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‘Brexit’ warning from the man with the Irish passport
Mark Carney By Charles Larkin 46% of the UK population appears to want to leave the EU, 39% wants to stay, and the Murdoch press has come in behind...
June 20, 2016
by Charles Larkin
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A helping hand from Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama holds hands with Speaker Paul Ryan (left) and Congressman Joe Crowley (right) Actor Richard Gere, a close friend and confidante of t...
June 17, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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A year since Berkeley balcony tragedy
The six students who died in the balcony collapse By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com It is a year since the tragic Berkeley balcony collapse th...
June 16, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Petition urges changes in Irish retirement laws
Retiring to bucolic Ireland is an increasingly costly option By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com A petition urging changes in Irish law dealing ...
June 15, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Major, Blair warn against “Brexit”
A pro-Brexit campaign poster in Belfast. By Anthony Neeson A vote for “Brexit” would put Northern Ireland’s “future at risk,” this according to two...
June 14, 2016
by Anthony Neeson
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Report points to collusion in notorious killings
A 2009 photo of the pub where the killings took place. By Anthony Neeson A damning report by Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman has said that ther...
June 13, 2016
by Anthony Neeson
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Bridie is Brooklyn bound
SOAK. By Colleen Taylor SOAK is coming to town. And this time, she’s not doing it alone. The Irish singer-songwriter from Derry will tour the State...
June 10, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
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Belfast tries a little Zen
Frank Liddy By Evan Short In all the efforts made to resolve the problems of post Troubles Belfast, Buddhism, and teaching the art of meditation, w...
June 10, 2016
by Evan Short
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Irish Dems hail Hillary
Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Ireland in 2012. RollingNews.ie photo. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com They have been cheering he...
June 09, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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The 100,000 welcomes comes at a cost
Jane Fadely. By V. J. Fadely I found myself counting things. Not just the days before I departed Ireland, but other things, too. There were more co...
June 08, 2016
by V. J. Fadely
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A ‘Fresh Start’ with Irish America
New York City Comptroller, Scott Stringer, who oversees $154 billion in pension funds, took time out of his busy schedule to discuss my proposal fo...
June 07, 2016
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA
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Million pledged for Villanova Irish Studies center
Villanova University, just north of Philadelphia, is planning a new Irish Studies center. Villanova University photo. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@iris...
June 03, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon