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If you build it...
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If you build it...
The GAA has announced that the firm Mott MacDonald, who have built some the world's leading sports arenas, including the Aviva Stadium in Dublin an...
Funeral prompts dissident crackdown
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Funeral prompts dissident crackdown
A dissident republican paramilitary-style funeral has prompted garda to announce a crackdown on terrorist groups such as the Real IRA. The move fol...
No sure thing
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No sure thing
The path to the United States Supreme Court is a winding one and there is no certainty that the nine justices will end up considering the tangled l...
Irish groups seeking alliance with Boston College
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Irish groups seeking alliance with Boston College
Three leading Irish American organizations supporting the campaign to have withdrawn the subpoenas directed at Boston College in the Troubles archi...
2013 plate will be parked
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2013 plate will be parked
Clearly the luck of the Irish isn't up to the year that's soon to be in it. The Irish government is reportedly set to introduce a new license-plate...
Calls  for tougher  animal rights  law
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Calls for tougher animal rights law
Campaigners against "barbaric" blood sports such as fox hunting are planning a mass rally in Dublin to call for tougher laws. The government is pre...
Wallace exile likely to continue
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Wallace exile likely to continue
COLOURFUL TD Mick Wallace could face trouble if he tries to return to a group representing independent members of the Irish parliament. Wallace, fa...
Maginnis resignation another blow for UUP
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Maginnis resignation another blow for UUP
A leading Ulster Unionist is expected to announce he is leaving the party after controversial comments he made on homosexuality. Ken Maginnis, now ...
Votes for all
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Votes for all
At this stage it's something of a political hardy annual, though perhaps more annual than hardy. Sinn Féin is the latest Irish political party to p...
America's loss will be the gain of others
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America's loss will be the gain of others
Like me, many young Irish people considering university options at this time of year will no doubt have mulled over the fantasy of university abroa...
G, S & B and PGA too
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G, S & B and PGA too
The medals were comparatively small and came in gold, silver and bronze varieties. The trophy was silver and huge. The combination electrified an I...
Bulger will testify in own defense
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Bulger will testify in own defense
BOSTON --- James "Whitey" Bulger, the 82-year-old Irish-American mobster who is charged with participating in 19 murders, will take the stand in hi...

 

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