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Ó Muilleoir is new North finance minister
Martin McGuinness with his new Sinn Féin ministerial colleagues Chris Hazzard, Megan Fearon, Michelle O’Neill and Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. By Ray O’Han...
May 25, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Harmony North performs in D.C.
The Harmony North choir By Evan Short A choir made up of young people from schools in a troubled part of Belfast performed in Washington D.C. last ...
May 24, 2016
by Evan Short
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McHugh is new diaspora minister
Joe McHugh when he was a member of the Irish Senate, Seanad Eireann. RollingNews.ie photo. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com The former main v...
May 20, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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An Irish Oak on an American hill
Do Ireland proud. Taoiseach Enda Kenny inspects the just planted Irish Oak on Capitol Hill. Photo by Marty Katz. By Irish Echo Staff Presumably, it...
May 19, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland 100 festival offers best of Irish
Vice President Biden and Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Tuesday’s Ireland 100 opening gala. Photo by Marty Katz. By Irish Echo Staff Three weeks of the be...
May 18, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kenny vows to go the distance
I’m here for the duration: Enda Kenny with some of his Senate and Dáil colleagues has vowed to serve a full term. RollingNews.ie photo. By Evan Sho...
May 17, 2016
by Evan Short
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Biden, Kenny for D.C. opening of IRELAND 100
Enda Kenny is on his way to Washington, D.C. By Irish Echo Staff Vice President Joe Biden and Taoiseach Enda Kenny are expected to attend tomorrow ...
May 16, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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The bishops’ balancing act
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising presented the hierarchy of the Catholic Church with an increasingly...
May 13, 2016
by Peter McDermott
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A happy day for Sister Ita
Sister Ita on her recent 97th birthday. By Kenneth Hesselbacher It is springtime at the Cloisters and on May 22 this magnificent building, situated...
May 13, 2016
by Kenneth Hesselbacher
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Former first responder is a fast responder
Jason O’Donnell By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Jason O’Donnell is the holder of two Irish Echo Awards. He deserves a third. The former New ...
May 12, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Springfield set to honor the 1916 Rising
Congressman Richard Neal. By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com Springfield is stepping up on behalf of the men and women of 1916. The western Mas...
May 11, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Losing out in battle within nationalism
Gerry Carroll By Anthony Neeson As in every election there were winners and losers. And it was the battle within nationalism in the North Assembly ...
May 10, 2016
by Anthony Neeson