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Much at stake in North poll
Northern Ireland goes to the polls on Thursday with the electorate faced with three ballot papers. Not only are Assembly and council seats up for g...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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The seeds that Bobby Sands sowed
"They came from all over the city, down by subway from Inwood and the Bronx, over the bridges and through the tunnels from Queens and Brooklyn, or ...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Will Kenny nominate a diaspora senator?
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, in New York this week, is poised to nominate 11 members of Seanad Eireann. It has been suggested that one of them be a repres...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Forgotten cases recall Big Apple on knife-edge
T.J. English believes that New York needs to have a discussion about its not-too-distant past: specifically the 1960s and early '70s. It's a histor...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Chef Cathal has eyes on the culinary prize
He wants to walk down the red carpet and come away a winner. "This better be my year," Cathal Armstrong says with pointed intensity. Armstrong is t...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Lesser charges for five in Prince case
Five of the six defendants charged in connection with the bullying last year of Phoebe Prince in South Hadley, Massachusetts, have agreed to admit ...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Striding out for Aisling Center
The Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers wants you to don your running shoes, but walkers will do too. The center is holding its annual 5K run...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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GOP to honor Foley
The Irish American Republicans lobby group is to honor former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Thomas Foley at a ...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Portland calls for a united Ireland
The city of Portland, Oregon celebrated has issued a proclamation recognizing Ireland as an ancient and distinct nation, and calling for the Irish ...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Death of Anne Mullaney
One of Pittsburgh's leading Irish American activists, Anne Mullaney, died on Good Friday. Mullaney was a member of the Ireland Institute of Pittsbu...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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For Jake Quinn, 13's a lucky number
Gerard Damien Quinn, known to the world as Jake, is one of the famed Quinns of Brooklyn, a family of 13: ten brothers and three sisters. To those w...
May 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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The big rip-off
By Peter McDermott An error by the New York Department of Buildings helped Anglo Irish Bank in its campaign to raise $50 million in Ireland for two...
April 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff