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Famine monument dedicated in Jersey City
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Hudson County in New Jersey have erected and have dedicated a Famine Memorial Monument in the city's Lincoln Pa...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Fox secures CIIC post
The Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers in the U.S. has appointed Katie Fox as its new national coordinator. "We are looking forward to using Ka...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Move to honor Flynn
A group of Massachusetts legislators, led by new state representative Nick Collins from South Boston, are forming a committee to recommend a suitab...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tommy came closer than United
Tommy Smyth came closer than his beloved Manchester United to laying claim to the European Cup. The ESPN soccer commentator and former New York Cit...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Apple show's ripples reach Sugar Loaf
Sometimes a chain of seemingly unrelated and accidental events culminate in the most remarkable of coincidences. Some call it serendipity. In recen...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Barry salute
If they didn’t let him it might have been necessary for form a raiding party. But the United States Navy has years of good sense on its side - in l...
June 08, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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100th anniversary of Titanic launch marked
Belfast has marked the hundredth anniversary of the launch of the Titanic at the spot were the ship was built. On Tuesday, members of the public tu...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hibernians remember 9/11 and Great Hunger victims
As part of their recent salute to 175 years of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, AOH members conducted two wreath-laying ceremonies in Ma...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Strike threat at Aer lingus
Aer Lingus was Tuesday served with notice of industrial action by its pilots. The latest in a series of standoffs between airline staff and managem...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Big visits a big boost
The recent state visits by Queen Elizabeth and US President Barack Obama have given Irish tourism a shot in the arm. Tourist hotspots have seen a w...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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New mayor more lad than lord
Sinn Féin has created history in Belfast by electing the city's youngest ever lord mayor. Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile, who is 25, became the city...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Cross border cancer deal
Plans for a cross-border radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry have been given the go-ahead by the North's new health minister. Edwin ...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff