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Nominate now for national Irish Arts Awards in Buffalo, NY
Irish arts fans across America are being urged to get their nominations in now for the Irish Echo Arts Awards which will take place in Buffalo, New...
January 12, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
News
Mural Remembers Murdered Women
A mural has been unveiled in Dublin to remember women who have lost their lives to femicide in Ireland. It comes after Gardaí in Cork renewed an ap...
January 11, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
News
Rocket Fails and Falls
A UK satellite launch over the southwest coast of Ireland has ended in failure. On Monday evening a Virgin Boeing 747 took off from Cornwall in the...
January 10, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
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One Giant Musical Leap
John Lydon is vying with five other music acts to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest later this year. Lydon – better known as Johnny ...
January 09, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
News
Full Speed Ahead On Garda Body Cameras
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is determined to speed up legislation on body-worn cameras for members of An Garda Síochána. Setting out his priorities for ...
January 04, 2023
by Anthony Neeson
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Emeralds' thumbs-up for AG decision on AIHS 'Gilded Age mansion'
New York Attorney General Letitia James has won the backing of the Grand Council of United Emerald Societies for her intervention to block the sale...
December 28, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
Tributes paid to Sinn Féin 'trailblazer' Bobby Lavery
Tributes have been paid to former Irish republican prisoner and Belfast Sinn Féin councillor Bobby Lavery who has died in San Francisco after a sho...
December 28, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
News
Funeral of Private Sean Rooney
Ireland's new Minister for Foreign Affairs has expressed his “deepest sympathies” to the family of Private Seán Rooney who was killed in Lebanon la...
December 22, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
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Varadkar Returns to Taoiseach Role
Leo Varadkar will take over as taoiseach on December 17. He will replace Micheál Martin as part of an agreement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil w...
December 14, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
News
North Health Workers Stage Walkout
Set head: Health Workers Stage Walkout By Anthony Neeson Health and Social care workers across Northern Ireland have taken part in a 24-hour strike...
December 13, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
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New Witness Appeal in '96 Murder
Gardaí have made a new appeal for information about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork in 1996. Ms. du Plantier’s body was found ...
December 12, 2022
by Anthony Neeson
News
Majority Favor Unity Poll Within Next Decade
The majority of people on both sides of the border believe that referendums on Irish unity should be held within the next decade. The Ipsos opinion...
December 05, 2022
by Anthony Neeson