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Text of the Queen’s Dublin Castle speech
This is the full text of the speech on Wednesday, May 18 by Queen Elizabeth at the state dinner in Dublin Castle given in her honor. A hUachtarain ...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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He’s O’Bama now
In what was a triumphant homecoming, President Barack Obama barnstormed Ireland Monday becoming the toast of the country even as he raised a glass ...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Family steps up calls for Finucane inquiry
The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has called upon the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to reveal details of an e...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Congressman Neal confirmed for New York-New Belfast summit
Capitol Hill peace process veteran, Congressman Richard Neal, is to be honored at the New York-New Belfast conference in the New York next month. T...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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O'Hanlon for NJ book signing
Irish Echo editor Ray O'Hanlon will read from and sign copies of his recently published thriller "The South Lawn Plot," at Irish Eyes Imports in We...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Details of Obama Irish visit fall into place
The word is there is no chance of skipping school. The first daughters will not get to go on next week's Ireland trip with their parents, Barack an...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ring points to an Irish visa deal
The Irish government will be presenting a case to President Obama during his Irish visit next week that Irish citizens should be able to apply for ...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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BC facing its Bunker Hill?
Boston College was apparently buying legal time this week after it was slapped with a subpoena seeking transcripts of oral testimonies given to its...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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U.S. North envoy Declan Kelly resigns
Declan Kelly, the U.S. economic envoy to Northern Ireland, has resigned from the job after less than two years in the post. Kelly, a Tipperary-born...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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New faces in SF lineup at Stormont
Sinn Féin have made sweeping changes to their executive team at Stormont following the recent assembly election. The party has decided to keep the ...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Marian Price is sent back to prison
A 57-year-old Belfast woman convicted of bombing the Old Bailey in London nearly 40 years ago has been sent back to prison in Northern Ireland. The...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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The troubling rise in Autism
My father always blamed it on an unacknowledged accident at a nuclear plant in Wales. He didn't make a big deal about it, just occasionally muttere...
May 18, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff