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  A tour of the trees
    What exactly are these people doing? For the answer, see the "Daycation" feature in this week's Irish Echo.
  
    August 19, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Biden confirmed as Democratic presidential standard bearer
    Joe Biden is now the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in the November election By Irish Echo Staff Joe Biden was officially confirmed Tues...
  
    August 19, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  They ran out of road
    Luckily nobody ran into this guy. Gardaì in Newcastle West, County Limerick, are here dealing with a suspected drink driving incident. The occupant...
  
    August 18, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Death Valley or Wind Alley?
    Making the most of the Irish summer. RollingNews.ie file photo. By Irish Echo Staff It's mid August so where would you prefer to be? Under the scor...
  
    August 18, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Not just meatpacking plants
    Covid-19 tests are being carried out in Golden Village, County Tipperary after a number of workers tested positive for coronavirus at a mushroom fa...
  
    August 17, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Memories of Pete Hamill, a reporter's editor
    Pete Hamill during a visit to Belfast in 2003 and at a gathering during which he read from his autobiographical "A Drinking Life." By Jim Mulvaney ...
  
    August 17, 2020
    by Jim Mulvaney
  
 
    
       
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  O Muircheartaigh looks forward
    Mícheál O Muircheartaigh, who will turn 90 next Thursday, was the host for Shane Lowry's homecoming to Clara GAA Club, Co. Offaly, following his wi...
  
    August 14, 2020
    by Sean Creedon
  
 
    
       
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  Irish Open moves north
    The European Golf Tour has announced that this year's Irish Open will be played north of the border next month in Ballymena, County Antrim. The tou...
  
    August 14, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  From New York to an Irish prison cell
    Convicted Garda killer Aaron Brady lived 'nice life' in New York By Irish Echo Staff The man convicted of capital murder in the 2013 killing of Gar...
  
    August 14, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  A walk in the garden
    Did I ever tell you the one about...Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson have a stroll and a chat in the grounds of Hillsborough Castle outside Belfast...
  
    August 13, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Martin and Johnson meet in Belfast
    Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson exchange Covid-19 appropriate greetings in Belfast today. Julien Behal Photograph...
  
    August 13, 2020
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
    Community Features & Events
  From 2m visitors to zero (and back again) - Big Irish Campfire to discuss transatlantic tourism woes
    Last year, two million visitors from North America visited the Emerald Isle. That stunning figure - fully one-in-ten of all Americans who travelled...
  
    August 12, 2020
    by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir