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Leaving a hard place
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Leaving a hard place
So it's finally over - well almost - the long national nightmare of Iraq. All American combat troops are to be withdrawn by December 31st. Haleluji...
Hold your horses Mr. Cantor!
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Hold your horses Mr. Cantor!
[caption id="attachment_68130" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Congressman Eric Cantor."][/caption] "When House majority leader Eric Canto...
HOPe to kick off  a ten year campaign
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HOPe to kick off a ten year campaign
[caption id="attachment_68125" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A HOPe volunteer with a family in Ethiopia."][/caption] The aid agency HOPe...
Lughnasa performance for Concern
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Lughnasa performance for Concern
The aid agency, Concern Worldwide, is to benefit from a little high summer madness in the late fall, this being a benefit performance of Dancing at...
Challenges to Vatican embassy closure
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Challenges to Vatican embassy closure
[caption id="attachment_68121" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ireland's Vatican embassy."][/caption] Ireland will maintain its diplomatic...
Remember young people at holiday time: Conway
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Remember young people at holiday time: Conway
[caption id="attachment_68119" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Manhattan bar-owner Niamh Conway pictured with Alan Shatz, the manager of c...
Sandhog dies
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Sandhog dies
A 26-year-old worker was killed 120 feet below Grand Central Terminal last Thursday when chuck of concrete struck him on the head. Michael O'Brien,...
Clare proud of new prez
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Clare proud of new prez
Clare people can feel proud of the contribution the county has made to the Presidency of Ireland, according to a Feakle army officer, who played a ...
Earhart footage surfaces in Belfast
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Earhart footage surfaces in Belfast
[caption id="attachment_68109" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Amelia Earhart."][/caption] Her final resting place might never be known, b...
Jail for gardai after street affray
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Jail for gardai after street affray
Two gardai have received jail sentences for their role in the assault of a man in Waterford last year. Daniel Hickey and John Burke both received c...
Must serve 20 years
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Must serve 20 years
The killer of an 81-year-old Newry pensioner must serve at least 20 years in prison before being considered for parole. Maire Rankin was found dead...
The last man
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The last man
[caption id="attachment_68033" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Patrick Motherway with Commandant Philip Cotter of the Irish army. Photo courtesy o...

 

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