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ADAMS: Be Prepared For Even More Stupidities
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ADAMS: Be Prepared For Even More Stupidities
I considered ignoring the British government’s exclusion of the Sinn Féin President from the recent talks. Then I thought why should I? Stupidity l...
EDITORIAL: Doing Well While Doing Good
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EDITORIAL: Doing Well While Doing Good
I'm proud to be joining Eugene O'Flaherty and John Donovan of Boston as a founding partner of the North Ireland Growth Fund, which is raising $100 ...
ADAMS: Don’t Let The Old Man In
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ADAMS: Don’t Let The Old Man In
I have been at a lot of funerals recently. It seems someone from my circle of friends, comrades, associates or neighbors, is dying every week this ...
KIRWAN: A kinship with the Irish of Argentina
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KIRWAN: A kinship with the Irish of Argentina
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe may have been the brightest stars of the 2022 World Cup Final, but BBC Sports readers rated Argentina’s Alexis Mac A...
EDITORIAL: How And How Not
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EDITORIAL: How And How Not
A few days before Christmas, the top tier membership of the Irish government drove to Áras an Uachtaráin, official residence of the Irish president...
O'SHEA: Looking Back at a Century of Irish Independence
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O'SHEA: Looking Back at a Century of Irish Independence
An outsider looking at Ireland’s hundred years of independence would surely be astonished by the gradual transition from rags to riches. The countr...
OPINION: American pension funds can underpin the peace with jobs
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OPINION: American pension funds can underpin the peace with jobs
I'm proud to be joining Eugene O'Flaherty and John Donovan of Boston as a founding partner of the North Ireland Growth Fund which is raising $100m ...
O'SHEA: Looking Back on the Year Just Past
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O'SHEA: Looking Back on the Year Just Past
In Greek mythology the River Lethe was deemed very important because those who drank from it in the underworld experienced complete forgetfulness a...
ADAMS: Bliain Úr Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse
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ADAMS: Bliain Úr Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse
2022 was an interesting year politically, particularly around the changing attitudes about the relationship between the different parts of the "Uni...
EDITORIAL: The Presses Have Rolled For 95 Years
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EDITORIAL: The Presses Have Rolled For 95 Years
The Irish Echo is ninety five years on the job this year. The precise birthday will be in October, 2023. But why wait? Charles F. Connolly launched...
KIRWAN: A Keen Eye for the Hidden Ireland
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KIRWAN: A Keen Eye for the Hidden Ireland
Whenever I go back home I always keep a weather eye open for the hidden Ireland. Alas, I rarely catch a glimpse of this roiling presence in modern ...
ADAMS: Black Mountaineers Gather for Rewilding Launch
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ADAMS: Black Mountaineers Gather for Rewilding Launch
When I arrived at Glór Na Móna last week for the launch of The Black Mountain Rewilding Project the place was packed. Tommy Morgan started the even...

 

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