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$cholar spat: US Ireland Alliance defends Mitchell program
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$cholar spat: US Ireland Alliance defends Mitchell program
The Mitchell Scholarship program and its sponsoring organization, the US-Ireland Alliance, was this week defending the pledge of Ireland’s politica...
Telling the story of the New York Irish Community
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Telling the story of the New York Irish Community
At the moment, I am spending my days reading about the history of the Irish in New York and conducting research. I meet with people on a regular ba...
Tough times require tough-minded art
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Tough times require tough-minded art
Tipperary-born Deirdre Scanlan, Casey's successor as Solas's lead vocalist, also sang conscience-pricking songs, such as Antje Duvekot's "Black Ann...
Wheels-o-the wisp
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Wheels-o-the wisp
A recent report on the car rental shortages stated that the number of cars on offer has fallen from 30,000 in 2006 to just over 12,000 last year, t...
Kelly greets AIF pledge
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Kelly greets AIF pledge
The initiative is in support of the envoy's economic mission in Northern Ireland in which the AIF is an active participant and working group member...
Church adrift
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Church adrift
Coupled with this there are the widespread cases of church authorities covering up the activities of pedophile priests, this spurred by the self-im...
Yonkers-based Hardwick lands Gloves win
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Yonkers-based Hardwick lands Gloves win
Noticeably absent from the 83rd annual Gloves tournament was another Dublin native, three-time women's 106-pound champion "Ruthless" Ruth O'Sulliva...
Kilkenny hurlers in trouble after going down to determined Galway
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Kilkenny hurlers in trouble after going down to determined Galway
The incident packed Nowlan Park encounter provided the crowd with just about everything apart from that much needed Kilkenny victory. Along with th...
Charges filed over Phoebe Prince suicide
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Charges filed over Phoebe Prince suicide
"It appears that Phoebe's death on January 14 followed a torturous day for her, in which she was subjected to verbal harassment and threatened phys...
Bailout billions
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Bailout billions
Irish taxpayers, who now find themselves the lender of last resort, bankers to the bankers if you will, got an inkling Tuesday when Irish finance m...
Reformers boosted
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Reformers boosted
That legislation was seen as an obstacle to just about every other legislative initiative but in its aftermath both President Obama and congression...
How the West wins
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How the West wins
The Western Development Commission, however, argues further that the region has it all. That was the message that the agency's Lisa McAllister and ...

 

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