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Leaders angry over BC case ruling
The national presidents of the nation's two largest Irish American organizations have expressed their disappointment with the recent decision by a ...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Assolutamente No to Nast honor
[caption id="attachment_69275" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Thomas Nast."][/caption] New Jersey's Italian community is teaming up with ...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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North Catholics heading for majority
New statistics show that Catholics in Northern Ireland now makes up nearly 46 percent of the workforce. The figures, from the Equality Commission's...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Finucanes win one, get review
[caption id="attachment_69269" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Pat Finucane's son John and his widow Geraldine "][/caption] The family of ...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Checkin' out Cincinnati again
What is the current state of Irish America? In the 90s it throbbed with political passion. It's no overstatement to suggest that many Irish America...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Now it's Timoney of Arabia
[caption id="attachment_69263" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Timoney."][/caption] New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Camden, NJ. But of...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tipp. couple escapes tipped over ship
[caption id="attachment_69259" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The cruise ship Costa Concordia."][/caption] An Irish couple who were onboa...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bomb at Belfast school
Police said Tuesday a pipe bomb left close to a primary school in Belfast was designed to kill and its discovery had averted a potential tragedy em...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Conference to foster better connections
A major conference will take place at the end of this month to help the diaspora in the United States and Canada better connect with their roots. T...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tuam conference to explore Irish-U.S. links
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January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Perfect home away from home
Anne Rodda’s surname is English, courtesy of her late husband Jim’s Cornwall roots. She herself is German and Danish on her father’s side, but it’s...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
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January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff