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Fans look ahead to 2014/15 Premiership
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Fans look ahead to 2014/15 Premiership
Stephen Boland, works for UPS; originally from Longford, supports Liverpool We’ll miss Suarez. How can you not miss Suarez? But I don’t think he wo...
Exploring the New York Irish brand
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Exploring the New York Irish brand
Olivia Barry has graduated with a master’s degree in professional studies specializing in branding at the School of Visual Arts. By Peter McDermott...
Disaster strikes in crumbling system
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Disaster strikes in crumbling system
Darragh McKeon. PHOTO: ANA SCHECTER Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott In a run-down Moscow apartment block, a 9-year-old piano prodigy practi...
Kerry/Donegal win 1st Faherty title
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Kerry/Donegal win 1st Faherty title
Eileen McKenna and Caoimhe Mohan, celebrating a win in Ireland in 2013, were among Kerry/Donegal’s key stars in the cup victory at Gaelic Park at t...
Maine Irish find kin with DNA
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Maine Irish find kin with DNA
July 30, 2014 By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Maine Irish prove that blood is thicker than water with DNA research A pioneering Irish American Maine group i...
‘Calvary’ and Gleeson a must-see
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‘Calvary’ and Gleeson a must-see
By Áine Ní Shionnaigh link to page 6 here On Thursday last I attended a special screening of Calvary as part of the Tribeca Film Festival www.tribe...
Mr. Roberts tilts balance for Mr. Potter
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Mr. Roberts tilts balance for Mr. Potter
Published in the May 29-June 4, 2014, issue of the Irish Echo Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott There is a type in public life that sounds lik...
For role, Gleeson looked to mentors
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For role, Gleeson looked to mentors
Interview by Karen Butler [PHOTO: FOX SEARCHLIGHT] Ireland’s Brendan Gleeson still has a special place in his heart for Gerry Boyle, the debauched ...
IA Partnership aiding Irish education
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IA Partnership aiding Irish education
By Mairtin O'Muilleoir momuilleoir@irishecho.com A bumper fundraising year for the Irish American Partnership has enabled the Boston-headquartered ...
Preserving a Mayo and Irish Tresasure
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Preserving a Mayo and Irish Tresasure
by Áine Ní Shionnaigh July 23 page 6 & 7 I like to think that West of Irelanders possess a unique determination and spirit, however, none more so t...
Community needs more ambition: Lyons
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Community needs more ambition: Lyons
Siobhan Lyons has been executive director of the Irish Immigration Center for five years. By Peter McDermott Siobhan Lyons has a problem. It’s one,...
Remembering my hero, five years on
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Remembering my hero, five years on
By Edward McCann Frank McCourt peering out from the front door of Leamy's School on a visit to Limerick City in the summer of 1997. PHOTOCALL My he...

 

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