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Irish Abroad - Irish American News (755 words) |
 | After all, Mackin is able to speak from personal experience, and his ability to forge ahead and forgive much of the past was a personal annoyance to the naysayers. |
| Mackin was memorably described by then Newsday columnist Jim Dwyer in 1992 as having thrown away a promising career as a professional defendant in Belfast. |
| Mackin has put his money where his mouth is too, supporting many political candidates, all based on their backing for Irish issues. |
| Representative Crowley: News Item (285 words) |
| Sean Mackin is a US Citizen, who has gained political asylum in the United States in 1992 based on his fear of persecution and death by Loyalists in Northern Ireland. |
| While the PSNI is supposedly the new face of policing in Northern Ireland the arrest of Sean Mackin, after he has been granted asylum and US citizenship, shows that the police force is still targeting Republicans based on their political leanings, said Congressman Joseph Crowley. |
| Sean Mackin was an active supporter of Friends of Sinn Fein and has been a strong advocate in the Irish American community for the Republican cause. |
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