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No exiting from EU/ IMF bailout deal
Pensions, child benefit and the wages of around 300,000 public sector workers in Ireland would be slashed by 33 percent if the country abandons the...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Spillane's rare talent touches the soul
There are singers like Liam Clancy who delight in exploring that magical country between the words of songs that often goes unnoticed. Just as ther...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Enda Kenny's 17th floor fireside chat
The crowd at last week's Irish Consulate reception for Enda Kenny was well settled by the time the taoiseach walked in the door. That is to say it ...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Barry recalls pro baseball's longest night
By Peter McDermott Dave Koza and his Pennsylvanian-born wife drove every year cross country to his home town of Torrington, Wy., where he was a spo...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Coogan to headline NY hunger strike talk
Journalist and author Tim Pat Coogan, along with Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly and U.S. Sinn Féin Representative Rita O'Hare, will speak on the "causes a...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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NY protest against queen's Irish visit
Irish Americans opposed to the visit to Ireland next week by Queen Elizabeth are planning a protest rally on Tuesday, May 17, the first day of the ...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hickey honors dad, hosts fundraiser
CBS television news reporter Magee Hickey is turning impresarios this weekend when she hosts fellow New York TV news personalities in a cabaret tha...
May 11, 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 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Outrage as Phoebe's tormentors are given light sentences
BOSTON --- The teenagers who bullied Phoebe Prince for months before she hanged herself on January 14, 2010 were given probation and community serv...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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It's Cavan or 'busk'
It's Cavan or bust for a group of New York area teenage musicians who are playing their way to this year's Fleadh Cheoil in Cavan. After qualifying...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Malachy McCourt for Maryknoll
Writer, actor and raconteur Malachy McCourt will be delivering a free lecture this Sunday, May 15 at the world headquarters of the Maryknoll missio...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kenny delivers message that Ireland is open for business
Taoiseach Enda Kenny delivered a firm message during his whirlwind visit to New York last week that Ireland would rebuild its economy and its doors...
May 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff