Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achibva kuna vanasekuru vaida nyika yeIreland pamativi ose ari maviri, Neal ave achitsigira zvinetso zveIreland mukati mebasa rake rose reCongress, achisunda kuchengeta United States ichibatanidzwa muchirongwa cherugare cheNorthern Ireland. Iye ndiye sachigaro we "ad hoc" Komiti yeIreland Affairs, ave ari sachigaro weShamwari dzeIreland kubva muna 2007, uye akafungidzirwa semumiriri weUnited States Ambassador kuIreland muna 1998. Pashure disarmament weIrish Republican Army (IRA) muna September 2005, Neal aiva pakati boka Congressmen uyo akasangana Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuinness kumurumbidza pamusoro disarmament uye nechokwadi rugare runogara akanga asvika. Neal akakoka Mutungamiri weSinn Féin Gerry Adams ku
kugadzwa kwaBarack Obama muna January 2009. Neal akatumidzwa zita semumwe wevanhu veIreland-America vepamusoro zana nemagazini ye "Irish America" uye akagamuchira mubairo weInternational Leadership kubva kuThe American Ireland Fund muna 2002.