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British army declines Belfast invite to RIR
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British army declines Belfast invite to RIR
The British army has decided not to accept an offer from Belfast City Council for the Royal Irish Regiment to march through Belfast in a "homecomin...
N.I. Hospice leaders  to speak in New York
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N.I. Hospice leaders to speak in New York
Prof. Max Watson, one of the world's leading experts in palliative care, is in New York this week to launch "A Matter of Life and Death: An initiat...
Kenny for early May New York visit
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Kenny for early May New York visit
Not all the highlight political visits in May will be taking place on Irish soil. Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be coming to New York to attend the ann...
A year on, a hard road for Natasha McShane
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A year on, a hard road for Natasha McShane
It's been a year since the savage attack on a Chicago street in which Irish exchange student Natasha McShane almost lost her life. And the once vib...
Say it ain't so Bob
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Say it ain't so Bob
Say it ain't so, Bob Dylan! After all the years of times a changin' you go off to China and let the yuppie comrades dictate your set list? Don't yo...
60 years no obstacle after all
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60 years no obstacle after all
The effort to secure a Congressional Medal of Honor for Kerry native and Korean War hero Patrick Sheahan has been bogged down in Washington seeming...
In Moneygall, of all places
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In Moneygall, of all places
The County Offaly village that will host President Barack Obama during his visit to Ireland next month was at the center of a security scare last w...
Irish aid mom takes stumble in her stride
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Irish aid mom takes stumble in her stride
Leitrim mother of two, Sinead Wain, started work with the Irish aid agency GOAL in the stricken Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince just a few weeks ag...
Little left after monthly bills
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Little left after monthly bills
Roughly a fifth of the population of the Republic is counting its pennies once the monthly bills are paid, this according to shocking new figures c...
Irish effort is praised by lenders
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Irish effort is praised by lenders
The first review of Ireland's €85 billion international rescue plan has concluded the Irish government has met its fiscal targets by "a comfortable...
Waterfront priest profiled in Irish-language doc
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Waterfront priest profiled in Irish-language doc
New York waterfront campaigner the Rev. John Corridan S.J. is the subject of a documentary to be broadcast on the Irish-language television station...
Sligo village hoping for its own VIP visitor
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Sligo village hoping for its own VIP visitor
Sligo - Both the U.S. president and the queen of England are due in Ireland in May but the village of Riverstown in County Sligo may have its own h...

 

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