The Post is back!

Limerick City, NH/UKL– As part of the redesigning of New Hawaii following the up coming merger with streudelburg, the New Dublin Post is being revived as a news service now based in the Province of Limerick, one of the two Irish Provinces. On August 10th, New Hawaii will officially become the United Kingdom of Luthoria, a multicultural state with Hawaiian, Irish, and German cultures represented.

An End, and a Beginning

Ali’i Kaona, NH- Today is a historic, yet, tragic day for the former Irish Republic of Emeraldia. As most already know, 15 days ago former President Aaron O’Wray announced the official end to the IRE, nearly 3 weeks after the Emeraldian Forums crashed for an unknown reason. Following the attack, the general public opinion was that it would be to hard and strenuous to try to rebuild the IRE, and that it would be better to let it pass on and let the citizens move on to other things. And so, on July 5th, 2007, the IRE ceased to be.
Many of the former Emeraldian citizens, including the former president, went and formed the Kingdom of New Hawaii. In a special agreement with GSO, New Hawaii received Emeraldia’s old land after Emeraldia ceased to be, and Emeraldia also turned over all of it’s physical assets to New Hawaii on July 5.
New Hawaii, in honor of the former IRE, established the Emepalkia (Emeraldia) Institute, which shall operate a museum in honor of the former IRE. Today, July 20th, that museum will be opening in New Hawaii. The Emepalkia Museum features old maps, old flag, the ships and much more from the IRE. It has taken the Emepalkia Institute over a week to actually get the museum ready, although planning began earlier than that.

This will be the last article from the ND Post. The current discussions going on about this paper is whether to turn it over to the New Hawaiians, or to preserve it as an extension of the museum. An announcement is expected to come sometime next week.

Pierce Reinstated, activity slows as summer sets in

New Dublin- The courts have ruled in favor of Vice President Rodhlann Pierce, reinstating him as Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and a member of the Immigration Committee. According to a statement made prior to the trial by the Department of the Treasury, it looks like the Vice President will receive back his ownership of R&P Industries, that was seized by the DOT after the terror attack that was orchestrated by his former co-owner Liam Reagan.
Since then, activity has all but ceased, with the President and Secretary of Foreign Affairs on vacation with limited internet access. On top of this, since summer has set in and since most all of our citizens used the internet at their school, activity is down, and may stay down throughout the summer. President O’Wray had this to say, “Although it currently looks as if activity might stop during the summer, I sincerely hope that it will pick up soon, and that our citizens are just getting adjusted to their new summer schedules, or are on vacation like myself. If not, I may look into emergency action to keep the government running through the summer, although I really do not think that will be necessary.” The President does seem hopeful, but it is really to early to tell whether his optimism is well placed or not. The nation will just have to wait and see.

Rodhlann Pierce’s fate still in the balance

New Dublin, FD- The fate of Rodhlann Pierce, who until Thursday was the Vice President of the Republic, has still yet to be fully decided. It is known that Pierce is friends macronationally with Liam Reagan, and it is feared that Pierce may have been an accomplice with Reagan in the events of the past week. President O’Wray formally removed Pierce from all his elected and appointed offices Friday, and stated that all of Mr. Pierce’s assets be frozen. As of this moment, Pierce is unaware that the new forums are in existence. The reason for this is that the government fears that if Pierce learns of the new site, Reagan will inevitably learn of it, and if he did indeed hack the old site, that he could hack the new one. So, the government is extremely torn. President O’Wray had this to say, “While Pierce has been a good friend to myself and to the Emeraldian people, we, the government, cannot deny the fact that he and Mr. Reagan are friends, and that Mr. Reagan could wreak untold havoc upon our new site should he find it, if he can in fact hack. We are in a precarious situation: Do we kick them both out, or let one back in and allow the other to surely follow, and run the risk of going through the same events as this past week. I for one am not sure which is the better choice.”
The President also expressed that this he thought that this issue will probably be solved sometime this week, if all goes well.

Emeraldia Survives Coup!

New Dublin, FD- After nearly a week of fighting and negotiations, the rightfully elected Emeraldian Government regained control of the country. On May 2, Liam Reagan, then the Director of the ESP, seized control of the national forums, and held the country hostage, threating to delete the forum and all that is Emeraldia if his demands where not met. After a long, late night session with Reagan, President O’Wray seemingly defused the situation, and was allowed back on. However, Reagan and the President could not agree on terms to which would return the country back to normal. Reagan refused to compromise, only demanding and threatening. Finally, on May 10, Reagan was sent over the edge, and deleted the national forum.

Luckily, the National Emergency and Recovery Commission, created by the President after the Forumer site crash, had created an alternative back up site back in January on InvisionFree. And, just before Reagan deleted the national forums, the NERC saved several of the important documents. So, when the Proboards sight came to a sudden end, the NERC just brought the alternative out of storage, and began to set it up for use. President O’Wray officially established the InvisionFree site as the national site late Thursday, May 10, 2007, in an address to the nation
from the new Presidential Residence. This address also officially charged Reagan with treason and terrorism, revoked his citizenship, and established rules for all citizens who know each other macronationally.

However, the NERC had not gotten around to saving the National Bank files. Luckily, the new Secretary of the Treasury, Aedan Clark, had saved the government accounts, and had recently looked at all the private accounts, and knew that no one had more than Em400. So, in a decision announced yesterday evening, the Department of the Treasury reset the government accounts, and gave all citizens, with 2 exceptions, Em400. The National Bank is expected to reopen sometime this coming week.

Another loss suffered by the people of Emeraldia was the loss of some of it’s history. While the ancient history survives, the modern history (from November 2006 to the Present) was lost. The Department of Irish Culture is doing it’s best to recover what it can, but the task is proving difficult, for along with deleting the Proboards site, Reagan also deleted the old Forumer site, and with it almost all of Emeraldia’s starting history.

It is still unknown just how Reagan was able to cause this much chaos. Reagan himself claims to have mainly hacked, although saying that he did find one of the computers the President uses being logged on. This is still yet to be confirmed. It is also thought that maybe Reagan didn’t hack, but found out some of the President’s passwords, including the one to his e-mail. President O’Wray has since changed all of his passwords, and has banned Reagan’s known IPs and his known e-mail addresses.

When asked about what he thought of this past week’s insane events, President O’Wray had this to say, “While what happened over the past several days is a tragedy, and has no doubt set this nation back, we must not sit around, mourning what has been lost. Instead, we must pick up the pieces and move on. This nation must not allow one act of terrorism to destroy it. Instead, we must become stronger because of it.”

State of the Republic- March 07

President has given a state of the Republic address. Let see what he had to say.

“Ladies and Gentlemen of the Republic,The State of our Republic is as strong as it has been since early February. We have new economic and cultural growth. We have seen an increase in our population, and a growth in the government and government services. I applaud everyone and their efforts. Within the next month, we will be having our second national election. What another milestone. To the members of the Seanad who served this session, I want to express my gratitude for a job well done. You have served this Republic well. Next Session we will see the addition of two more people to the Seanad, which will hopefully increase it’s effectiveness. I hope that the new Seanad will finally be able to lay down some basic Statutory Laws, which our Republic desperately needs.As you all know, this will be my last State of the Republic address this term. Should I be reelected in the next election, I have some great and wonderful plans for our nation, both on the home and foreign fronts. You should all be proud. Emeraldia has come along way since it’s humble beginnings last November. And, if God should allow, it will continue to grow and prosper and become one of the great Micronation’s of the World. Thank you all so much for your time. Good night, and God bless.”

Coup and Recovery

New Dublin- On Monday evening, the national forums were hijacked by Former Secretary of Defense Liam Reagan. Reagan was able to take over the forums after using President O’Wray’s forum account, which had accidently been left logged on on a public computer. Reagan attempted to weild power over the executive office, and even temporarily tried to install Vice President Pierce, who, despite initial beleifs, had no part in the attempted coup. Luckily, the original FORUMER forum was still around, and the government was able to function there until mid-Wednesday, when the President was able to get the PROBOARDS staff to return control of the national forums to the government.
Almost immediatley after, Lashrash O’Malley, Directory of the Emeraldian Security Protectorate, filed charges of Treason and Terrorism agianst Mr. Reagan, and had him arrested. The Supreme Court then began trial proceedings. However, after multiple fights broke out, and Mr. Blake nearly left Emeraldia, President O’Wray stepped in to salvage the country before it fell apart. The President pardoned Mr. Reagan, partially because there had been much controversy over the legality of the trial (since there are no acctual laws against the things Mr. Reagan had been charged with). Then the President called for national reconciliation between the citizens, to try and quell the fighting. Peace has now started to settle back on Emeraldia. A constitutional convention has now began to fix some of the problems found within the Constitution.

Security Forces Deployed in the Capital

New Dublin, FD– The President has given orders for the Emeraldian Security Protectorate to deploy security forces in the capital, in response to former Secretary of Defense Liam Reagan’s attempt to take direct control of the military and threaten the government if the government did not implement reforms that Mr. Reagan wanted. Eilis Maloney has been installed as the new Secretary of Defense, and has ordered the ESS King of Ireland and the ESS King Boru, Emeraldia’s two Naval Defense Vessels, to be on patrol around New Dublin.
The ESP has issued a warrant for Mr. Reagan’s arrest, charging him with high treason and terrorism.

Busy Times

New Dublin, FD- The Seanad has been busy with many new acts and other. The Treaty of New Dublin, which was written by the Interim Government, along with a new treaty of friendship with the Solomonic Empire of Attera, have been approved by the Seanad. The Seanad has also established several proceedures for how it conducts its business. The Seanad has approved of a budget for the Departments, which is now just awaiting implimentation by Secretary of the Treasury O’Malley. The Seanad has also approved the rather controversial National Forum Code Act, which has put some regulation on forum discussions, in an effort to keep peace and civility entact on our national forums. This law was met with fearce oposition from Vice President Pierce, who went as far as to challenge the laws constitutionality, claiming that the law violated the citizens’ right to free speech. However, the court sided with the new law, which has since been put into effect.
At the hight of two new controversys errupting in the Seanad Chambers is the National Christian Heratige Amendment proposed by President O’Wray, and what has been dubbed the “National Language Discussion”. President O’Wray’s amendment is calling for a lawful recognition of Christianity as the officially recognized religion of Emeraldia. The other issue occured after Secretary O’Malley requested that the national forums be written completely in English. He and Secretary Blake have been the vocal proponents of this motion, while Vice President Pierce and Secretary Maloney have been the motion’s most strongly voiced opponent. These two issues are still boiling in the Seanad, and are still a ways from being over.

Seanad Operating in Full Force

New Dublin-The elected Seanad is now fully operational. The Seanad has confirmed all of President O’Wray’s cabinet nominations. However, the Seanad turned down President O’Wray’s nomination of Liam Reagan as the Cheif Justice. Instead, The Seanad elected to have Peig O’Cullen become the Cheif Justice of Emeraldia. New to the cabinet is Mr. Lashrash O’Malley, who was nominated by the President to serve as the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Seanad has also elected Seanadoir Rodhlann Pierce as the Vice President of the Republic, who also serves as speaker of the Seanad. The Seanad is currently debating the approval of 2 different treaties that the Department of Foreign Affairs have worked out with other micronations.