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McGovern awakens from coma
The GAA player who ended up in a coma after being seriously injured in a game in San Francisco has awakened from his coma. Mark McGovern, 22, was r...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kennedy faced even more death threats
That there were death threats against the late Senator Edward Kennedy has long been a matter of public record. But there were even more than the re...
August 11, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Another North player jumps border
Another soccer player born in Northern Ireland has declared for the Republic of Ireland team. Derry City's James McClean, who is expected to sign f...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Page shut down amid safety fears
A Facebook site that called for people to post pictures of PSNI officers has been shutdown. The page entitled "Crown Forces Watch," was criticized ...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Belfast shooting, two held
Two people, a man and a teenage boy, have been arrested by police after a shooting in West Belfast. The victim, who is 34, was shot in the ankle du...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Finucanes angry over inquiry stall
The family of murdered Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane has accused the British government of stalling on a decision to hold a public inquiry into his m...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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A kinder, gentler, wasteland
I'm in a hotel in Gweedore. Donegal have just come from behind to take a tense game from Kildare. The pints are flowing but the jet lag has finally...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Only if we're Ivans and Vladimirs
There was a swearing in of new U.S. citizens in New York the other day and the question was put to the State Department if there were, by chance, a...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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March will call for marriage equality
Thousands will take to the streets of Dublin this Sunday, August 14, to march for marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peop...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish respond to African crisis
Times are hard in Ireland but the Irish know that they are even harder in places like the Horn of Africa, currently beset with political turmoil dr...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish population on the rise
In terms of natural birth rate the population of the Republic of Ireland continues to grow faster than any other European Union nation, this accord...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Armada ship found in Donegal waters
Two shipwrecks discovered off the Donegal coast could be linked to the famous 1588 Spanish Armada, and a lesser known 18th century French armada. U...
August 10, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff