
to -carry out the recommendations of
the recent Convention and pursue an
active policy throughout the State.
A recommendation of the Press
Committee that a monthly Bulletin
containing the latest news about Ireland
should be issued and supplied to
branches and to the Irish and democrstic
press of this country was adopted,
and the first issue will probably
appear this month.
The immediate establishment, of an
Irish Information Bureau was decided
upon, and a director has been appointed.
The function of this bureau will,
be to supply information about Irish
matters, and it will deal with history-,
literature, music, art, etc. Any information
regarding any matter of Irish
interest can be obtained by sending a
stamped addressed envelope to the
Director, Irish Information Bureau, •
Box 1567, G.P.O.
A branch of the league has been
opened at Briagolong, and oth*r
branches are to be formed within the
next few weeks.
The league is also paying attention
to the question of Irish trade with
Australia, which was discussed at the
Convention, and it is compiling a list
of Irish goods on sale in Australia, and
hopes to be able to publish the same
shortly, with an appeal for the support
of these goods. As a result of the
Convention's deliberation on this subject,
the country sales of several Irishmade
lines has quickened considerably,
and there is now a regular demand for
them in places where they were unheard
of before the Convention.
As a result of the response to the
appeal for "funds to carry on educational
work about Ireland, the league
is hopeful that it will be able to issue
in the near future the first of a series
of pamphlets dealing with objections
to the Irish people's claim for national
independence. Particular attention
will.be paid to spreading information
about Ulster, which is the argument
most used in this country to
influence public opinion against the
Irish Republic. Some excellent material
upon this particular aspect of the
question is available, and will be
printed if the Educational-Fund Appeal
continues to meet jwith a generous
response.
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