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Finucanes angry over inquiry stall
The family of murdered Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane has accused the British government of stalling on a decision to hold a public inquiry into his m...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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A kinder, gentler, wasteland
I'm in a hotel in Gweedore. Donegal have just come from behind to take a tense game from Kildare. The pints are flowing but the jet lag has finally...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Only if we're Ivans and Vladimirs
There was a swearing in of new U.S. citizens in New York the other day and the question was put to the State Department if there were, by chance, a...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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March will call for marriage equality
Thousands will take to the streets of Dublin this Sunday, August 14, to march for marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peop...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish respond to African crisis
Times are hard in Ireland but the Irish know that they are even harder in places like the Horn of Africa, currently beset with political turmoil dr...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish population on the rise
In terms of natural birth rate the population of the Republic of Ireland continues to grow faster than any other European Union nation, this accord...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Armada ship found in Donegal waters
Two shipwrecks discovered off the Donegal coast could be linked to the famous 1588 Spanish Armada, and a lesser known 18th century French armada. U...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Priest calls for total transformation
A priest in the scandal-hit diocese of Cloyne in County Cork has urged his fellow clerics to speak out and go against the "culture of fear" after t...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
GALWAY PHARMA GIANT SETS UP EURO HQ One of the top pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the U.S. is to set up its European headquarters i...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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A hall of fame double for Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara is worth hall of fame status no matter where she makes her home, but if you were thinking two countries before all others they would...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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A rose in Antrim, an attorney in Albany
If she ever becomes a judge it will be "all rose" - not all rise. Antrim native Bronagh Kelly was recently sworn in as an attorney in the State of ...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Team Youghal raced in Emer's memory
The transcontinental cyclists that make up Team Youghal were the main guests at a recent reception at the Irish Consulate in Manhattan, an event th...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff